From Airflow to AI Agents: Maxime Beauchemin on Building Agor and Running a Company with AI Agents

JUN 25, 202646 MIN
The Joe Reis Show

From Airflow to AI Agents: Maxime Beauchemin on Building Agor and Running a Company with AI Agents

JUN 25, 202646 MIN

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<p>Maxime Beauchemin, the creator of Apache Airflow and Apache Superset, joins the show to discuss his transition from data engineering to the frontier of AI. Max shares the origin stories of his massive open-source projects, detailing how Airflow was born at Airbnb out of a need for better data orchestration. He also explains his shift toward user interfaces with Superset and the founding of his company, Preset. </p><p>We then shift to the future of software development. Max dives deep into his recent &quot;Claude Code moment&quot; and introduces <strong>Agor</strong>, his new command center for agentic workflows. </p><p>Discover how his team is using persistent AI agents to automate everything from deal desks and legal reviews to automated bug bashing and QA testing. Finally, the discussion explores the tech singularity, the concept of a &quot;software utopia,&quot; and how awesome hobbies like mountain biking and e-foiling will fit into an automated world.</p><p>Agor: https://agor.live/</p>