Search “what is an AI employee” and you’ll get a dozen different answers — mostly from vendors defining the term to match whatever they’re selling. There’s no analyst-firm standard and no shared technical spec. What the better definitions agree on: an AI employee owns an ongoing role with a defined outcome, holds context across time, and acts — or escalates — without being asked step by step. That’s different from a chatbot you prompt or a single-task automation script.
This hub is O8’s working answer, built from actually running one (Viktor, our own AI team member) across marketing, sales, support, and back-office work — not from a vendor deck. It covers what an AI employee actually is, how it differs from an AI agent or a scripted digital worker, what it costs, and how it plays out by department. Start here, then go deep on the function you’re hiring for.
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