How to Build an Agent-native Product | Mike Krieger

How to Build an Agent-native Product | Mike Krieger

From AI and I by Dan Shipper

March 25, 2026 · 48 min

About this episode

Mike Krieger discusses his insights on building AI-native products based on his experience with Instagram.

Mike Krieger built one of the most consequential consumer apps of the last two decades as cofounder of Instagram. He is now at the frontier of determining what makes a breakout AI-native product as co-lead of Anthropic Labs. Dan Shipper talked with Krieger for Every’s AI & I about how his experience creating Instagram shapes how he thinks about building with AI, including what can be sped up and what remains stubbornly time-intensive. If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! To hear more from Dan Shipper: Subscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper Download Grammarly for FREE at grammarly.com Timestamps Introduction: 00:01:39 What's gotten easier—and what hasn't—about building products in the age of AI: 00:02:33 Why vibe coding creates "indoor trees": 00:05:00 How rewrites have become a normal part of the development process: 00:09:00 What "agent native" product design means: 00:11:39 How Mike's labs team is structured and the cofounder model: 00:24:27 The best signal for a product bet is someone with "break through walls" conviction: 00:29:33 Navigating…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Shipper

Guest: Mike Krieger

Topics covered

  • AI-native products
  • product development
  • Instagram
  • technology
  • entrepreneurship

Keywords

  • AI
  • product design
  • Instagram
  • entrepreneurship
  • technology
  • development process
  • agent-native architecture

Sponsors

Grammarly

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Instagram, Anthropic Labs, Every, Grammarly

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