This investor won’t back startups unless staff are in the office 6 days a week: ‘Not because I don’t have empathy, because they’re going to fail’

Jason Lemkin says winning AI-era startups need small, highly paid teams working in the office six days a week — and he’ll only invest in those.
That stance clashes with worker preferences: only about 4% of millennials want full-time office work, and hybrid remains the dominant choice.
The push for intensity isn’t unique to Lemkin — reports of 996-like schedules and Google figures urging ~60-hour weeks show AI is raising pressure on work hours.