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' The result is funny, unsettling, and much more efficient. format=jpeg" height="4480" width="6720" alt="Man sits in an empty office"><figcaption>What does management life look like at Coinbase in 2027?
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com/coinbase-layoffs-new-vision-future-memo-2026-5">Coinbase manager</a>. </strong></p><p>I log in. </p><p>Overnight, my payments agent flagged a spike in failed stablecoin transactions in Southeast Asia. My compliance agent drafted three possible responses.
My product agent shipped a minor UI tweak to address the issue in the app. </p><p>I skim summaries. Each one is a paragraph, max. </p><p>I approve two decisions. Decline one. </p><p>Now, I don't know anyone in those teams.
com/coinbase-layoffs-ai-tiny-teams-no-pure-managers-2026-5">coordination tax</a>," at least not the kind we used to complain about. No waiting for another team to reply. </p><p>Each agent shows confidence levels, sources, and alternative paths.
It's fast — but it's also opaque. </p><p>She's technically a designer. Also a PM. </p><p>She's been working with three agents to prototype a new feature for tokenized assets. She walks me through it in 12 minutes.
No slides. </p><p>"Nothing," she says. </strong></p><p>Lunch is the same. </p><p>We don't talk about projects as much anymore. We talk about prompts. </p><p>The compliance agent recommends freezing a set of transactions tied to a new prediction market.
The growth agent argues it's a false positive and warns of user backlash. </p><p>They've already debated each other. </p><p>There's no meeting, no consensus-building, no escalation chain. </p><hr><p>Business Insider readers: What do you think of this imagined reality?
