Paysend CEO limits AI tools to top performers, citing 25% engineering gain

Paysend CEO Ben Chisell restricts AI tools to his highest-performing employees, often only after they prove results, and estimates the company can now deliver about 25% more engineering work with the same team size.

Chisell says AI can magnify bad habits such as laziness and poor judgment, and that new hires get a month to explain what a tool has achieved.

He argues companies should move displaced workers into new roles rather than replace them once their work is automated.