# Designing AI Agents as Role-Specific AI Employees

DevFeed: [Designing AI Agents as Role-Specific AI Employees](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stop-building-ai-agents-start-building-ai-employees-live-demo-pedro-franceschi-35006.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://creatoreconomy.so/p/stop-building-ai-agents-build-ai-employees-instead-pedro-franceschi-brex>)

Author: Peter Yang

Published: 2026-09-13T14:03:10Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Behind the Craft](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/behind-the-craft.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Job](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/job.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [ceo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ceo.md>), [demo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/demo.md>), [live](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/live.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses designing AI agents as AI employees with defined jobs, skills, managers, and budgets. It also describes how Brex's CEO uses AI in his personal life and business.

## Source excerpt

How to think of building agents as onboarding AI employees with a specific job, skill set, manager, and budget. Plus how Brex's CEO uses AI to run his life and $5B business.