Coinbase CEO: merged 46 PRs across 10 repos in 14 days part-time by talking to agents
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-14
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that over the past 14 days, working part-time by talking to AI agents, he merged 46 pull requests across 10 repos with zero reverts. He calls AI a force that lets founders get more done and stay hands-on with company priorities: "a golden age for builders, punching through limiting factors each week." The tweet was retweeted by Y Combinator's official account.
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