Ash Barbour

Opinion

July 28, 2025

AI-run companies will be hiring humans within 12 months

Enter 'humans-as-a-service': the high-touch sales people your entirely automated business needs to land its biggest enterprise deals

Ash Barbour

4 min read

Venture-backed tech has, for decades, been powered by people deciding to pay for SaaS products that will help their businesses grow. Soon, we will see that trend start to play out in reverse.

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Ash Barbour

Ash Barbour is an exited AI founder and founder of Yes.inc, a platform connecting companies with industry experts

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