"Here's a case interview question for you: If a 40,000-person consulting firm added 25,000 AI agents to its workforce in under two years, how would that change its competitive advantage? It may not be long before McKinsey & Company is asking job candidates such a case question - but first, the firm is answering it for itself. The firm's CEO, Bob Sternfels, said on an episode of Harvard Business Review's IdeaCast recently that the company is rapidly remaking itself around artificial intelligence."
"Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, he said the number of AI agents McKinsey uses is actually closer to 25,000. A McKinsey spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider that this figure is the most accurate. Sternfels said on the podcast that just a year and a half ago, the company only used a few thousand agents and hopes that in the next year and a half, every employee will be "enabled by at least one or more agents.""
McKinsey has expanded its workforce with about 25,000 AI agents, bringing total capacity to roughly 60,000 people-equivalents: 40,000 humans and about 20–25,000 agents. The firm scaled from a few thousand agents a year and a half ago and expects every employee to be paired with one or more agents within the next 18 months. AI agents operate as autonomous virtual assistants that break down problems, outline plans, and take action without prompts. The rollout mirrors a consulting-industry shift toward embedding generative AI and pursuing multi-year AI-driven transformation projects. QuantumBlack, a 1,700-person unit, leads McKinsey's AI initiatives.
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