Laid-off 25-year data veteran bought an HVAC company and now has AI run its back office
MartinGTobias · x · 2026-10-14
A professional with 25 years in data/dev work and three years of daily AI use shares that after being laid off two years ago, he decided he'd never outrun AI — so he bought an HVAC company and now employs AI instead. AI runs more and more of the back office, and soon, all of it. A concrete case of pivoting from tech employment to an AI-operated traditional business.
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