Lieberman: Tenex's business growth is 100% human talent constrained, not agent constrained
Alex Lieberman · ⚡️ 10x AI Engineers with $1m Salaries — Alex Lieberman & Arman Hezarkhani, Tenex · Nov 19, 2025 · at 15:12
Alex Lieberman, co-founder of Tenex, answers whether the AI engineering firm's primary growth bottleneck is human hiring or AI agent performance.
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“Today it's human bound, a hundred percent.”
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