Saturday, August 23, 2025

Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately

What an extremist, drastic CEO! Did he himself try AI immediately? Maybe it has something to do with his last name?

The article does not mention how many engineers were fired, only "While it doesn’t sound like very many people were fired".

"... But those who refused to try the tools when Coinbase bought enterprise licenses for GitHub Copilot and Cursor got promptly fired, CEO Brian Armstrong said this week on John Collison’s podcast “Cheeky Pint.” ..."

Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately | TechCrunch

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