Cuban said young professionals shouldn’t look to big companies—which have already put a pause on hiring entry-level roles, especially for software engineers and programmers. Instead, he said, they should shift their focus to outsourcing their AI skills to smaller-scale companies.
“If I was graduating today, or if I was a 16-year-old looking for a job, I would learn everything there is to know about AI. And I would go to small and medium-size businesses and say, ‘Let me walk in the door,’” Cuban said.
As these systems constantly develop, they require modifications and updates. Cuban said that managing a company’s AI systems—or being the “buffer” that understands how agents work—is “crucial,” and a sound way to generate recurring income.
Cuban said he has preached the advice of becoming an AI expert to his daughter, who will graduate from college soon and work at a consulting company.
“If you’re not the person who knows how to do vibe coding or do all these different things with agents and Claude—whoever does is going to take your place,” he said.
Instead of buying into the AI hype, Cuban has been quite measured with his comments around artificial intelligence, as well as vocal about the technology’s potential pitfalls. In the past, he called AI agents the equivalent of a “hungover intern.”
