Kast CEO: quadrupled headcount, then froze it with AI as revenue grew 3-4x
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-22
Raagulan Pathy, founder and CEO of Kast, explains on the "When Shift Happens" podcast how he quadrupled his company's headcount, then held it flat with AI while revenue grew 3 to 4x — a concrete case of scaling output per employee with AI instead of continued hiring. Full video linked in the thread.
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