We Built What?
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We Built What?
We thought we were AI native. We weren't. A conversation with Vinay Perneti, VP of Eng at Augment Code
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Even if you work at an AI company, being truly AI native is harder than it sounds. Vinay Perneti, VP of Engineering at Augment Code, knows this firsthand.
In this episode, Vinay and host Emma Webb share Augment's own AI native journey. They get into what triggered the realization that the team wasn't AI native enough, how the definition of AI native keeps moving, and what it actually looks like to build an engineering org around agents rather than just alongside them.
They also cover what Augment learned from surveying 219 engineering leaders about the excitement and fear they're holding at the same time, why 54% of leaders are worried about losing shared understanding of the codebase and how Augment is solving it, and why the model you're using today is the worst model you'll use for the rest of the year.
Survey can be found here: augmentcode.com/resources/state-of-ai-native-engineering-2026
This one is a bit different from our other episodes. It's less outside perspective and more inside look at what it takes to walk the walk. If you're an engineering leader trying to figure out what AI native actually means in practice, this one's for you. Have someone you want us to interview or a topic you want us to cover? Let us know on X or LinkedIn.