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Karpathy Introduces 'Agentic Engineering' Revolutionizing AI Coding

2/10/2026

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Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI, marked the anniversary of his term "vibe coding" by introducing "agentic engineering."
Agentic engineering signifies artificial intelligence agents autonomously generating code.
This shift has attracted significant investment, with Cursor raising $2.3 billion and Lovable valued at $6.6 billion.
Karpathy emphasizes that agentic engineering maintains software quality while leveraging artificial intelligence capabilities.
He has also invested in artificial intelligence startups, contributing to the evolving software-development landscape.

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Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI, marked the anniversary of his term "vibe coding" by introducing "agentic engineering."
Agentic engineering signifies artificial intelligence agents autonomously generating code.
This shift has attracted significant investment, with Cursor raising $2.3 billion and Lovable valued at $6.6 billion.
Karpathy emphasizes that agentic engineering maintains software quality while leveraging artificial intelligence capabilities.
He has also invested in artificial intelligence startups, contributing to the evolving software-development landscape.