Brex co-founder Pedro Franceschi: build AI employees with jobs, skills and budgets, not open-ended agents
petergyang · x · 2026-09-13
In a 47-minute Behind the Craft episode, Brex co-founder Pedro Franceschi argues 'agents' is a terrible name — build AI employees with a defined job, skills, manager and budget instead. Highlights: a live demo of Jim, Brex's AI recruiting employee; CrabTrap, their mechanism to stop AI employees leaking company data; why he spends half his time reviewing AI work; why Brex makes engineers build with AI in interviews; and how he uses OpenClaw to run his $5B business. Key quotes: 'Sell the work itself versus just selling the software' and 'having discernment on what matters is more important than ever.'
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