Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its employees

Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workforce, or about 93 employees, as was already said by 404 Media. In a memo to employees, Patreon CEO Jack Conte it says that the company it’s not changing “because we believe AI will replace humans,” but he says AI has “changed a lot of technology, including the way we work, the way we design, the way we communicate, and more.”

This change has changed “the way we work and plan,” wrote Conte.

Time interview on Decoderlast monthConte set his sights on AI, saying the company is “100 percent embracing” AI tools internally to continue serving creators:

If Patreon doesn’t fully embrace these tools as a product and engineering company – and ultimately we are a product and engineering company – and use them to give power back to creators, we, as a company, will be dead in three years.