Nicholas Moy

Nicholas Moy, former Head of Research at Windsurf and now at Google DeepMind, shares insights on the transition from traditional coding to a new agentic development era. He discusses how Windsurf pivoted from static autocomplete to successful agentic coding products. Moy emphasizes the importance of real user data for training models and warns startups to 'disrupt themselves' to stay relevant. He believes that true defensibility now lies in brand reputation and community engagement, as agents take on more autonomous roles in software development.