How Augment Code is Redefining Developer Velocity with AI

Nov 11, 2025

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What’s really driving the next leap in AI for software development? On this episode of MindMakers, host John Kim sits down with Guy Gur-Ari, the Co-Founder of Augment Code, to unpack why the future of enterprise engineering isn’t just AI-generated code, it’s agentic systems that understand context at scale.

Guy shares how Augment is helping large teams move beyond code completions into autonomous workflows, from feature builds to production incident response. You’ll hear why adoption isn’t just a tooling challenge but a behavioral shift, what most leaders misunderstand about “vibe coding,” and how the right context engine changes everything.

Whether you’re deploying AI across a legacy codebase or rethinking developer velocity with agents, this conversation offers sharp insight into the real opportunities and hidden obstacles enterprises face ahead.

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Guest Bio

Guy co-founded Augment Code after a stint at Google where he led a research team that focused on understanding and improving deep learning systems. He holds a Ph.D in theoretical physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

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“As the cost of code generation goes to zero, do we still live in a world where you need one company to build an app for millions of users to use, or can it become a lot more customizable? Maybe I can now create my own apps, or maybe take some sort of template of an app, but do a lot of customization on it to suit exactly my needs.”

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Time Stamps

00:00 Episode start

01:05 Augment Code's Origins

02:20 The new age of AI coding assistants

05:05 How Augment Code stands out

09:25 Overcoming developer hesitations

14:30 Staying ahead in a rapidly evolving industry

19:20 Tackling security risks

28:05 What's next with agentic platforms

40:05 Largest misconception about vibe coding

43:25 Changing mindsets

45:40 Guy's Human Prompt

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