May 5, 2026 12:09 PM

Coinbase is slashing 14% of its workforce not just to cut costs, but because AI is making human employees obsolete. We are moving toward an "intelligence" model where humans are pushed to the edges of workflows while AI handles the core. With engineers doing in days what once took weeks, the era of the "pure manager" is over in favor of single-person pods. Is a company run by algorithms and "player-coaches" actually the future of work, or is this just a recipe for burnout?
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