@ycombinator: In this episode of Full Stack, @circlebackai co-founder Ali Haghani (@iAligator) gives us a look at how he runs the com…
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YC's Full Stack podcast features Circleback co-founder Ali Haghani discussing how he uses AI agents, automated ops, and Circleback as a company brain to run his startup.
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In this episode of Full Stack, @circlebackai co-founder Ali Haghani (@iAligator) gives us a look at how he runs the company with AI.
From coding agents and automated ops to using Circleback as a company brain, he shares the tools, workflows, and systems that have changed how he works as a founder.
00:44 - Ali’s hardware setup + gadgets 02:51 - Unexpected ways of using Circleback 05:21 - OpenClaw/Telegram vs coding tools 05:48 - Different agents made in Telegram 07:42 - Time spent in terminal vs everything else 09:36 - Testing and writing prompts 10:48 - Tokenmaxxing? 12:24 - Things Ali will not let agents do 12:59 - Why should companies start recording more meetings? 14:04 - Where is software engineering headed?
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