Ep 46: AI Doesn’t Reduce Work | Anthropic at $20B | Salesforce & HubSpot Moves | CEO = Chief AI Officer

In Episode 46, we break down one of the biggest misconceptions about AI right now: it is not reducing work, it is intensifying it. Shailesh Powdwal, VP at Partnerships at Forsys joins the show.

We cover:

• Research showing AI increases pace, scope, and expectations across teams

• Anthropic’s rapid growth and what it signals about the AI market

• HubSpot and Salesforce reshaping partner programs for an AI first world

• McKinsey’s shift toward agents and the rise of new operating models

• How services firms are evolving from time based to outcome based work

• Why hardware companies like SanDisk are benefiting from AI demand

• CEOs stepping in as Chief AI Officers and what that means for org structure

• Why partnerships must shift from influence to owning AI driven revenue

Is AI actually making companies more efficient? Or is it forcing a complete reset in how work gets done and measured?

The data suggests AI is not a cost reduction story. It is a performance escalation across every function.

If you care about AI, partnerships, services, or how companies are restructuring around this shift, this episode breaks down what is really happening.