Shah: Enterprise software deployment actually degrades the quality of human work
Amit Shah · He left a $2B ARR company to build AI agents—then hit $1M ARR in ＜ 6 months | Amit Shah, Founder ... · PMF Show · Nov 20, 2025 · at 6:51
Amit Shah, founder of Instalily and former President of 1-800-Flowers, discusses why enterprise software has increased administrative drudgery instead of improving productivity.
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“Because more and more software is getting written, more and more software is getting deployed, but the quality and quantum of human work was getting degraded.”
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