Y Combinator Startup Podcast

We're All Addicted To Claude Code

February 6, 2026·45 min·3-min readconversationaltechnology
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Kelvin French-Owen, co-founder of Segment and early OpenAI engineer on Codex, discusses the transformative impact of coding agents like Cloud Code and Codex, emphasizing their CLI-first, human-manager-like workflow and the importance of context management. He contrasts architectural philo

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Kelvin French-Owen

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Kelvin French-Owen

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OpenAIAnthropicSegmentY Combinator

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Cloud CodeCodexCursorReptile

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Artificial IntelligenceDevopsFuture Of WorkMachine LearningProduct ManagementSoftware EngineeringStartups

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