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          <b>Tobias Otte</b> · Co-Founder &amp; CTO at
          <a href="https://usebead.ai">Bead</a>
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        We are about to do far more than anyone can see.
        <em>And still want to be the one in charge.</em>
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        One thing I learned as an engineer is that you don't trust a system
        because you've read every line of code in it. You trust it because you
        built the means to know when it's wrong. Soon that lesson will apply to
        all work, not just software. With output scaling 100x, we have to
        rethink how we know things are under control, without seeing everything.
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        <h2>Built</h2>
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          <li><a href="https://usebead.ai">Bead</a> <span>Co-Founder</span></li>
          <li>
            <a href="https://11x.ai">11x</a> <span>Founding Engineer</span>
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          <li>
            <a href="https://gaiafamily.com">Gaia</a>
            <span>Head of Engineering</span>
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          <li>
            <a href="https://www.learnerbly.com">Learnerbly</a> <span>CTO</span>
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          <li>
            <a href="https://www.lyst.com">Lyst</a>
            <span>Founding Engineer</span>
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            <a href="https://www.xing.com">XING</a>
            <span>Software Engineer</span>
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