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Key Takeaways Mark Cuban says “smart, bigger companies” will let employees build and use AI agents, which will allow employees to “reduce their work day by an hour to start.”
He frames this as a way to “reward people” with more time.
Cuban’s vision for a shorter workweek aligns with that of other tech leaders, like Zoom CEO Eric Yuan.
More than 80% of Fortune 500 companies use AI agents — or virtual assistants that can complete complex tasks autonomously — according to Microsoft’s February Cyber Pulse report. Now, Mark Cuban says the technology could cut an hour from the average workday without reducing pay.
In a recent post on X, the billionaire entrepreneur stated that “smart, bigger companies” will allow their employees to generate and tap into AI agents. These agents will improve employee productivity and “reduce their work day by an hour to start,” Cuban predicted.
He added that employees will work less while earning the same pay. “Reward people doing the daily with more time,” Cuban wrote in the post. There is no evidence that employers won’t reduce pay in response to fewer hours worked.
Smart, bigger companies will enable their employees to create and use agents (within security guardrails ), improve their productively but MOST IMPORTANTLY, they will reduce their work day by an hour to start. Same pay.
Reward people doing the daily with more time.
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