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Apr 18, 2026 Henry Poydar, founder of Steady and builder of coordination intelligence for teams, joins to talk AI agents as teammates. They explore agentic automation, shifting planning cycles, and how to make agents visible and accountable within team workflows. The conversation also covers scaling agent work across small teams and large companies, plus the marketing and cultural shifts around AI.
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Steady Replaced Issue Tracking With Agent Coordination
- Steady stopped using Linear because their Claude-based Compound Engineering plugin handled coordination and reduced need for discrete task handoffs.
- Henry's team sits a level above coding agents and relies on product coordination instead of heavy issue tracking.
Use More Communication Not Handoffs Between Product And Engineering
- Increase communication and empathy between product and engineering to support fluid specs rather than perfect handoffs.
- Jordan describes iterative back-and-forth where engineers give feedback instead of blaming incomplete specs.
Marketing Is Behind Engineering In The AI Wave
- Marketing and go-to-market lag engineering in AI adoption, so distribution and storytelling are now bottlenecks.
- Justin argues many AI founders default to podcast appearances rather than developing real differentiated marketing.