Sourcegraph and the Frontier of AI in Software Engineering with Beyang Liu

Podcast Tuesday, April 1 2025

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Sourcegraph is a powerful code search and intelligence tool that helps developers navigate and understand large codebases efficiently. It provides advanced search functionality across multiple repositories, making it easier to find references, functions, and dependencies. Additionally, Sourcegraph integrates with various development workflows to streamline code reviews and collaboration across teams.

Beyang Liu is the CTO and Co-Founder at Sourcegraph, where he has worked for the past twelve years. In this episode he joins the show with Sean Falconer to talk about the frontier of leveraging AI in software engineering.

Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.

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