Blake Scholl
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115.
115 employees.
Yeah, we did XB1 with 50 people.
Yeah.
Yeah, SpaceX, when they went into orbit, were 500.
And we broke the sound barrier of 50.
I am a big believer in small teams.
For a little while, I didn't.
We ended up having to go through a cycle where I actually cut the company in half, which was very painful.
But we get more done now with half the people than we got with a team twice as big.
My rule now is anything that does not complain about being understaffed is overstaffed.
And we hire very reluctantly and very deliberately.
And only when we've exhausted all other options do we grow the team.
So we can't do this with software.
We can't do this with AI.
We can't just find a more clever way to do it.
We can't find a way not to have to do it.
Okay, then we'll hire.
And we do it very, very deliberately.
Oh, software and AI are going to be a huge part of the success story.