After a flurry of viral posts reported that AI startup Artisan had been banned from LinkedIn, the platform has restored the company’s account. The temporary removal sparked immediate speculation that the platform was cracking down on the competitive threat of autonomous AI agents.
However, CEO Leandro I. Schlenker has clarified that the ban was not a strategic move against their technology but rather an automated enforcement flag. LinkedIn’s bots likely misidentified Artisan’s aggressive outreach automation as policy-violating spam or scraping activity. The situation highlights the growing tension between traditional professional networking platforms and the new wave of AI agents designed to automate them. With the account reinstated, Artisan is back, but the industry-wide debate over acceptable AI behavior on social platforms is just getting started.
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