How Jev Turns AI Into Software That Gets Things Done

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TypeSafe founder Diogo Almeida says Jev embeds probabilistic intelligence in software, aiming to automate work and make SaaS applications more capable.

TypeSafe founder Diogo Almeida tells a16z’s Ben Horowitz and Martin Casado that AI coding agents can write code faster without making software itself more capable. TypeSafe’s Jev adds an intelligent layer inside programs: developers describe intent and define a state machine, and Jev makes probabilistic decisions with confidence levels. Almeida says reliable automation—not flashy demos—is the goal, distinguishing robustness from uptime or strict determinism. He questions why basic tasks remain manual despite capable models, noting OpenAI has pursued customer-service automation since 2020, and argues the issue is not simply missing data. Rather than a “SaaS apocalypse,” he predicts established software companies could benefit by using Jev to improve workflows for customers they already reach. The conversation also explores Jev’s potential inside system infrastructure, the trade-offs of intelligence per dollar, and a future where interfaces understand “do what I mean.”

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1. 0:00Meet Diogo and TypeSafe: Jev brings AI into software for automation
2. 4:07Smart software, not just faster code: Jev adds a confidence-based classifier to programs
3. 7:20Smart software, not just faster code: Jev targets program internals and intelligence per dollar
4. 11:48Smart software, not just faster code: Diogo’s OpenAI path and TypeSafe’s “prod not god” vision
5. 15:46Where’s all the automation? From reliable background tasks to the drive-through test
6. 22:00Is it just a data problem? Long-tail exceptions, support metrics, and Jev’s unexpected reception
7. 25:47Is it just a data problem? Jev’s reliability, coding-agent limits, and SaaS’s reversal
8. 30:21SaaS apocalypse reversed: AI could make existing products far more useful
9. 34:58New capabilities, not more code: Jev points toward probabilistic systems and smarter infrastructure
10. 38:27Apps vs. system guts: Jev connects AI to state machines beneath the interface
11. 41:08Reliability and “do what I mean”: TypeSafe delays Jev to earn user trust