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- Companies adopting AI with high intensity grow headcount by 10% over two years, driven by firms in the top third of AI spending.
- Entry-level hiring increases by 12% among high-intensity AI adopters, suggesting a preference for candidates skilled in AI use.
- AI adoption is unevenly distributed, favoring larger, VC-backed, engineering-intensive, and fast-growing firms, with gains influenced by network effects and learning curves.
- AI adoption requires a minimum threshold (around $30 per employee monthly initially) and a 6-12 month learning period before impacting hiring.
- Small businesses that adopt AI intensely may experience outsized growth by reducing fixed costs, enabling new revenue streams and increased hiring.
- Practical advice: Young job seekers should prioritize AI-using firms; engineers should learn AI technologies; business owners should persist with AI despite initial challenges.