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How to be fearlessly AI native

August 07, 2026 00:40:05 6.88 MB ( 31.59 MB less) Downloads: 0

Ryan welcomes McLaren Stanley, Senior Principal Engineer for Amazon Stores, to discuss what it actually takes to make teams AI native, why agentic engineering is shifting code bottlenecks downstream to testing and deployment, and why robust validation is essential to build trust and enable “fearless commits.”

Episode notes:

You can learn more about how Amazon’s frontier teams became AI native on the AWS blog

Connect with McLaren on LinkedIn.

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