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Two kinds of engineers in 2030
Mayank Agarwal
Head of Voice Agent Platform at Prodigal
August 19, 2026
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Two kinds of engineers in 2030

There will be two kinds of engineers in 2030:  those who watch AI reshape their profession, and those who use it to reshape entire industries.

The video is about the first kind. I refuse to be one.

Here’s what the other kind builds:

An AI that runs live phone calls in one of the most regulated corners of finance. It verifies identity, negotiates a payment plan, reads the legally required disclosures, and takes the payment.

End to end. No human on the line.

We call it proAgent.

Today, it outperforms a Boeing 737 full of top performing call floor agents - on call volume, successful outcomes, and collections. It runs 24/7. Its call volume is doubling every month.

Each day, proAgent collects enough to fund an early-stage startup for a year. Every dollar comes through a live phone call handled end to end by AI.

Most “Voice AI” answers questions. Ours transacts. That’s the frontier of applied AI. Prodigal’s AI engineering team is building it.

Which kind of engineer will you be?

We’re hiring AI Engineers in Bengaluru. Full brief + how to apply in the comments 👇

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