Opendoor Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPEN) shares surged on Friday as the market reacted to a fourth-quarter earnings report that comfortably exceeded analyst expectations. 

Investors were set on fire by CEO Kaz Nejatian‘s “wartime” rhetoric and his bold claim that the iBuyer has undergone a radical technological rebirth.

Opendoor is “AI-Pilled”

During the company’s earnings call, Nejatian signaled a total departure from the company’s previous operational model. 

“Opendoor 2.0 is the single most AI-pilled company in the public market,” Nejatian declared. 

He clarified that this is a fundamental shift in personnel and culture.

“When I say we default to AI, I don’t mean engineers use Copilot. That’s not what I mean. Opendoor is a different type of company. It’s a company where everyone, everyone is learning how to think like an engineer.”

The results of the lean, “AI-first” philosophy are …

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