Are you building a team of AI passengers coasting toward irrelevance?
Sat Feb 07 2026
"Stop hiring AI passengers, they're dead weight. If your team says 'this is what AI thinks,' fire them. Here's why..."Two billion people use AI every day, but they won't pay a dime for it. That means enterprise has to foot the entire bill, and right now, they're hemorrhaging cash on $30/month seats that nobody's actually using. The brutal truth? CEOs spend a year bragging about being "AI-first" while only 10% of employees touch the tools. The rest are paralyzed, terrified they're automating themselves into unemployment.But the smartest founders aren't just deploying AI. They're building companies where 32 people do the work of 45. The secret weapon? They demand AI drivers, not AI passengers. No cutting and pasting. No "AI said to do this." You own the decision. You own the conviction. Because when you hit turbulence, and you will, nobody's going to rally behind "well, the chatbot thought it was a good idea."Are you building a team of AI drivers who own their outcomes, or AI passengers coasting toward irrelevance?Welcome to AI for Founders, I'm Ryan Estes. You just learned the enterprise adoption playbook from Gregory Shove, 7-time founder, $250M in exits, and the guy solving the billion-dollar question: how do you get big companies to actually use AI?Get the full playbook at aiforfounders.co, weekly insights that'll have your competitors wondering how you're shipping 3x faster. Subscribe before your competition does.If this hit different, leave a review, podcasts run on ratings like startups run on caffeine.This episode is brought to you by Kitcaster.com, the premier podcast booking agency that gets founders like you on shows that actually move the needle. Stop cold pitching, start converting listeners into customers. Whether you're raising capital, launching products, or building your brand, Kitcaster puts your voice in front of audiences that matter. Visit Kitcaster.com and turn your story into your unfair advantage.https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregshove/https://www.gregshove.com/https://aiforfounders.co/ https://kitcaster.com/application https://ryanestes.info
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"Stop hiring AI passengers, they're dead weight. If your team says 'this is what AI thinks,' fire them. Here's why..."Two billion people use AI every day, but they won't pay a dime for it. That means enterprise has to foot the entire bill, and right now, they're hemorrhaging cash on $30/month seats that nobody's actually using. The brutal truth? CEOs spend a year bragging about being "AI-first" while only 10% of employees touch the tools. The rest are paralyzed, terrified they're automating themselves into unemployment.But the smartest founders aren't just deploying AI. They're building companies where 32 people do the work of 45. The secret weapon? They demand AI drivers, not AI passengers. No cutting and pasting. No "AI said to do this." You own the decision. You own the conviction. Because when you hit turbulence, and you will, nobody's going to rally behind "well, the chatbot thought it was a good idea."Are you building a team of AI drivers who own their outcomes, or AI passengers coasting toward irrelevance?Welcome to AI for Founders, I'm Ryan Estes. You just learned the enterprise adoption playbook from Gregory Shove, 7-time founder, $250M in exits, and the guy solving the billion-dollar question: how do you get big companies to actually use AI?Get the full playbook at aiforfounders.co, weekly insights that'll have your competitors wondering how you're shipping 3x faster. Subscribe before your competition does.If this hit different, leave a review, podcasts run on ratings like startups run on caffeine.This episode is brought to you by Kitcaster.com, the premier podcast booking agency that gets founders like you on shows that actually move the needle. Stop cold pitching, start converting listeners into customers. Whether you're raising capital, launching products, or building your brand, Kitcaster puts your voice in front of audiences that matter. Visit Kitcaster.com and turn your story into your unfair advantage.https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregshove/https://www.gregshove.com/https://aiforfounders.co/ https://kitcaster.com/application https://ryanestes.info