What Elad Gil thinks about team size

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Serial entrepreneur and investor; writes Elad Blog on startups, scaling and technology, and co-authored the book High Growth Handbook.

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1. 20 Apr 2026

   Our readingAs AI raises productivity, growing companies will hold headcount flat or let it shrink even while revenue keeps rising.

   Their wordsSo if revenue at the company is growing 30%, 50%, or 100%, headcount may be flat or slightly down as they allow attrition to shrink staff.

   ↗Random thoughts while gazing at the misty AI Frontierblog.eladgil.com 1st of 3 in this piece