Ex-DeepMind coding agent lead goes solo, betting AI needs humans for the last mile
julianweisser · x · 2026-10-15
Solo Founders Podcast ep 32 interviews Shivani (@shivanipod) of wajoai, who led engineering on Google DeepMind's coding agent. She's now solo-founding on the bet that AI agents can't always finish the job — her product hires humans for the last mile.
Topics include a decade of building personal agents before the name existed, what building Jules at Google revealed, designing phone calls people don't hang up on, letting the product build the company first, her three-word recruiting message, and the case for and against going solo.
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