While other tech CEOs warn of widespread job cuts, Glean’s chief says AI will never displace any workers

(SeaPRwire) –   As artificial intelligence increasingly takes on routine tasks previously handled by humans, some tech leaders are raising concerns about a potential wave of job losses. However, Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean—an AI-driven enterprise search platform—rejects the notion that AI will displace workers.

“I truly believe—and I hope this remains true forever—that AI will never replace a single human being. Instead, it enhances our abilities and empowers us to deliver higher-quality work,” Jain said during a recent appearance at the Workplace Innovation Summit.

“Many people speculate about whether AI can replace specific roles, but based on our experience working with some of the world’s largest enterprises, we haven’t seen any positions eliminated because of AI—not yet, and not today.”

Jain’s optimistic stance contrasts sharply with warnings from other prominent executives. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has cautioned that AI could eliminate up to half of all white-collar jobs in the near future. Similarly, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon has suggested that AI-driven efficiencies may lead to workforce reductions and has voiced support for policies that prevent mass layoffs justified solely by AI adoption. Ford CEO Jim Farley has also projected that AI might replace “literally half” of U.S. white-collar workers.

Yet not all leaders share this pessimistic outlook—and Jain speaks from direct experience. His $7.2 billion company has spent years developing enterprise search tools and AI agents designed to streamline workplace productivity. The pace of innovation has accelerated dramatically; when Glean was founded in 2019 by former Google search engineers and technology specialists, AI capabilities were far more limited than they are now.

“When we launched the company seven years ago, AI simply wasn’t as advanced as it is today,” Jain explained. “At the time, we viewed it purely as a supportive tool—an assistant that could help us work a little faster.”

Since then, AI has grown significantly more powerful—and some employees are growing anxious about their job security. According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, AI was cited in connection with 54,836 planned layoffs in 2025 alone, and has been linked to 71,825 job cut announcements since 2023. Still, some companies may be exaggerating AI’s role in workforce reductions to highlight efficiency gains—a practice critics call “AI washing.” Despite AI’s growing capabilities, Jain remains firm in his belief that it is nowhere near ready to fully replace human workers.

“Over time, AI has certainly improved—it can now not only retrieve information and answer questions but also perform substantial portions of work on your behalf,” Jain noted. “But it’s still not at the point where it can replace you… In my view, and I expect this to hold for the foreseeable future, that won’t change.”