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Hypermode Launch: Kevin Van Gundy
Takeaway
Hypermode bets that the winning AI dev platform is one that lets you swap models, prompts and data with zero friction so iteration speed compounds.
Summary
- Kevin Van Gundy (ex-Vercel) launches Hypermode: a runtime + tools that let developers add AI to apps without specialized skills.
- Pitch: iteration is the compound interest of software — Hypermode reduces friction to swap models, prompts and data without rewriting integrations.
- Core features: typed AI functions in your IDE with autocomplete, no SDKs to install, classical + AI systems sharing one API, step-by-step inference tracing.
- Targets teams overwhelmed by hardware/model/prompt/monitoring choices, optimizing for incremental adoption rather than full rewrites.
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Original description
Recorded live in San Francisco at the AI Engineer World's Fair. See the full schedule of talks at https://www.ai.engineer/worldsfair/2024/schedule & join us at the AI Engineer World's Fair in 2025! Get your tickets today at https://ai.engineer/2025 About Kevin After a decade Leading teams in tech through growth Founded Hypermode. I'm on a mission Make each dev an AI eng Skip data science