Adapting to AI
Join executives thriving in the AI era.
Led by Derek Larson & Mark Evces
The Great Divergence
It's the Hunger Games in the American workplace.
A 50-year-old executive making $2M tells us: 'I'm never going to work again.'
He wasn't retiring. He'd seen what AI could do.
Emotions range from hysteria to denial - with most having no clue what's happening or how they should handle it.
The question isn't whether AI will transform your industry—it's whether you'll be a part of it or be consumed by it.
Inside the Acceleration
AI founders and engineers feel like gods.
They run 5+ coding agents at once, often on the same code base.
CEO's call Derek asking how they can fire entire departments.
A call I got from a CEO (of a 30 person startup): 'I want to fire all of my product and design team. How would I go about that?'
Teams of 3 in NYC are doing millions in revenue.
Sam Altman says we'll soon have "Billion dollar companies with no employees"
AI is coming for knowledge work
An ML engineer told us: "My role is to help the company fire people - but no one wants to admit it"
AI is coming for the 70% that businesses spend on payroll, not the 3-5% they spend on IT.
If you wake up and follow instructions, you're at risk. If you wake up and decide what to create, AI can accelerate your career.
If your work is reading emails, attending meetings, writing documents - you are in danger.
AI success is a human problem, not just a tech problem
Teams often hire AI engineers and then have no idea what to do with them.
Or pay consultants to build tech no one uses.
Or have nonprofit lawyers with 500 clients - terrified of AI but drowning in work.
It's often the people and process challenges that kill momentum.
The Path Forward
We don't sell you strategy decks about "AI transformation."
We sit with your team as they have their "Holy Shit" moment.
Through live demonstrations that show what's possible.
And how it relates to your work, your problems, your fears.
The status quo is often riskier than taking the leap.
Our Team: Engineering & Psychology
Derek's been building AI products since 2019. And led New York AI since 2022.
He's worked with LLM researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI, NYC's top AI startups, and executives with no technical background navigating this transition.
You can get a taste of his thoughts on AI here
Mark works with hedge funds managing billions, tech exeuctives, and some of the largets philanthropic foundations in the world.
Mark saw his executive clients struggle with how to adapt to changes from AI.
He helps them manage these changes while finding a role in what's coming.
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