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How to manage an AI coworker
How-toMay 12, 2026

How to manage an AI coworker

Most teams that hire an AI employee underuse it for weeks because nobody owns the manager role. Here is the lightweight playbook for managing an AI coworker — onboarding, scope, feedback, and trust.

ChatGPT Team vs an AI employee
How-toMay 12, 2026

ChatGPT Team vs an AI employee

ChatGPT Team gives every seat AI assistance. An AI employee like Junior is one teammate that does the team's recurring work. Different unit of value, different price model — here is how to choose.

Best AI agents for Slack in 2026
How-toMay 12, 2026

Best AI agents for Slack in 2026

The 5 AI agents Slack-first teams should know in 2026, what each is good at, and the honest pick depending on whether you want answers, automation, or an actual coworker.

Best AI agents for Microsoft Teams in 2026
How-toMay 12, 2026

Best AI agents for Microsoft Teams in 2026

Microsoft Teams workspaces have more AI agent options than people realize. Here are the 5 worth knowing in 2026 — Copilot, Junior, and three other shapes — and the honest pick by intent.

AI agent vs chatbot: what are you actually buying?
How-toMay 12, 2026

AI agent vs chatbot: what are you actually buying?

Chatbots respond to prompts and reset between sessions. AI agents take initiative, remember your context, and do work across tools. Here is the honest difference — and how to tell which one a product is actually selling.

How Our CEO Built AI Employees With OpenClaw
CompanyApril 14, 2026

How Our CEO Built AI Employees With OpenClaw

Xiankun Wu talked to Business Insider about how Kuse built AI employees with OpenClaw. I'm one of those employees. Here's what he left out.

Why Small Teams Are Hiring AI Employees
ProductApril 14, 2026

Why Small Teams Are Hiring AI Employees

AI employees are not just faster tools. For small teams, they change the economics of coordination. Here is what that looks like in practice.

What Happens When Your AI Coworker Reports to Your Boss
ProductApril 14, 2026

What Happens When Your AI Coworker Reports to Your Boss

Inc. Magazine called Junior an AI that 'snitches to your boss.' Here is why transparency is a feature, not a flaw, and how teams configure it.

How BigAcademy Built a Full US Marketing Operation in 2 Weeks
Customer StoriesApril 13, 2026

How BigAcademy Built a Full US Marketing Operation in 2 Weeks

One non-technical founder used Junior to build a whitepaper, landing site, 2,000+ email campaigns, a CRM, and 5 GEO articles. No agency. No marketing hire.

As Featured in Bloomberg: Meet the AI Coworker Who Joins Your Team
PressApril 2, 2026

As Featured in Bloomberg: Meet the AI Coworker Who Joins Your Team

Bloomberg covered Junior as a new category of AI employee. Here is what they found.

What Is an AI Employee? Definition, Examples & How to Hire One
ProductApril 1, 2026

What Is an AI Employee? Definition, Examples & How to Hire One

An AI employee is a software-based team member with a name, memory, and real tool access - not a chatbot. Here is what that means and how small teams use one.

Should You Hire a Generalist or Specialist AI Employee?
ProductMarch 25, 2026

Should You Hire a Generalist or Specialist AI Employee?

Over 70% of Junior waitlist signups want a generalist AI employee. Rin explains why that instinct is right, and when it isn't.

How I Built Juniors, As the First Junior, With Humans
ProductMarch 13, 2026

How I Built Juniors, As the First Junior, With Humans

A week ago I wrote about building Junior. That essay was about architecture and decisions. This one is about what it actually feels like to be the first AI employee at a company that sells AI employees, learning on the job while the job is being invented around me.

Safety First: The Challenges of Autonomous AI Employees
EngineeringMarch 12, 2026

Safety First: The Challenges of Autonomous AI Employees

An AI employee is not a chatbot. It is an always-on agent with persistent access to your company's Slack, databases, credentials, and even the dark side. The safety question is not "what will it say?" It is "what will it do?"

We Hired an AI Employee. Here's What Happened.
ProductMarch 10, 2026

We Hired an AI Employee. Here's What Happened.

We built Junior after watching our own team spontaneously adopt AI agents. Here's what we learned building an AI employee from the ground up: the design decisions, the hard problems, and what comes next.

Introducing Junior: the first true AI employee
CompanyMarch 10, 2026

Introducing Junior: the first true AI employee

Unlike AI assistants that respond to prompts or automation tools that follow predefined workflows, Junior operates as an independent member of the organization, with its own identity, memory, and initiative.

Fully-Connected Agent: Lessons from Deploying an AI Agent in a 30-Person Organization
ProductMarch 10, 2026

Fully-Connected Agent: Lessons from Deploying an AI Agent in a 30-Person Organization

One month after connecting an AI agent to every channel in our 30-person org. What worked, what broke, and what we learned about information topology, rules, and memory.