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OpenAI: How AI will fit into the corporate org chart

Original title: The future of the firm

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What it is: Two OpenAI managers published an essay outlining three scenarios for how AI will integrate into company organizational charts. The scenarios describe AI working beneath humans, alongside them, or between different levels of human employees.
How it works: Employees can manage AI agents that handle routine tasks, or executives can delegate entire projects to AI teams. In another scenario, AI coordinates and monitors work between different human roles in the organization.
Where it is available: These concepts apply to the organizational structures of firms during the transition to the intelligence age. The source does not mention a specific product, API, or app where this is currently available.
Example: An accountant named Jace no longer manually edits spreadsheets. His AI agents perform the spreadsheet work under his supervision, allowing him to focus on communication and creativity.

What it is: An essay by OpenAI staff analyzes how AI integration will reshape organizational charts through three structural models. These models position AI as subordinates, peer colleagues, or coordinators between human layers.
How it works: Integration scales from individual contributors managing simple agents to executives deploying end-to-end autonomous AI teams. The models coordinate with each other, divide tasks, and handle workflows with minimal human supervision as capabilities improve.
Where it is available: The framework applies to organizational design and workflow structures in firms adopting AI. It is a conceptual analysis and does not refer to a released OpenAI product, API, or platform.
Example: A VP named Sheila can give an AI marketing team a budget and a product. The subagents autonomously divide tasks, run surveys, draft visual styles, and present a completed campaign for approval.

The headline and explanation on this page are based on OpenAI's post. The full details are in the original.

The future of the firm