The CEO of $77.4 billion cryptocurrency platform Coinbase enforced a recent AI push by firing employees who failed to onboard with new AI tools by a strict deadline.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told the “Cheeky Pint” podcast earlier this week that he showed his staff how serious he was about AI adoption at the company.
Armstrong said he “mandated” the use of AI coding tools internally earlier this year, and Coinbase employees told him that it would take up to six months to get 50% of the software engineers on staff to use the AI tools.
But Armstrong decided to accelerate that timeline.
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