Well there's a pretty big difference between us the Grid - namely that we don't believe that humans will ever get fully replaced in software development. Instead we're looking to simply automate the repetitive nature of the SDLC in order to bring down the cost and time taken for developing bespoke software. Also, we're super clear that are limitations on the kind of software that our platform can help us automate. We're specifically interested in applications that have a high degree of re-use, and we actually turn away customers who don't fit that model. For example, we'd never build your enterprise ERP system, though we'd be great at building your HR workflow app, or your order management system.

Our platform is actually made up of a collection of tools and microservices including everything from a user story management system (similar to Jira/PivotalTracker), to the assembler itself which stitches components together and creates scaffolding for applications (infrastructure and code). We use AI in a variety of ways throughout this ecosystem (my colleague @sachmans has touched upon a few of those ways above).

The BBC asked us to build their BBC Click Live app. They were launching Click in India for the first time ever, and wanted an application to allow for audience participation. Since their app was relatively simple and was composed of primarily reusable components, we were able to do it a fraction of the price and timeline that it would have taken if it was created entirely by a human team.

- Disclaimer, I'm a VP E at Engineer.ai