Startup Claims AI Can Replace Consultants, Hires Consultants to Explain How

A fictional technology startup has announced software capable of replacing expensive advisory teams. Before launch, it retained three advisory teams to evaluate positioning, transformation opportunities and the risk of appearing insufficiently transformative.

Dr. Cynthia Source reviewed the demonstration. The software recommended forming a steering committee and commissioning a readiness assessment. Consultants praised its maturity and suggested a premium implementation package.

A customer asked what work would disappear. The founder pointed to a junior employee manually copying slides between decks. That employee has since been reassigned to copying the software's slides. Investors welcomed the transition, citing a sharp improvement in the number of times the same work can be described as automation.