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‘You have to be willing to make those hard choices': Freshworks CEO on crossing $1 billion in ARR with 30% fewer employees in the AI software age

Freshworks killed “$5 million ideas” and moved early-career work to AI, Woodside told Fortune. It was like "saying to somebody that your baby's ugly."

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  1. 2026-11-03 21:15 · Fortune AI
    ‘You have to be willing to make those hard choices': Freshworks CEO on crossing $1 billion in ARR with 30% fewer employees in the AI software age

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