Rocha: Resend uses separate AI agents for template building and sending
Zeno Rocha · Automating Developer Email with MCP and AI Agents · Mar 21, 2025 · at 19:05
Zeno Rocha is the founder and CEO of Resend, an email infrastructure platform. He is describing how Resend designs its product features using specialized AI agents.
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“In the case of new email, for example, we have One agent to build the email template and then there's another one to actually send it or schedule it.”
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