Julia Valenti
Software engineer and musician.
I'm a full-stack engineer and technical leader at Outshift by Cisco, working on agentic AI infrastructure and human-agent experience design. Outside of work I'm co-building Polaris Education with a close friend, an AI platform that turns student voice recordings into actionable insights for schools. I also make electronic music, play too much Dota 2, and live with my partner Emily and our cats Rhiannon and Mimi in Seattle.
Deep in agentic AI, building multi-agent systems, browser automation, and AI-powered conversation analysis pipelines. Lately interested in how agents coordinate, fail gracefully, and stay useful in the real world rather than in benchmarks.
Writing
- Don't Bet Against The PlatformOct 7, 2025
- Mid-2025 AI AnecdotesAug 18, 2025
- When Good Intentions FailApr 5, 2025
- Three Months In: a Look at My 2025 New Years ResolutionMar 22, 2025
- Vibe Coding and the Future of AI Generated Software (maybe Rust?)Mar 16, 2025
- Latent Reasoning ModelFeb 16, 2025
- Dark Hunting Ground – A Masterclass in ARPG User ExperienceFeb 7, 2025
- AI Moats and How DeepSeek Flipped the ScriptJan 30, 2025