{"podcast":{"title":"Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering","slug":"chain-of-thought-ai-agents","podcast_index_feed_id":7074333,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/chain-of-thought","website_url":"https://newsletter.chainofthought.show/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Yf0B0akhfAtC-Ahrn6UylfgdusLiIKiLKXlMy29dfwI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YjBh/ODMzMTY3ZjQ0MjBj/YTE1ODMwYTZlNDgx/Mjc2Mi5qcGc.jpg","author":"Conor Bronsdon","episode_count":63,"summary":"AI is reshaping infrastructure, strategy, and entire industries. Host Conor Bronsdon talks to the engineers, founders, and researchers building breakthrough AI systems about what it actually takes to ship AI in production, where the opportunities lie, and how leaders should think about the strategic bets ahead. Chain of Thought translates technical depth into actionable insights for builders and decision-makers. New episodes weekly. Conor Bronsdon is an angel investor in AI and dev tools, Technical Ecosystem Lead at Modular, and previously led growth at AI startups Galileo and LinearB. Disclaimer: All views, opinions and statements expressed on this account are solely my own and are made in my personal capacity. They do not reflect, and should not be construed as reflecting, the views, positions, or policies of Modular. This account is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Modular in any way.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T00:17:44.387836+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents"},"episode":{"title":"How Block Deployed AI Agents to 12,000 Employees in 8 Weeks w/ MCP | Angie Jones","slug":"how-block-deployed-ai-agents-to-12-000-employees-in-8-weeks-w-mcp-angie-jones","published_at":"2026-01-21T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/how-block-deployed-ai-agents-to-12-000-employees-in-8-weeks-w-mcp-angie-jones","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/90efac38","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/90efac38/d4dd31bc.mp3","summary":"How do you deploy AI agents to 12,000 employees in just 8 weeks? How do you do it safely? Angie Jones, VP of Engineering for AI Tools and Enablement at Block, joins the show to share exactly how her team pulled it off.Block (the company behind Square and Cash App) became an early adopter of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and built Goose, their open-source AI agent that's now a reference implementation for the Agentic AI Foundation. Angie shares the challenges they faced, the security guardrails they built, and why letting employees choose their own models was critical to adoption.We also dive into vibe coding (including Angie's experience watching Jack Dorsey vibe code a feature in 2 hours), how non-engineers are building their own tools, and what MCP unlocks when you connect multiple systems together.Chapters:00:00 Introduction02:02 How Block deployed AI agents to 12,000 employees05:04 Challenges with MCP adoption and security at scale07:10 Why Block supports multiple AI models (Claude, GPT, Gemini)08:40 Open source models and local LLM usage09:58 Measuring velocity gains across the organization10:49 Vibe coding: Benefits, risks & Jack Dorsey's 2-hour feature build13:46 Block's contributions to the MCP protocol14:38 MCP in action: Incident management + GitHub workflow demo15:52 Addressing MCP criticism and security concerns18:41 The Agentic AI Foundation announcement (Block, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft)21:46 AI democratization: Non-engineers building MCP servers24:11 How to get started with MCP and prompting tips25:42 Security guardrails for enterprise AI deployment29:25 Tool annotations and human-in-the-loop controls30:22 OAuth and authentication in Goose32:11 Use cases: Engineering, data analysis, fraud detection35:22 Goose in Slack: Bug detection and PR…","meta_description":"How do you deploy AI agents to 12,000 employees in just 8 weeks? How do you do it safely? Angie Jones, VP of Engineering for AI Tools and Enablement at Bl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3027,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/episodes/how-block-deployed-ai-agents-to-12-000-employees-in-8-weeks-w-mcp-angie-jones/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/how-block-deployed-ai-agents-to-12-000-employees-in-8-weeks-w-mcp-angie-jones.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}