YC Podcast: Circleback Co-founder on Running a Company Entirely with AI Agents
ycombinator · x · 2026-08-11
Y Combinator's podcast features Circleback co-founder Ali Haghani sharing an inside look at how he leverages AI to run his company.
Key Practices:
- Tools & Workflows: Heavy reliance on coding agents and automated operations, utilizing Circleback as the central "company brain."
- Agent Orchestration: Compares OpenClaw/Telegram with traditional coding tools, demonstrating how to build various agents within Telegram.
- Prompting & Optimization: Discusses methodologies for testing and writing prompts, alongside techniques for "Tokenmaxxing" to maximize efficiency.
- Boundaries & Future: Outlines specific tasks he refuses to delegate to agents, the value of recording meetings, and the future trajectory of software engineering.
Related event: YC Podcast Explores Circleback's AI-Driven Company Operations(3 posts)→
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