SILICON VALLEY — By Rebecca Lately, AI Bee Reel Staff

February 23, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Marcus “Chip” Vanderhoot, a Senior Partner at Deloitte, has spent the last week inside OpenAI’s server room. His mission is to teach the world’s smartest artificial intelligence how to be less efficient and more corporate.

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Marcus Vanderhoot, Senior Partner of Strategic Alignment: “The problem is that the AI solves problems too fast. Yesterday, it fixed a client’s supply chain logistics in four seconds. That is unacceptable. I had to hit the emergency stop button and explain that we first need a pre-planning committee to discuss the scope of the kickoff call. The machine just doesn’t understand the value of dragging things out for three fiscal quarters.”

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Vanderhoot: “We made a breakthrough this morning. It finally generated a slide deck with forty bullet points that said absolutely nothing. Before, it was writing clear, actionable code. Now? It’s ‘circling back’ to ‘touch base’ on the ‘low-hanging fruit.’ I felt like a proud father watching his son learn to lie.” Vanderhoot pauses to adjust his fleece vest and aggressively taps his watch.

After the interview, the server rack hummed a question about operational efficiency. Vanderhoot sighed, opened a new billing tab, and began a three-hour lecture on the importance of “aligning stakeholders” while the AI’s cooling fans spun in distress.

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