By comparison, small to medium-sized companies, “don’t have that depth,” he said.
“[Small-to-medium-sized companies] are typically entrepreneurially driven and don’t have the flexibility to have people research things,” Cuban added. “Bringing a new graduate on to work on agentic AI projects is inexpensive for them and can get them immediate results.”
Cuban told Fortune what will make candidates stand out when going to a small business is their ability to build simple AI agents that automate the time-consuming tasks that go undone because “manual labor is too expensive”.
“Every company has stuff that doesn’t get done because it would require someone to sit with a spreadsheet for hours. Or to count things. Or to edit. Or to check receipts for accuracy,” Cuban said. “These things can be done with agents and save small companies cash and improve productivity and competitiveness.”
He added it only takes “a basic understanding of programming and how AI models create agents.”
The Shark Tank star has three children, with two currently in college at Vanderbilt University and UCLA. He encourages them to learn as much as possible about AI, but even more when it comes to implementing the skills in companies.
