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McGrew: Forward deployed engineers bridge the gap at customer sites
“A forward deployed engineer is someone typically technical and engineer who sits at the customer site and fills the gap between what the product does and what the customer needs.”
Bob McGrew Sep 8, 2025 ▶ 2:19 The FDE Playbook for AI Startups with Bob McGrew · Y Combinator
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McGrew: Palantir's FDE model relied on Echo analysts and Delta engineers
“The two key roles are those of what we call the echo team and the Delta team. The echo team were Embedded analysts. So they would go to the customer site. They would speak to the users. They would try to figure out what demo or what use case really made sense …”
Bob McGrew Sep 8, 2025 ▶ 9:57 The FDE Playbook for AI Startups with Bob McGrew · Y Combinator
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McGrew: Aditya Ramesh spent up to two years building DALL-E 1
“I think Aditya Ramesh, who built that model, spent 18 months, maybe two years, just getting to the first version that, that clearly worked.”
Bob McGrew Jan 31, 2025 ▶ 9:50 Bob McGrew: AI Agents And The Path To AGI · Y Combinator
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