Jack Dorsey Says AI Can Replace Middle Managers as Cuts Spread

Block Inc. co-founder Jack Dorsey and others argue that AI can serve as an organizational "intelligence layer" to replace the role of middle managers, and the trend of companies cutting management ranks is genuinely spreading. The debate traces back to an essay titled "From Hierarchy to Intelligence," co-published on March 31, 2026, by Dorsey and former Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha. The two contend that AI can replace the core functions of middle managers—gathering, relaying, and coordinating information and pre-computing decisions—shifting organizations from hierarchy-based to intelligence-based structures.