The Rise of the Virtual Forward Deployed Engineer

I’m always on the lookout for new categories of solutions—places where the industry isn’t just iterating but actually inventing.AI Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) feel like one of those moments. Instead of asking businesses to adapt to software, these AIs learn how the business works, build what’s missing, and stay to keep improving it. Platforms like InstaLILY are exploring a model that behaves less like a tool and more like a virtual engineer embedded inside the enterprise.This looks like the emergence of a completely new software delivery paradigm.