Pausing a product roadmap for an entire month to point 700 engineers at a single goal is a significant structural shift, but it transformed monday.com. Andrew sits down with VP of R&D Sergei Liakhovetsky to uncover how fixing core infrastructure and adopting a cell-based architecture paved the way for platform scale. Sergei details the exact framework his leadership team used during their 30-day pause to launch user solutions while maintaining a strict zero-bureaucracy policy. The conversation also explores the new realities of reliability as platforms transition from being CPU-bound to heavily GPU-bound under the weight of automated agents.

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monday magic: A tool for generating initial work solutions and boards using simple prompts.
monday vibe: An app builder that allows users to create custom applications on top of the monday.com platform.
Sidekick: The horizontal AI assistant/copilot that works across the entire platform to help with tasks like data management and content generation.
Agent Factory: A platform for building vertical, specialized agents that can handle specific workflows and roles.
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How monday.com paused its roadmap for 30 days to hit AI escape velocity | Sergei Liakhovetsky

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