“Before 2030, you're going to see Amazon, which has massively invested in [AI], replace all factory workers and all drivers. It will be 100% robotic, which means all of those workers are going away. Every Amazon worker, all those jobs. UPS, gone. FedEx, gone.”
Angel investor, founder of Launch, co-host of the All-In podcast
Said Sep 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2029The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller, as reported by Benzinga, September 15, 2025
Deadline is the end of 2029. Amazon still employs roughly 1.5 million people and has continued to expand automation (and announced large corporate layoffs), while UPS and FedEx remain heavily human-staffed; Calacanis later doubled down on X, saying the take will be uncontroversial by 2035.