AI replaced the management, not the engineers
A profitable B2B SaaS company replaced most of its middle management (product managers, engineering managers) with AI agents that handle coordination tasks like meeting notes, roadmap drafting, and prioritization. The founder discovered that automating coordination is cheap and low-risk, while shipping and owning production code remains expensive and requires humans. The company reduced its middle layer from 9 to 3 roles, and engineers now get direct access to customer conversations without information loss.
AI replaced the management, not the engineers
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