Fraden: High AI margins create competitive openings for under-cutting
Russ Fraden · The $700 Billion AI Productivity Problem No One's Talking About · Dec 1, 2025 · at 43:45
Russ Fraden, CEO of Larridin, adapts Jeff Bezos's margin doctrine to argue why companies using AI to cut workers will be outcompeted.
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“To the extent that AI is going to drive up your margin, that will be all of your competitors opportunity to be less profitable and compete with you.”
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