While speaking on Verge's Decoder Podcast, Srinivas detailed how Comet's built-in AI agents can access applications such as Gmail, LinkedIn, Google Calendar and more to completely transform knowledge work.
“The job of a recruiter for a week is one prompt. You get to sourcing and out,” he said in an episode Thursday.
The AI-Native Browser is currently in an invitation-only beta for premium users. You can generate suggestions, extract contact information, send personalized outreach emails, tasks traditionally processed by recruitment coordinators and saucers.
Srinivas has shown a scenario where comet can identify Stanford graduates who previously worked in humanity, edit information to Google Sheets and draft personalized cold outreach messages.
Comet targets that go beyond recruitment tasks
Comets are not only limited to task adoption. Srinivas said the browser can act as multiple executive assistants and perform tasks such as email management, calendar coordination and meeting preparation. AI can continue to follow up, track responses, update Google Sheets, mark responses or ongoing status, sync with Google Calendar, and resolve conflicts to schedule meetings. Srinibus hopes that browsers will evolve into an AI operating system that will continuously run background tasks and execute commands through natural language.
He thinks users will pay a premium price for meaningful automation, and suggests that people may spend “$2,000 on the prompt” if it helps to create important business value.
AI leaders split over the impact of AI on employment
Srinivas is one of the tech executives who believes AI will disrupt office work widely. While humanity's CEO Dario Amodei suggests that AI can eliminate 50% of entry-level positions within five years, Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that artificial intelligence will “literally replace half of all white-collar workers.”
However, some are on the other side of the spectrum. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Frame AI frame AI as an extension tool rather than a wholesale exchange technology.
Despite the different perspectives, Srinivas issued a clear warning.
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