AI agents will benefit companies, but not necessarily people.

Last week, we learned that YCombinator now bets on disrupting compliance because a lot of cost cutting is possible in this domain.

Concretely, well-funded companies are building autonomous agents, and to be profitable, they can't just sell assistants to the professionals. Investors will require to replace the professionals altogether.

I'm a big AI fan and I like occasionally using agents, but I think this impact on jobs aspect can't be an afterthought. I wish not to be caricatural, but what I'm seeing leads me to the conclusion that by default, agents are not the worker's friend.

On the bright side, I think companies that care about people and want to make an impact can still responsibly deploy AI agents. For GRC companies, it can look like: compliance platforms rolling out agents for getting 80% of things done, and then, offering service from consultant partners to give even deeper assistance to customers.

It means that agents can be a new distribution channel for consultants/professionals (the custom service layer on top of the standard agentic service). That said, it's a number game, and I still think entirely level positions might not benefit from this overall.

Now you might be thinking, he also develops AI with ISMS Copilot, what's the deal? ISMS Copilot is 100% independent and I say no to any proposal of external funding every month. We're already profitable and don't need to sell replacement to get a ROI.

My aim is to build affordable assistants for the people who do the work. The implementors. The auditors. Started 1.5y ago and I'm in this long term. I'm now teaming up with engineers to keep improving the product and adding more abilities.

Will ISMS Copilot offer agents? Maybe. We're trying things. But the north star is not releasing any agent unless it's very secure (more powers means more responsibility) and released in a way that's affordable to individual people or small consulting companies that can benefit from them to serve clients instead of being replaced and watching the train passing by.

We're still early in this agentic area. My takes might be outdated in one month. Who knows. Just wanted to share how I see it.

Take care!