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Fiverr's CEO tells BI he'll only hire candidates who use AI. Here's why.
Simply being open to AI isn't enough for Fiverr's CEO — if you're not already using it, you're out of the running.
Klarna CEO says AI helped company shrink workforce by 40%
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski told CNBC his company has shrunk its workforce by about 40%, in part due to its ...
Klarna Is Hiring Customer Service Agents After AI Couldn't Cut It on Calls, According to the Company's CEO
Klarna is recruiting a new batch of customer service employees, and the company will now focus on providing "quality" human ...
Going ‘AI first’ appears to be backfiring on Klarna and Duolingo
Klarna is hiring again after replacing employees with AI. Meanwhile, Duolingo is facing blowback on social media from its ...
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Klarna CEO Talks IPO, Says AI Has Helped to Slash 40% of Employee Headcount
Klarna co-founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski visited with CNBC on a day when one Fintech successfully listed shares, eToro, and another, Chime filed a ...
Klarna Hiring Back Human Help After Going All-In on AI
As soon as AI-powered chatbots seemed functional enough, buy now, pay later service Klarna went all in on them, promising to ...
Norway Wealth Fund is freezing hiring to focus on AI use, despite research showing AI projects seldom offer a return in investment
CEO Nicolai Tangen told Fortune the task of monitoring the risks of its 9,000 investments now takes minutes thanks to its AI.
As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver
It turns out Klarna is far from alone. Just one in four AI projects delivers on the return on investment it promised, ...
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Klarna CEO says AI helped company shrink workforce by 40%
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said the company has managed to shrink its headcount by about 40%, in part due to investments in artificial intelligence and natural attrition in its workforce.