Vercel CEO says AI agents are turning us all into 'mini CEOs'

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch says employees should act like CEOs of their own small teams when managing AI agents.

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• Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch said that AI agents are turning everyone into "mini CEOs."
• He said the days of individual contributors, who don't manage anyone (or anything), are over.
• "My mental model right now is that the IC is the agent," Rauch said on a recent podcast.

It's time to boss up.

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