# Simon Coton: How to Build AI Systems That Do the Work of 14 People

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Published: 2026-07-02T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

He sat with a client running 14 staff. His AI system was already doing more than all of them. Here is how Simon Coton builds it.

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