How to Compete with AI -- and Win | Dharmesh Shah | TEDxBoston

Most people get this question wrong. When you hear ""How do you compete with AI?"" - do you think compete AGAINST it, or compete USING it? HubSpot co-founder Dharmesh Shah reveals why your answer determines your future. From his first conversation with AI (2 years before ChatGPT) to watching his 14-year-old son ""program in English,"" Dharmesh breaks down: ✅ How AI actually works (without the technical jargon) ✅ Why banning AI is like refusing spellcheck ✅ The simple shift that turns AI from threat to superpower ✅ What ""Generation AI"" knows that we're still learning The bottom line: AI won't take your job. Someone using AI will. But here's the twist - AI will take your job and give you a much better one. Ready to go from ""you vs AI"" to ""you to the power of AI""? Dharmesh Shah is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot, angel investor, and early AI adopter who got access to GPT before it had a user interface. AI, Business, Career, Digital, Future, Innovation Dharmesh is the co-founder and CTO of HubSpot [NYSE:HUBS] which provides the #1 customer platform for scaling companies. He's an angel investor in 120+ companies and writes the popular simple.ai newsletter with over 1.7M subscribers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx