W7168259664 Working papers AI × management and organizations

Delegating to AI: Beliefs and the Organization of Work at New Ventures

Innessa Colaiacovo · Rembrand Koning

Also recorded as: doi:10.2139/ssrn.6962978 · ssrn:6962978

ssrn abstract page · 2026-07-14

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Participating North American technology-startup founders estimated that absent AI they would need 55% more employees on average, versus a 17% median and nearly one-third expecting no additional employees; formal workflow integrators estimated counterfactual headcount increases nearly four times those of informal users, while randomized optimistic or pessimistic information shifted beliefs and delegation preferences on average.

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Scope: Universe: participating North American technology-startup founders; unit: founder-reported belief and intended work organization; period and sample denominator: not displayed. The percentages and ratio are denominator-incomplete self-reports and are treated as anecdotal rather than observed employment effects.

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