Pedro Franceschi

Co-founder & CEO, Brex

Search every verified Pedro Franceschi interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Pedro Franceschi, co-founder and CEO of Brex, discussed his approach to AI in a September 2026 interview, advocating for building "AI employees" rather than open-ended AI agents. He described these virtual employees as having specific jobs, skills, managers, and budgets, and demonstrated Brex's internal use of such a system, including a recruiting employee named Jim that sources candidates, filters inbound applications, and provides analytics. Franceschi also showed how Brex applies static rules and LLM-based policies to govern agent actions, and he argued that AI enables companies to "sell the work itself versus just sell the tool." In the interview, Franceschi shared his views on the broader impact of AI on work, stating that while there may be job displacement, he expects a "conflation of roles" where more people become builders to some degree. He also noted that the bar for building good AI products is higher now, as the currency of solving problems has shifted from software to token consumption, but the fundamental principle of paying for problem-solving remains.