What happens when the world’s most powerful tech companies realize their greatest asset isn't their people, but their compute? In this episode of the AI Futures series, we analyze the radical transformation of Big Tech—shifting from the "Human-Centric" era to the "Token-Centric" era.

Based on the analysis by Jaffar Humayoon, we explore how the titans of industry (MAANG) are quietly re-architecting their entire business models to prioritize AI-native operations over human talent. We discuss:

• The Unit of Value Shift: Why companies are moving away from measuring success by "revenue per employee" to "revenue per token".
• The Invisible Downsizing: How the move toward AI-native organizations leads to a structural "hollowing out" of departments that once required thousan ...