Say hello to 10 a.m. starts. Mark Cuban says AI will cut your workday by an hour—and you’ll still get paid the same

The days of grinding at your desk from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. are officially numbered. Imagine clocking off an hour earlier every single day and still taking home the same salary. Billionaire entrepreneur and former Shark Tank star Mark Cuban says artificial intelligence is about to make it happen.

“Smart, bigger companies will enable their employees to create and use agents (within security guardrails), improve their productivity,” Cuban just wrote on X. “But most importantly, they will reduce their workday by an hour to start. Same pay.”  

He added that working from home already “dilutes” people’s start and finish time, but that forward-thinking companies will put an official policy in place that cuts the workweek down by at least 5 hours. “It’s a step that sets the tone in a company,” he added.

“Reward people doing the daily with more time.”  

It’s a bold call—but Cuban, who built and sold Broadcast.com (“the YouTube” of his era)........

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