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Paysend CEO gives AI access only to top-performing employees

Paysend CEO Ben Chisell limits general-purpose AI tools to high-performing staff who can prove their value, saying the same engineering team now delivers about 25% more work. Meanwhile Lloyds and Grant Thornton roll AI out broadly, though U.K. research found 77% of AI-using businesses saw no revenue change.

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Paysend CEO gives AI access only to top-performing employees

Paysend says same-sized engineering team delivers about 25% more work
Lloyds rolled out 40,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses, 97% actively used
77% of U.K. AI-using businesses reported no revenue change
New Paysend hires get a month to prove what AI tools add

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