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AI employees, minus the theatre

Vendors now pitch 'AI employees' at five-figure annual prices. Some of that value is real; much of it is a chat interface in a suit. What separates them is unglamorous: permissions, audit trails, escalation rules, and whether the thing knows what it doesn't know. Here's how to evaluate this category like an operator.

01You're in the right place if

  • Answers live in old emails and someone's head
  • New staff take months to become independent
  • Support and screening quality varies by who's on shift
  • You're being quoted 'AI employee' prices and can't tell what's real

02What to actually expect

Grounding beats intelligence

An assistant grounded in your verified documents, citing sources, beats a smarter model guessing. Ask any vendor: where does it get facts, and what happens when it has none?

Permissions are the project

Mapping who may see what is most of the work. A vendor who calls that step 'easy' hasn't done it.

Autonomy is earned in stages

Start with advise-only, graduate to approved actions, then narrow autonomous lanes with exception escalation. Anyone selling day-one full autonomy is selling risk.

03Concepts designed for teams & organisations

Eight questions from now you'll have a structured brief for your situation — run the Assistant Finder. No email required.