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20VC: Codex vs Claude Code vs Cursor: Who Wins, Who Loses | Will All Coding Be Automated - Do We Need PMs | The Real Bottleneck to AGI | The Three Phases of Agents and What You Need to Know with Alex Embiricos, Head of Codex at OpenAI
Alexander Embiricos is the Head of Codex at OpenAI, leading the development of the company's flagship AI coding systems that power automated software generation, debugging and developer workflows. Under his leadership, Codex has become one of the most widely adopted AI developer platforms.
AGENDA:
05:13 Will Coding Be Automated? Why AI Could Create More Engineers, Not Fewer
07:17 Do We Need PMs? The "Undefined" Product Role and When It Matters
08:06 The Real AGI Bottleneck: Human Prompting, Validation, and "Too Much Effort"
13:04 Three Phases of Agents: Coding → Computer Use → Productized…
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