A clip from Madhav's podcast appearance, on why the next wave of companies won't scale by hiring.
The argument: the shift isn't better chatbots. It's that you stop writing prompts and start handing over intents — what must be true when the work is finished, what it may access, what it may spend, and what counts as proof. Five people making the decisions, agents carrying the work, and nothing risky happening without a human tap.
Worth arguing with in the replies if you think it's wrong.