Company making tools for developers says it will hire more AI agents than humans this year

StackBlitz CEO Eric Simons says the company will soon have more AI agents than human employees, betting big on automated digital workers. This likely puts human jobs at risk. Read the full story to know more.

A company that builds tools for developers says it plans to hire more AI agents than human employees this year. Instead of expanding its team with people, it will increase the number of software agents working inside the company. That alone tells you how seriously it is taking artificial intelligence.

StackBlitz CEO Eric Simons believes this is where modern software companies are headed. For him, AI agents are no longer just helpers that assist engineers with code. They are becoming active contributors across the business.

In an interview with Business Insider, Simons said StackBlitz has “gone all in on agents.” The company is using internally built AI systems across coding, product development, business intelligence, customer support and outbound sales. These agents are not experimental tools running in the background. They are being trusted with real tasks that directly affect how the company functions.

From my perspective, this changes how we think about hiring. Traditionally, growth meant adding engineers, sales teams and support executives. Now, StackBlitz is increasing digital workers that can operate round the clock, handle multiple tasks at once and scale without the usual constraints of time zones or working hours.

Simons believes the role of these agents will expand far beyond internal company work. “To me, this is a crystal ball into the wildness of the inevitable future,” he said. He imagines AI agents communicating with other agents on behalf of users, negotiating prices, checking restaurant availability or even debating viewpoints online. “Agents are an extension of yourself,” he added. “People will generally trust their agents with whatever they recommend them to buy, reserve, believe, or otherwise.”

There are already early signs of this model. One example is OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant that works inside platforms such as WhatsApp, Slack and iMessage. It allows digital agents to coordinate and exchange information with limited human input. While still in early stages, such systems show how AI tools can interact directly with each other.