Software is about to be built very differently.
In this clip of the NFX Podcast, Latitude Games CEO Nick Walton explains how his team is already shifting toward an AI-driven development process — where engineers spend less time writing code and more time directing systems that generate, test, and ship it.
Instead of the traditional model where features get handed off to engineers, teams write detailed specs and let AI implement large portions of the work. AI reviews code, analyzes user feedback at scale, and helps teams ship faster than ever before.
Nick also talks about why this shift demands a different kind of team — people with strong product judgment, high agency, and the ability to move quickly as the technology evolves.
For founders, engineers, and builders, this is a glimpse into how the next generation of software teams will actually operate.
Topics in this clip:
• Why AI will write more and more of the code
• The rise of spec-driven development
• AI reviewing pull requests and testing code
• Using AI to process thousands of user feedback reports
• Why small, talent-dense teams move faster
• The new skillset engineers will need in the AI era
About Nick Walton
Nick Walton is the CEO of Latitude Games, the company behind AI Dungeon and Voyage. Latitude has been experimenting with AI-powered interactive worlds since the early GPT-2 days and is pushing the frontier of what AI can do in games.
