The AI paradox: More automation, more humans, more work | Dan Shipper

Dan Shipper, co-founder and CEO of media and software company Every, shared his predictions for the future of work. At his company of 30 people, AI is used extensively by all employees, giving a unique perspective on where the world is headed. Shipper's previous prediction that people were "sleeping on" Claude Code for non-technical work proved prescient.

Shipper's current predictions include:

  • The future of work will happen inside Codex or Claude Code.
  • Every company will have one "super-agent" in Slack that every employee talks to regularly.
  • SaaS is not dead, and Shipper is bullish on SaaS stocks. He believes users will bring their own AI tokens into apps, improving SaaS margins.

Shipper also emphasized the importance of forward-deployed engineers, PMs thriving in the AI era, and full-stack designers becoming "superheroes."