{"slug": "never-bet-against-america-citadel-securities-says-ai-will-be-a-huge-boost-to-us", "title": "'Never bet against America': Citadel Securities says AI will be a huge boost to US hustle culture", "summary": "Citadel Securities says artificial intelligence is bolstering American entrepreneurship by lowering barriers for small businesses, preserving the country's economic edge. The firm's chief macro strategist argues AI will compound US 'hustle culture' by reducing business formation costs and increasing founder leverage, ultimately creating more jobs through increased efficiency.", "body_md": "# 'Never bet against America': Citadel Securities says AI will be a huge boost to US hustle culture\n\n[Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com)\n\nCitadel Securities says AI is bolstering one of America's biggest economic advantages, lowering barriers for side hustlers and entrepreneurs.\n\n- Citadel Securities says AI will pay dividends for US entrepreneurship.\n- The firm's chief macro strategist says the technology is helping the US maintain a key economic edge.\n- In his view, AI will preserve American exceptionalism by fueling small business growth.\n\nCitadel Securities says AI is the latest reason not to bet against America.\n\nThe firm [examined the impact](https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/global-macro-strategy/ai-merican-exceptionalism/) of the AI boom on American businesses and productivity in a note marking the July 4 holiday. It said the new technology is giving the US a key economic edge by boosting lowering barriers for small businesses across different sectors and fueling a new wave of entrepreneurship.\n\n\"In effect, AI allows businesses to access scale economics before they have fully scaled, pooling capabilities across functions and lowering the output threshold at which expansion becomes economic,\" wrote macro strategist Frank Flight. \"Never bet against America.\"\n\nEconomists such as Mohamed El-Erian [have stated](https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-returns-us-economic-outlook-american-exceptionalism-el-erian-2026-5) that American exceptionalism is facing significant challenges as market headwinds shift while others have suggested that the US has already started [losing its edge](https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-outlook-us-vs-international-stocks-american-exceptionalism-2026-2) over other leading economies.\n\nBut Citadel Securities maintains that on the contrary, AI is already helping the US keep its place as a global economic superpower by giving rise to a booming entrepreneurial economy marked by hustle culture and innovation. As Flight noted, the US' small-business sector generates almost 40% of economic output.\n\n\"AI may pay its greatest dividend by compounding America's hustle culture: Lowering the cost of business formation, increasing founder leverage, and turning the country's instinct for innovation into new economic activity,\" Flight added.\n\nMuch of the recent discussion of AI [has centered](https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-resilience-after-broadcom-avgo-earnings-ai-trade-winners-2026-6) around the stock market and the staggering buildout of infrastructure like data centers. But Flight added that it may be time for a new conversation.\n\n\"Thus far, the AI theme has been framed around frontier labs, hyperscalers, and bottlenecks in [compute](/glossary/compute),\" he said. \"We think an equally powerful focus is what AI does for the builders, founders, and small businesses that drive such a large share of the economy.\"\n\nSmall businesses have historically struggled with limited staffing and resources, particularly outside of major metro areas. Now, as Flight notes, AI is enabling business owners to access economies of scale and expand in ways that allow them to compete with larger peers.\n\nHe acknowledged this may mean AI automating away certain tasks. But while that may result in job loss, Flight added that it is also likely to create new business opportunities that ultimately create more jobs as businesses grow and explore new areas.\n\nTo illustrate this, he cited the example of Jevons Paradox, an economic principle that maintains that an innovative new technology creates more efficiency, it ultimately leads to more jobs being created. Apollo chief economist Torsten Sløk [recently made](https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-job-market-labor-unemployment-jevons-paradox-apollo-torsten-slok-2026-4) the same argument, predicting that AI would lead to a labor-market boom, rather than a [jobs wipeout](https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-economist-predicts-ai-displacing-15-million-jobs-2026-7) many have feared.\n\n[Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-small-business-hustle-culture-citadel-securities-economy-labor-market-2026-7)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/never-bet-against-america-citadel-securities-says-ai-will-be-a-huge-boost-to-us", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/never-bet-against-america-citadel-securities-says-ai-will-be-7cl8", "published_at": "2026-07-08 15:40:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 17:25:14.196570+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-products", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Citadel Securities", "Frank Flight", "Mohamed El-Erian", "Torsten Sløk"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/never-bet-against-america-citadel-securities-says-ai-will-be-a-huge-boost-to-us", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/never-bet-against-america-citadel-securities-says-ai-will-be-a-huge-boost-to-us.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/never-bet-against-america-citadel-securities-says-ai-will-be-a-huge-boost-to-us.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/never-bet-against-america-citadel-securities-says-ai-will-be-a-huge-boost-to-us.jsonld"}}