New Delhi, April 25 -- A friend who recently joined the founding team of a digital-first non-banking financial company (NBFC) told me how his hiring strategy changed once he began using AI proactively. He is now building a one-person management information system (MIS) function and a much leaner underwriting team, as AI has effectively eliminated the need for a full-fledged setup. He isn't alone in this realization.

After a recent AI workshop in my company, I went down the rabbit hole myself. From building calculators for our columns to automating routine tasks, AI has suddenly made everything possible. Given the nature of journalism, I find AI to be an important value-add and not necessarily a replacement, but for many, AI and automatio...