@rohanpaul_ai: Meta's chief ai officer @alexandr_wang : "Internally at Meta, we have seen cases where, if you develop the right agenti…
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Meta's chief AI officer Alexandr Wang claims that with the right agentic loop and evaluation system, a swarm of agents can outperform a team of 100 engineers, speaking at Y Combinator Startup School.
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Meta’s chief ai officer @alexandr_wang :
“Internally at Meta, we have seen cases where, if you develop the right agentic loop and have the right evaluation system and metric for the agents to optimize, a swarm of agents can accomplish more than a team of 100 engineers. They can do it very handily, actually, very easily.”
Alexandr Wang was talking to CEO of Y Combinator @garrytan at Y Combinator Startup School 2026
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