Key Points:
- CEO Shishir Mehrotra views AI as a “job expander,” not a job killer.
- Grammarly acquired Superhuman and Coda to form a $13 billion tech giant.
- The new platform aims to compete directly with Microsoft and Google.
- Major companies like Klarna and UPS are already cutting jobs due to AI.
Investors usually love efficiency, which is often just a nice word for firing people. However, Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra is taking a different stance. In a recent interview, he argued that artificial intelligence will not take jobs away. Instead, he believes it will expand them. “In my mind, we’re about to give everybody 100 new employees,” Mehrotra said.
This bold vision is the foundation of his newly reorganized company. In mid-2025, the writing giant Grammarly bought the premium email app Superhuman. In a surprise twist, the entire $13 billion group rebranded under the Superhuman name. They also added Coda, a collaborative workspace tool, to the mix.
The goal is to build an “AI-native” suite of tools that can fight against giants like Microsoft and Google. Mehrotra wants to combine smart email, writing help, and workspaces into one package. The “100 agents” he talks about are digital assistants. They can pull data from customer files, summarize complaints, and write replies that sound exactly like you. Users are already using these features heavily, triggering over 100 billion AI actions every week.
Mehrotra compares this moment to the invention of the spreadsheet. People who learned to use Excel succeeded, while those who stuck to calculators fell behind. He believes future workers will act more like managers, overseeing teams of digital bots to get work done.
However, the math might not work out in favor of the employee. If one person can do the work of 100 agents, companies might decide they need fewer managers. This is already happening at big corporations. Last year, fintech company Klarna reported that its AI assistant did the work of 700 full-time support agents.
Other giants like UPS, IBM, and HP have also announced job cuts linked to automation. While Mehrotra is betting his company on a future where AI helps people do more, the financial reality for many businesses is that AI simply helps them spend less on salaries.
