The Outer Loop of AI-Powered Coding | Merrill Lutsky, CEO of Graphite

Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

Merrill Lutsky is the cofounder and CEO of Graphite, an AI-powered code reviewer that's used by tens of thousands of users. They are backed by amazing investors including Andreessen Horowitz.
Merrill's favorite book: Never Split the Difference (Author: Chris Voss)
(00:01) Introduction
(00:06) Teaching AI to Understand Code
(02:40) AI-Assisted Code Generation and Code Review
(06:20) Current Landscape of AI-Assisted Code Review
(09:04) Motivation Behind Launching Graphite
(16:52) Landing the First Paying Users and Early Learnings
(21:42) Growth Experiments: Wins and Misses
(26:27) Current Scale of Graphite
(29:12) Tech Stack Behind Graphite
(33:12) Future of AI-Assisted Coding and Graphite’s Role
(35:37) Rapid Fire Round

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Where to find Merrill Lutsky:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/merrill-lutsky/
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Where to find Prateek Joshi:
Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com
Website: https://prateekj.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19
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