How AI Could Make Corporate Hierarchies More Invisible—And More Powerful

AI implementation decisions will define organizational power structures for decades, yet most companies risk making hierarchies invisible rather than dismantling them. Without intentional design for transparency and worker agency, AI systems risk concentrating control through algorithms rather than distributing opportunity and shared prosperity. The article argues this is the critical moment for startups to choose a different path—building cooperatively structured companies that use AI to eliminate bureaucracy without sacrificing human dignity.