How to Build an Agent-native Product | Mike Krieger

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.comTimestamps Introduction: 00:01:39What's gotten easier—and what hasn't—about building products in the age of AI: 00:02:33Why vibe coding creates "indoor trees": 00:05:00How rewrites have become a normal part of the development process: 00:09:00What "agent native" product design means: 00:11:39How Mike's labs team is structured and the cofounder model: 00:24:27The best signal for a product bet is someone with "break through walls" conviction: 00:29:33Navigating enterprise customers while keeping pace with rapid AI change: 00:38:51OpenClaw, personal agents, and the product question defining 2026: 00:40:54Links to resources mentioned in the episode:Mike Krieger: https://x.com/mikeyk Agent-native architecture: https://every.to/guides/agent-native