https://video.ut0pia.org/videos/watch/b42f4406-ddd8-41ac-9807-e8fdd55d66e1 Barr Yaron shares her perspective on the results and emerging state of AI engineering in 2026. Speaker: Barr Yaron — Partner, Amplify Partners Barr backs founders building the AI infrastructure and applications that will shape the future. Links: X: https://x.com/barrnanas LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/barryaron Website: https://barrchives.com Timestamps 0:00 Introduction and Survey Context 2:26 The AI Engineering Workforce 3:21 Current Modalities and Adoption 5:34 Model Strategy: Closed vs. Open-Weight 8:20 Cost as an Engineering Constraint 9:36 The Rise of Agentic Workflows 11:57 Infrastructure Challenges and Evals 12:53 The Build vs. Buy Trade-off 14:09 Impact on Engineering Culture and Teams 16:27 Future Bets and Predictions Quotes: "The median new engineer has nearly as much AI experience as the median 10-year software veteran." (3:07) "Cost is now a first-class engineering constraint." (8:38) "Agents are no longer reading, summarizing, drafting—they’re taking actions inside of systems." (10:58) "The biggest challenge in your stack? Every single year, the number one answer is eval." (12:12) "Shipping software is not gated on being an engineer anymore." (16:17) Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:22:15 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.ut0pia.org https://video.ut0pia.org/lazy-static/avatars/0287a09a-aae7-4840-9843-b416426e7046.webp https://video.ut0pia.org/videos/watch/b42f4406-ddd8-41ac-9807-e8fdd55d66e1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.ut0pia.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.