‘You feel radicalized’: A Meta AI exec watched agents beat her top workers. Now she’s built a nonprofit to help Gen Z find jobs before they disappear

Pro ‘You feel radicalized’: A Meta AI exec watched agents beat her top workers. Now she’s built a nonprofit to help Gen Z find jobs before they disappear News By Benedict Collins published 28 April 2026 Clara Shih set up a non-profit to help Gen Z enter the AI workforce When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Getty Images) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter AI is preventing Gen Z workers from getting entry level jobsMany AI agents can perform the tasks typically done by new workersMeta and Salesforce AI exec Clara Shih wants to help, using AIGen Z workers who have spent the last two decades training for a world that no longer has use of their skills are finding it harder and harder to enter the workforce.Clara Shih, former AI executive at Meta and Salesforce, has seen this first hand. She watched her top talent beaten by AI agents time and time again. “In that moment I knew that nothing would ever be the same,” she told Fortune. “You feel radicalized in that moment when you see it working.”Now, she is helping equip Gen Z with the skills necessary to survive in an AI-dominated world. “I realized that the only way to help people keep up with the pace of AI was to give them AI tools,” she explained. “Because if you use the traditional ways…it’s just not fast enough to keep pace with how quickly AI is advancing”Article continues below You may like Gen Z workers are apparently deliberately sabotaging AI rollouts at work 'So much of the work is going to be done by agents': ServiceNow CEO says graduate unemployment could reach 30% because of AI agents LinkedIn exec says AI isn't causing a big drop-off in hiring just yet Entry level radicalizationAmerican citizens are facing one of the greatest disruptions to the job market in recent history, with thousands losing jobs to AI replacements, and new entrants to the job market finding the skills they have acquired through their education are no longer relevant.In order to make a living, many Gen Z graduates are turning to alternative forms of making money, including gig work, or going back into education to learn vocational skills less threatened by the rise of AI.To help Gen Z find their place in the modern world, Shih has set up a nonprofit organization, the New Work Foundation, alongside a consumer facing brand, Dear CC, that helps job seekers find work in their sectors of expertise using AI.The Dear CC site displays a message on the front page: “You did the work. You got the diploma. The economy moved. This is not your fault — but it is your future, and you can own it.” window.sliceComponents = window.sliceComponents || {}; externalsScriptLoaded.then(() => { window.reliablePageLoad.then(() => { var componentContainer = document.querySelector("#slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-DMn8j7o83yJK23Wkk8hi7J"); if (componentContainer) { var data = {"layout":"inbodyContent","header":"Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter","tagline":"Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed!","formFooterText":"By submitting your information you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/futureplc.com\/terms-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms & Conditions<\/a> and <a…

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