Klarna to hire 100 engineers for new tech hub in Poland

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Klarna says it’s aiming to rent over 100 engineers by 2025 in Poland, tapping right into a deep tech and AI expertise pool.

“Poland is Europe’s subsequent tech powerhouse”, says Sebastian Siemiatkowski, co-founder and CEO of Klarna. “Warsaw’s distinctive engineering expertise, thriving startup scene, and strategic location make it the right selection for our new tech hub.”

He says the Warsaw hub will play a pivotal position within the firm’s broader technique to steer AI adoption.

CEO Siemiatkowski has beforehand hailed the impression of AI, revealing: “Our AI assistant now performs the work of 700 workers, lowering the common decision time from 11 minutes to simply two, whereas sustaining the identical buyer satisfaction scores as human brokers.”

The corporate has trimmed its workforce by pure attrition from 5000 to 3800 over the past yr and with nine out of 10 Klarna workers already utilizing AI of their each day work, Siemiatkowski is anticipating extra dramatic reductions, with the last word goal of halving the workforce.