AI has gone from suggesting the next line of code to writing and testing much of it. The hard part now is reviewing that code, trusting it and keeping it reliable, especially for customers in regulated industries.
In this 40-minute conversation, Ralf Schonherr talks with Jan Špidlen about his path from big tech to Myriad AI and how AI agents have changed the way software gets built.
What you’ll learn
- From big tech to Myriad AI: Jan’s path from NVIDIA, Google, Dropbox and Airbnb, and how engineering has changed since.
- Coding with agents: how AI now handles most of the writing, testing and linting.
- Where reliability comes from: why reliable software depends on the platform built around the model.
- The new bottleneck: why code review is now the slowest step, and which code still needs a person to check it.
- Changing roles: how the work of product managers, engineers and junior developers is shifting.
- How Myriad uses AI: building just behind the cutting edge, with AI handling non-critical tools and people reviewing the core.
- What comes next: AI that can work in older, messier codebases and take on open-ended projects.
Who it’s for
CTOs, engineering leaders, security teams and product managers, especially in regulated industries.
About the speakers
Jan Špidlen is Co-founder and CTO of Myriad AI. He previously spent more than a decade building software at NVIDIA, Google, Dropbox and Airbnb.
Ralf Schonherr is Co-founder and CEO of Myriad AI. He holds a PhD in self-learning AI systems and previously worked at Google X and BMW.