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AI and Future of Automation with Aytekin Tank

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Aytekin is the founder and CEO of JotForm, one of the most widely used no-code automation platforms in the world, serving more than 35 million users across education, healthcare, nonprofits, and small businesses.

He’s also the author of the Wall Street Journal and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling book Automate Your Busy Work,

00:00 – Introduction
Founder mindset, automation philosophy, and the future of work

00:01 – Why Automate Your Busy Work Was Ahead of Its Time
No-code, automation thinking before the AI boom

01:09 – Building JotForm Before the AI Hype Cycle
20 years of bootstrapping, slow growth, and real product-market fit

02:29 – Forms as the Gateway to Automation
How education, nonprofits, healthcare, and SMBs really work

03:49 – From Forms to Workflows, Approvals, PDFs, and E-Signatures
Designing automation for people without developers

04:21 – Solo Founder Reality: Doing HR, Legal, Support, and Product Alone
The hidden cognitive cost of running everything yourself

04:51 – Competing with Google Forms as a Bootstrapped Founder
Why automation and delegation became survival tools

05:58 – Email Automation as Cognitive Relief
How prioritization systems reduce stress and decision fatigue

07:41 – Applying Automation Internally: Teams, CI/CD, and Testing
Why automation makes teams safer, not riskier

08:10 – Designing Products Around How People Actually Work
From tools to systems thinking

09:17 – Writing, Teaching, and Sharing Automation Principles
From Medium and Forbes to a bestselling book

10:48 – Discovering the AI Revolution After Publishing the Book
Automation philosophy vs AI productivity tools

11:16 – “People Aren’t Overworked — They’re Over-Busy”
The psychology of modern work and burnout

12:28 – Embodying Automation Principles Inside the Company
Scaling without chaos

12:48 – Email Prioritization Systems That Actually Work
How to design inboxes for executives and founders

14:20 – Gmail Filters, Labels, and Decision Automation
Simple systems over complex tools

16:59 – Automation as Stress Reduction, Not Speed
Why missing important work causes burnout

19:21 – Continuous Deployment and First-Day Code Commits
How automation builds trust and confidence at scale

21:12 – Why Automation Shouldn’t Be Feared
Risk reduction through systems

22:08 – Internal Automation Lessons from JotForm’s Engineering Culture

23:01 – Future of Work: Policy, Strategy, and AI
WEF, global work, and structural change

24:32 – Does AI Kill Jobs or Create Better Ones?
A real company case study

25:02 – Deploying AI Support Without Laying Off Employees
How JotForm handled AI responsibly

27:09 – Human-in-the-Loop AI Systems
Why oversight matters more than hype

28:19 – Training AI Through Documentation and Feedback
How resolution rates improved from 25% to 75%

31:01 – Improving AI Through Better Knowledge Systems
Documentation as infrastructure

32:36 – New Roles Created by AI Adoption
From support agents to AI evaluators

33:29 – Multilingual AI Support at Global Scale
Why AI enables inclusion, not just efficiency

35:09 – Why JotForm Didn’t Get Acquired
Independence, focus, and long-term thinking

39:29 – Focused Work, Fewer Hours, Higher Leverage
Redefining productivity at scale

41:06 – Evolution of JotForm Into a Full Automation Platform
From forms to AI agents and integrations

42:09 – AI Agents Demo Discussion and Key Takeaways
Real use cases, real ROI

46:18 – User Research at Massive Scale
Learning from 35 million users

48:03 – Omnichannel AI Agents: Web, Instagram, Gmail, Salesforce
Training once, deploying everywhere

49:35 – The Future of AI Agents as Digital Employees
One system, many touchpoints

50:14 – Advice for Young Developers and Founders
How to compete in the AI era

50:49 – Growth Mindset Through Every Tech Revolution
From PCs to the internet to AI

52:10 – Why This Is the Best Time to Be Young
Opportunities created by AI and no-code tools

53:38 – Closing Reflections on Building, Learning, and Purpose
A long-term view of work and life

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AI and Future of Automation with Aytekin Tank

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