Andrej Karpathy Defines 'Agentic Engineering' as Successor to Vibe Coding at Sequoia Ascent 2026
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Karpathy's Sequoia Ascent 2026 talk, now trending on r/singularity (110↑), formally distinguishes 'vibe coding' (raising the floor — everyone can build) from 'agentic engineering' (raising the ceiling — orchestrating agents who write code). He pinpoints December 2025 as the tipping point where agentic tools went from 'helpful but messy' to consistently producing correct code. His framing: 'you are not writing code 99% of the time — you are orchestrating agents and acting as oversight.' The talk spawned coverage from The New Stack, Medium, and multiple substacks.