Udemy's cofounder said he's got a way to avoid hiring interns for 'painful and inefficient' work that one person can do - Kwan Wei Kevin Tan, Business Insider

"It was painful and inefficient. I spent as much time training the interns as I got value from their work. But it worked, and we reached thousands of leads to get Udemy off the ground," he added. But the rise of AI-powered tools meant that interns were no longer needed for such tasks, Biyani wrote on LinkedIn. "15 years later at Maven, we now have one person who is more productive than that entire team," Biyani said, adding that AI allowed the employee to "parse through millions of people and find the exact profile you're looking for.""She's as productive as that entire intern team (with less oversight from me)," Biyani continued.

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