2026 might be the last “normal” year for engineering teams. AI agents are accelerating, team structures are collapsing, and runway is tighter than ever. The next 12 months will decide which companies survive the shift—and which don’t.
In this article I break down:
the two types of engineers teams will keep
the AI-native product pod for 2026
why hybrid U.S. + LATAM teams now outperform
the deadline before AGI changes everything
