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Title: "What Is an AI Teammate? Definition and Examples"
Url: "https://computer.io/glossary/ai-teammate"
Topic: "Agentic AI"
Description: "An AI teammate is an AI agent that works alongside people, with access to shared context and tools, to take on tasks across a team's workflow."
---

# What is an AI teammate?

An AI teammate is an AI agent that works alongside people as part of a team, with access to the same context, tools and permissions, so it can take on real tasks, such as answering questions, updating records and following up, rather than just responding to prompts.

## AI teammate vs assistant

|  | AI assistant | AI teammate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starts work | When asked | Can act proactively |
| Context | Single chat | Shared team memory |
| Actions | Suggests | Executes, with approvals |

## Examples

Triaging the support queue every morning, preparing account briefs before calls, and updating tickets when bugs are fixed.

## What makes it work

Unified, permission-aware data, clear responsibilities and human approval for risky actions.

## FAQ

### Will AI teammates replace people?

They take on routine work; people keep judgment, relationships and oversight.

### How do you manage an AI teammate?

Define its scope, permissions, approvals and success metrics.

### What is Computer by DevRev?

DevRev's AI teammate product built on its knowledge graph memory and two-way sync.

## Related terms

- [AI agent](https://computer.io/glossary/ai-agent)
- [Agentic AI](https://computer.io/glossary/agentic-ai)
- [Human in the loop (HITL)](https://computer.io/glossary/human-in-the-loop)

## How Computer helps

- [Meet computer](https://devrev.ai/meet-computer)

## Compare

- [Devrev vs copilot](https://devrev.ai/compare/devrev-vs-copilot)

## Further reading

- [What is an ai teammate](https://devrev.ai/blog/what-is-an-ai-teammate)