21 August 2026

Every uses AI to write nearly all product code with small team

• Every, a company combining software products with journalism, has AI generate essentially all code for its applications while humans focus on writing essays and editorial content.
• The 30-person company doubled in size over the past year despite heavy automation, suggesting AI coding tools expanded rather than eliminated their headcount.
• The setup allows a small team to maintain multiple software products simultaneously, a task typically requiring larger engineering departments.

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PlatformerCasey Newton

Every's roughly 30-person company uses AI to write essentially all of its code while humans mostly write essays, enabling small teams to run multiple software products alongside journalism. The company doubled in size to about 30 people over the past year while automating heavily, contradicting assumptions that AI automation eliminates jobs.