Sanyal: In the end, humans will just talk to software to work
Atin Sanyal · The Hidden Layer Every Al Product Needs Today | Atin Sanyal Founder, Galileo · Jul 9, 2026 · at 1:04:07
Atin Sanyal, co-founder and CPO of Galileo, explains the long-term evolution of software interfaces toward natural voice and conversational models.
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“In the end, we'll enter an era where we'll talk to software, and software will do work for us, and everything in the middle is a means to an end.”
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