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Tomorrow is the first day of 2026, and to give our listeners a view of the trends that’ll shape the year ahead, Dan Shipper had Every COO Brandon Gell on AI & I to discuss their predictions for what’s next. They discussed how software will be built, who will build it, and what it will take for truly autonomous AI agents to become a reality.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Start
00:01:05 — Introduction
00:01:34 — Reflections on Every’s growth over the past year
00:09:38 — What changes when a company grows from 20 to 50 people
00:11:55 — How agent-native architecture will change software in 2026
00:17:13 — Why designers are slated to become power users of AI
00:23:24 — The new kind of software engineer who will direct AI agents
00:33:42 — Why the next wave of AI training will focus on autonomy
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