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You don't need 200,000 AI agents. You need one that actually shows up to work. Harvard Business School just published a case study on Bairong — a company running 1,200 human employees alongside 200,0
You don't need 200,000 AI agents. You need one that actually shows up to work.
Harvard Business School just published a case study on Bairong — a company running 1,200 human employees alongside 200,000 AI agents, each with their own KPIs. Headlines like that make most business owners feel even further behind.
You're not behind. You're just being shown the wrong starting line.
Here's what that story actually teaches: the companies winning with AI didn't replace people — they gave AI agents specific jobs with measurable outputs. Same logic you'd apply to any new hire. Clear role, clear metric, clear accountability.
That's the part nobody's selling you. Not the flashy tool. The job description that goes with it.
If you've already bought an AI tool your team ignores, that's not a failure of AI — it's a failure of job design. The tool never had a defined role. No wonder nobody uses it.
One practical step: pick one repetitive task that currently costs you 3-5 hours a week. Write down what "done well" looks like. That's your AI agent's job description — and your benchmark for ROI within 30 days.
What's the one task you'd hand off first if you knew the AI would actually do it right?
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Source: Harvard Business School. Felix Zhang, founder and CEO of the Beijing-based enterprise AI company Bairong, had a workforce of more than ...