Post by Hustle Fund

“AI-native” doesn’t mean “we use ChatGPT sometimes.” 😅 At a recent event with Legible.co, CEO Lawrence Coburn shared what it takes to build an AI-native company. And the big takeaway was simple: Before your company can be AI-native, it has to be AI-readable. That means AI needs to understand how work happens inside the company. Not just the polished stuff. The meetings. The decisions. The workflows. The customer feedback. The messy handoffs between teams. A few ideas stood out: • Old org charts are getting weird If AI can route information, summarize context, and help people act faster, companies may need fewer “information passers” and more builders, owners, and player-coaches. • AI needs feedback loops If AI writes something and a human copy-pastes it into a doc, AI doesn’t learn much. But if AI can act, get feedback, and improve, it becomes way more powerful. • Documentation matters more than ever Async updates, clean naming systems, and written workflows are not just “nice to have.” They help AI understand what’s happening. • Humans still matter AI can take on more repeatable work. But people still need to set direction, make judgment calls, and protect the company’s “soul.” The hard part isn’t buying more AI tools. The hard part is changing how your company communicates, decides, documents, and operates. Because if AI can’t read it, AI can’t help with it. Want more practical founder lessons like this? Sign up for The Founder Playbook: https://lnkd.in/e-c5wFHc What’s one part of your company that AI would totally struggle to understand today?