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The Last Decision: When Founders Let AI Call the Shots

Imagine this: You’re a startup founder on the brink of launching a new product. Instead of burning through sleepless nights debating pricing models, hiring plans, or MVP features, you feed your options into an AI. It runs millions of simulations. Then it tells you — “Here’s the best path forward.” You nod, click “Approve,” and go make coffee.

Is this the future of leadership? A strategic utopia — or a soulless nightmare?

Foundership in an AI World: Who’s Actually Steering the Ship?

Founders have always been seen as visionary decision-makers — people who can spot patterns, take big risks, and bet on gut instinct. But what happens when AI starts doing the pattern-spotting better?

Today, large language models and decision-support AI are already making serious inroads into strategy work. Tools like Delphi, Causal, and OpenAI’s business agents are being used to simulate business scenarios, project revenue trajectories, or optimize pricing in ways that would take humans weeks.

But here’s the big question:
When AI gets really, really good at this — what’s left for the founder to do?

Let’s be honest: the idea of a “founder” shifting from bold strategist to AI…