AI Agents Are Killing the Engineering Pyramid — Here's What Replaces It
Y Combinator · Y Combinator
23 June 2026 · Startups & Building
When electric motors were invented, factories didn't become dramatically more productive overnight. The biggest gains came years later, after people redesigned factories around the new technology.
Databricks co-founder and Chief Architect Reynold Xin believes AI is creating a similar shift in softw
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