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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. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! Want even more? Sign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT here: https://every.ck.page/ultimate-guide-to-prompting-chatgpt. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free. To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper 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 Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/video/four-predictions-for-how-ai-will-change-software-in-e228d816508c · Channel: [Every](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc.md) > Search chunk text is held until public-source provenance is verified. ## Document chunks > Missing: no stored document chunks are available.