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About This Session
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- When
- Thursday 19 November3:00–3:10pm, Singapore time
- Where
- Founders StageHall 2, Singapore EXPO
- Access
- Premium Premium sessionWith a Delegate, Executive, Startup, Policy, Academic or Media Pass.Compare all passes
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The venture doctrine equating organizational headcount with enterprise valuation has permanently broken down. After Klarna leveraged AI automation to trim its workforce from 5,000 toward 2,000 employees, its annual revenue per employee surged over 70% alongside a return to profitability. Meanwhile, ultra-lean software firms like Linear capped their full-time team under 50 while scaling past tens of millions in ARR. This session explores the operational balance of deep workforce restructuring: identifying which functions to automate permanently, where human domain expertise is indispensable, and which specialized hires must be recruited immediately.
