Updated continuously. Written by the FellowHire team.

Learn About AI Fellows

Honest guides on AI fellows, AI coworkers, AI assistants, and how to evaluate them. The taxonomy, the trade-offs, the security picture, and where each one actually fits.

The AI worker space is full of confusing terms. AI fellow, AI coworker, AI assistant, AI agent, AI employee. Every vendor uses a different word for nearly the same thing. We wrote this section to cut through it. Each guide below answers one question honestly, including the cases where another vendor or another approach fits better than FellowHire.

What is an AI fellow?

The foundational definition. What a fellow is, what it is not, and how the model differs from generic AI.

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AI coworker vs AI fellow vs AI assistant vs AI agent

Taxonomy. The honest read on what each term means and when each one fits.

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Role-specific AI vs generalist AI

The wedge essay. Why specialist beats generalist as your team grows, and where generalist still wins.

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How an AI fellow works

From scoping call to live in your Slack in about a week. The full lifecycle, step by step.

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AI for teams — Slack and Microsoft Teams

How AI fellows work in Slack and Microsoft Teams. Platform comparison, permissions, and how to pick.

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AI for Slack — the complete guide

How AI works in Slack today. Bots vs assistants vs fellows. Privacy, channels, multi-user.

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AI for Microsoft Teams — the complete guide

Same scope, Microsoft 365 audience. Tenant model, compliance, channel patterns.

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What is an AI paralegal?

The plain-English guide. What an AI paralegal does, what it cannot do, compliance, tools, pricing, and how to pick.

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How to evaluate AI coworker products

The questions to ask, the trade-offs to weigh, the gotchas.

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AI fellow security and data handling

Honest read on what to ask, what we offer, where we are going. SOC 2 posture, data scoping, audit trails.

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Hire without headcount — the playbook

How early-stage teams use AI fellows to cover roles they cannot justify hiring for yet. The real math.

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How we write these guides

Every guide on this page is written by the FellowHire team and reviewed by the founder. We name competitors honestly. We tell you when another tool fits better than ours. We update guides when the space changes (it changes a lot, so we update these monthly).

If you spot something wrong, out of date, or unfair, tell us. We update.

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