Imagine a company that doesn’t hire anyone – because the entire team is virtual. That’s exactly what the new AI startup Mechanize is doing, recently launched by Tamay Besiroglu (known from Epoch).
Their goal? Full automation of work. Yes, everything.
But we’re not talking about minor assistance like sending emails or writing reports.
Mechanize wants to build AI agents that can take over all the tasks currently performed by humans – especially white-collar jobs.
How do they plan to do it?
- They’re creating virtual work environments – simulations of real-world scenarios in which AI is trained to handle interruptions, multitask, and even collaborate with other “workers.”
- The focus is on computer-based jobs – from administration to analytics.
- Behind it all are serious names and even more serious funding – the market potential of this approach is estimated at a whopping $60 trillion globally.
Of course, it hasn’t gone without criticism. Many are asking: if we really replace people at work – what then?
How will we live, work, earn?
This isn’t just another AI startup. It’s a mirror of the future – and that future might be much closer than we think. And no matter how futuristic it sounds, maybe it’s time we all ask ourselves what our job looks like in 5 years… if it even exists.
In Brief: Tech World Highlights
- LM Arena has launched the Search Arena Leaderboard for evaluating LLMs on search tasks, with Google’s Gemini-2.5-Pro and Perplexity’s Sonar topping the chart.
- NATO has awarded Palantir a contract for its Maven Smart System to enhance U.S. battlefield operations using AI technologies, aiming to implement the platform within 30 days.
- OpenAI has updated its Preparedness Framework, noting that it may adjust safety standards if competitors release high-risk AI technologies without comparable safeguards in response to industry changes.
- OpenAI also introduced a new library tab in ChatGPT, allowing users (both free and paid) to access all their image creations in one place.
- xAI has launched Grok Studio, similar to ChatGPT’s Canvas, allowing users – on both free and paid plans – to collaborate with AI on documents, code, reports, and games in a new workspace.
Trending AI tools:
- KLING 2.0 Master – A new video AI tool with better query tracking.
- Grok Studio – A canvas-like interface for working with AI on documents and other content.
- Embed 4 – Cohere’s new multimodal search model for enterprises.
