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The 1 Big Compensation Decision Founders Should Never Hand to AI

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30.08.2026

The 1 Big Compensation Decision Founders Should Never Hand to AI

Artificial intelligence is incredibly useful during the hiring process. But should you let it decide salaries, too?

EXPERT OPINION BY KOLAWOLE ADEBAYO

Illustration: Inc; Photo: Adobe Stock

AI has quickly made itself useful across hiring. It can sift through résumés, draft a job description in seconds, and match a role to market benchmarks. For a small company that never had a compensation team, that’s a genuine unlock.

But things get thornier when AI has a say in what the actual salaries that companies pay their employees........

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