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Four Predictions for How AI Will Change Software in 2026

AI & I

2025/12/31
AI & I

AI & I

2025/12/31

Shownote

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 wi...

Highlights

As 2026 begins, the pace of AI innovation shows no signs of slowing, with transformative shifts on the horizon for how software is developed and who will lead its creation. The conversation between Dan Shipper and Every COO Brandon Gell explores the evolving landscape of AI-driven development, focusing on structural, cultural, and technical changes set to redefine the industry.
00:00
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01:39
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14:41
Designers will be the next big superheroes in the AI age.
20:06
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23:37
Agentic engineers delegate programming to AI agents and manage them, a trend led by Anthropic.

Chapters

Start
00:00
Introduction
01:05
Reflections on Every’s growth over the past year
01:34
What changes when a company grows from 20 to 50 people
09:38
How agent-native architecture will change software in 2026
11:55
Why designers are slated to become power users of AI
17:13
The new kind of software engineer who will direct AI agents
23:24
Why the next wave of AI training will focus on autonomy
33:42

Transcript

Dan Shipper: let's get into our 2026 predictions. I think ai progress is still really fast, and it's kind of mind-blowing where where we are now versus where we were a year ago. And I think that will be the case in at the end 2026. I think we'll be sitting...