From Agile Squads to Human–Agent Squads: How AI Agents Are Redesigning Software Delivery

From Agile Squads to Human–Agent Squads: How AI Agents Are Redesigning Software Delivery

AI agents are entering software development fast, but scaling them into a fundamentally different way of delivering software is proving much harder. Most organizations are still early in orchestrating agents across functions and workflows, and the real value may come less from automation alone than from designing better collaboration between humans and AI agents.

In this Power Hour, we explored what the next-generation software delivery team should look like as organizations move from augmenting individuals with AI tools to redesigning squads around human–agent collaboration. The discussion covered emerging models such as forward-deployed engineers, agent-supported workflows across the development lifecycle, and what it takes to deliver production-ready software, not just faster coding.

Shweta Kulkarni, Vice President and Head of AI at Harbinger Group, hosted the session with panelists Ken Levy, CTO of The Ohana Way, and Nikita Jain, Founder & CEO of Eubrics AI. Together, they shared perspectives on how agents are becoming active participants in software delivery and what Product and Engineering leaders need to rethink as they build human–agent squads.

Key Takeaways

• How AI agents are moving from individual tools to active participants in software delivery.
• How human–agent teams can reshape squad structures, roles, and responsibilities, including models such as forward-deployed engineers.
• How humans and AI agents can work together to deliver production-ready software.
• The key bottlenecks preventing agentic delivery from scaling across the SDLC.
• What Product and Engineering leaders need to rethink around oversight, skills, governance, and accountability.