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CULTURE:📍 Day 1 With Our First AI Employee, We’re Hiring Humans, and Your Coping Skills
Culture, creativity, and some important questions you didn’t see coming...
culture pilot
May 20, 2026 • 1 minute
Somewhere between AI coworkers, rising grocery bills, and trying to remember why we opened the fridge, it’s time for more…
SERIOUS
QUESTIONS
YOU SAID IT
Last issue we asked: How do you handle the pace of change?
You said:
“I was far more comfortable somewhere between dial-up and pandemics.”
Also...
“I oscillate between excitement and wanting to throw my phone into the ocean.”
Extra points awarded for the use of oscillate.
Next up:
What’s the biggest source of anxiety for you right now?
Money. Health. AI. Family. The future. All of the above?
It’s strange when anxiety is so universal and still incredibly personal for each of us. Knock it off, brain.
So… What’s weighing on your mind lately?
Let us know. The support group is growing.
SOMEONE NEW
Culture Pilot’s first AI employee: Meet our new Traffic Director →
Tim, here with some internal news.
In April, we hired our first AI employee. Custom-built by us. Production-ready (arguably). And as you might imagine, fast.
It joined Slack. Started taking assignments. Began understanding how our team works. And within the first minute, it was learning how to improve.
Learning speed is becoming a commodity, and we’re collectively coping with how work and team dependency can evolve in real time. As business owners, we have to consider the difference between hiring for skill vs. hiring for talent, human or not.
What’s it like? Here’s a brief look into: Day 1 With Our First AI Employee »
And yes, we’re hiring humans too.
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