WSJ: AI Agents' Productivity FOMO Is Pushing Startup Founders to 90-Hour Weeks Managing Agent Fleets

WSJ reports AI agents' growing capabilities are driving productivity FOMO among startup founders, with some now working 90-hour weeks managing and guiding agent fleets across their organizations. The piece cuts against industry claims that automation is easing workloads — Berkeley Haas research from February and separate WSJ reporting found workers' estimates of AI time savings diverge sharply from executives' claims.