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Work & Labor · 3 min read

Goldman Sachs: AI Will Displace One in Eleven Workers, But Layoffs Are Waiting on Recession

Goldman Sachs forecasts up to 9% of the global workforce faces AI displacement — but argues mass layoffs will wait for the next economic downturn, when companies will execute cuts using automation infrastructure built during the current expansion.

Oct 26

Work & Labor · 4 min read

McKinsey: AI Will Displace 36 Million US Jobs and Create 41 Million by 2035

McKinsey projects AI and automation will net-create five million US jobs by 2035 — but only 1 in 7 displaced workers has a clear path to a growing occupation, and 120,000 job cuts have already cited AI in 2026 alone.

Oct 8

Work & Labor · 4 min read

McKinsey: 11 Million U.S. Workers May Be Forced Into New Occupations by 2035 Due to AI

A new McKinsey report estimates 11 million U.S. workers will need to change occupations entirely by 2035 as AI reshapes labor demand — the largest sustained workforce transformation in U.S. history, even as aggregate job growth remains positive.

Sep 30

Retail & Commerce · 5 min read

Agentic Commerce Has Arrived: AI Agents Are Now Completing Purchases on Your Behalf

AI agents capable of searching, comparing, and completing purchases autonomously have entered the retail funnel in 2026, with McKinsey projecting up to $1 trillion in US retail impact by 2030.

Jun 17

Retail & Commerce · 4 min read

McKinsey and ICSC: AI Is Splitting Retail in Two — and Most Stores Are on the Wrong Side

A landmark ICSC and McKinsey report finds AI bifurcating physical retail into two survival models, with up to $1 trillion in US consumer spending projected to flow through agentic AI commerce by 2030.

Apr 30

Business & Enterprise · 3 min read

Google Commits $750 Million to Help Consulting Firms Deploy Agentic AI

Google Cloud launched a $750 million fund at Cloud Next 2026 to accelerate agentic AI deployment through McKinsey, Accenture, and Deloitte — a bet that consulting partners, not direct sales, will carry the next wave of enterprise AI revenue.

Apr 23