Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · 20 May 2026 · 89 min

Railway: The Agent-Native Cloud — Jake Cooper

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In this episode, Jake Cooper, founder of Railway, discusses the evolution of Railway from a developer platform to an agent-native cloud infrastructure designed for AI-driven software deployment. He covers technical challenges, architectural decisions, the role of agents in software development, and the future of cloud infrastructure and AI operations.

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