forward deployed engineer
also referred to as: forward deployed engineers
2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 30, 2026 by Ashwin Sreenivas · across every show →
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Jul 30, 2026 negative
Sreenivas: AI startups relying permanently on FDEs become glorified consultancies
“Once you know what the workflow is, you should not be relying on forward deployed engineers anymore, because once you know what the workflow is, If you can productize it, you should productize it and then become, you know, typical company with these scaling pr…”
Jul 30, 2026 positive
Sreenivas: Early-stage AI startups need forward-deployed engineers for unproven workflows
“Forward deployed engineers are necessary or newly necessary for early stage AI companies because the workflows are new. Right? If you're building a SaaS company five years ago, most SaaS products are pretty well explored, right? Like you roughly know what the …”