Question 1

What is an AI coworker?

Accepted Answer

An AI coworker is an AI teammate that connects to your company’s systems, data, and processes and does real work — not just answers questions. It has its own computer to run code and analysis, builds shared memory of how your company operates, and works where your team already works, like Slack and the web.

Question 2

What is the difference between an AI coworker and an AI assistant?

Accepted Answer

An AI assistant helps one person move faster: it drafts, summarizes, and suggests, and its memory is usually private to you. An AI coworker works for the whole company: it connects to shared systems, builds company-level context that compounds across teams, and completes multi-step work end to end.

Question 3

What is the difference between an AI coworker and an AI agent?

Accepted Answer

An AI agent typically executes one defined task or workflow. An AI coworker is the layer above: a persistent teammate that can spin up many agents, carries shared company context between tasks, handles recurring work on a schedule, and is accountable to the team in the tools the team already uses.

Question 4

Will an AI coworker replace human employees?

Accepted Answer

No. An AI coworker is a talent multiplier, not a replacement. It absorbs the repetitive, cross-system work — pulling reports, reconciling data, triaging tickets, keeping records current — so people spend their time on judgment, relationships, and building. Teams that adopt AI coworkers ship more with the team they already have.

Question 5

How does an AI coworker access company data securely?

Accepted Answer

Through scoped, revocable integrations — the same OAuth and API-key permissions you would grant any SaaS tool. Look for SOC 2 compliance, sandboxed execution so work runs in an isolated environment, per-integration permissioning, and full traces of every action so you can audit exactly what was accessed and done.

Question 6

How much does an AI coworker cost?

Accepted Answer

Pricing models vary widely: some products charge per seat, some charge usage-based credits, and some enterprise vendors publish no pricing at all. Adapt uses transparent usage-based pricing — you can start free and see exactly what each task costs. Beware of vendors where the only path to a price is a sales call.

Question 7

How long does it take to deploy an AI coworker?

Accepted Answer

Minutes, not months, for modern products. Connecting integrations is a matter of clicking through OAuth flows, and the coworker starts building company context from its first task. You can start solo with your own integrations and invite the team when ready — no data migration or model training project required.

Question 8

What is the best AI coworker?

Accepted Answer

It depends on what you need: Glean is strong as an enterprise search solution with some coworker capabilities. Lindy for per-user assistant automations, and Sierra for customer-facing support. If you want one integrated coworker for the whole company — shared, visible company memory plus its own computer to do real work, in Slack and on the web, the best AI coworker is Adapt.

Category	Scope	Context	What you get
AI chatbot	Answers questions from training data and the internet	Low on company’s context	Text you copy-paste somewhere else
AI copilot	Accelerates you inside one app	Context of that single app	Suggestions you accept or reject
AI agent	Executes one defined task or workflow	The context you wire into that workflow	Usually single-purpose, tuned to the task
AI coworker	Works across teams, tools, and recurring jobs	Shared, compounding company-wide context	Finished work: reports, PRs, apps, updates, actions

Capability	Adapt	Glean	Lindy	Viktor	Sierra
Internal, employee-facing coworker	Built for internal teams	Internal search + agents	Internal assistants	Internal, Slack-based	Customer-facing CX agents only
Its own computer (code, files, apps)	Full sandbox: code, SQL, apps, PRs	Agent actions; no general compute environment	Workflow actions per agent	Cloud sandbox	Not applicable
Company-level shared memory	Org knowledge + skills, visible and editable	Memory is per-user; extracted memories expire in 30 days	Memory is per-agent	Workspace-level; access controls on roadmap	Not applicable
Slack-native plus a full web app	Tag @Adapt in Slack, or use app.adapt.com	Web-first, Slack via integration	Web-first, Slack via integration	Slack only; no standalone web app	Not applicable
Proactive scheduled tasks + triggers	Natural-language schedules, event triggers	Scheduled agents off by default, admin-gated	Trigger-based automations	Recurring tasks + heartbeat	Not applicable
Transparent public pricing	Usage-based credits, published	No public pricing page	Per-seat tiers public; usage allowances vague	Public credit tiers	Enterprise contracts, outcome-based

What is an AI coworker?

AI coworker vs. chatbot vs. copilot vs. agent

The four things that make an AI coworker work for your company

Connected to your systems

A company brain that compounds

Its own computer to do real work

Working where your team works

How to choose an AI coworker

Is it built for internal, employee-facing work?

Does it work across every team?

Does it have its own computer?

Is memory shared at the company level — and visible?

Can it act on its own schedule?

Can you see how it did the work?

Is the pricing public?

How the leading AI coworkers compare

What teams hand their AI coworker first

Pipeline and revenue reporting

Ad hoc data analysis

Engineering support

Competitive and market monitoring

Proactive alerts and monitors

Customer and account intelligence

Adapt is the integrated coworker.
One brain, its own computer, your whole company.

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