Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon: “As we roll out more generative AI and agents, it should change the way our work is done. We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs. It’s hard to know exactly where this nets out over time, but in the next few years, we expect that this will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company.

Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone: “Over the next 10 years, we think that we will put at least $500 billion of new assets in Europe. Hopefully, things go well, and it could be more. The fact that all the senior people in the different countries across Europe recognize that there is a need for change … is positive.”

Joe Caliendo, construction project supervisor, on immigrant employees at the company that employs him: “I don’