GoDaddy CEO Says He Refuses to Read AI-Written Employee Work

GoDaddy chief executive Aman Bhutani said he will not read documents from employees that he believes were produced by artificial intelligence, in an interview with Business Insider reported by Entrepreneur on November 5, 2026.

"If somebody sends me a document and I can tell pretty quickly it was written by AI, I don't read it," Bhutani said, adding that if a writer would not spend the time to produce the work, he should not spend the time reading it.

Bhutani drew a line between using AI to clarify an unfamiliar word or phrase and handing over the writing entirely. Employees who draft their own documents keep practicing revision and improve over time, he said. He told Business Insider he looks for the original observation and hypothesis behind a piece of work, because AI reflects what is already published online.

He said he grows suspicious when colleagues who speak English as a second language submit unusually polished prose, or when a document runs too long or carries a clipped, uniform tone.

Writing and editing are the most common workplace applications of the technology in the United States. In Gallup's May 2026 survey, 51% of workers who used AI on the job said they used it for those tasks. GoDaddy, the largest domain name provider, is valued at $15 billion, according to Entrepreneur.

This story was first reported by Entrepreneur.