CEO 回归亲手构建:Paul Graham 与 Guillermo Rauch 论高管与 AI 的关系

原帖 1

Paul Graham (@paulg) · 2026-05-30 21:28 UTC

The only thing worse than having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI is not having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI.

原帖 2

Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) · 2026-05-31 17:19 UTC(Vercel CEO)

Unclear if a durable trend, but CEOs and CTOs are back to coding with a fury, thanks to coding agents. I have public company CEOs sliding into my DMs (and "InMail") telling me about falling in love with shipping software again thanks to Claude Code and Vercel. "Dream accounts" that we always wanted to work with, where in the past the C-suite would hardly understand the infrastructure until much later in the game. Coding agents are the ultimate PLG-fication of the enterprise. Bad, legacy software can't hide anymore. The stack that works is self-evident to the entire organization, from intern to CEO.

核心论点拆解

  1. CEO/CTO 回归编码:不是象征性的,而是"with a fury"——coding agents 让高管重新爱上发布软件
  2. PLG-fication of the enterprise:coding agents 是企业级产品的终极 Product-Led Growth 引擎——C-suite 不再需要等到后期才理解基础设施
  3. Legacy software 无处遁形:当从实习生到 CEO 都能亲手验证技术栈时,差的遗留软件再也藏不住了
  4. "Dream accounts" 效应:过去难以触达的上市公司 CEO,现在主动 DM 过来

引用与评论帖

AYi (@AYi_AInotes) · 2026-05-31 19:56 UTC

引用 Paul Graham 原帖,展开论述 CEO 亲手使用 AI 的真正含义

来源: https://x.com/AYi_AInotes/status/2061175093351567601 浏览量: 2,348 · 互动: 4 replies, 9 reposts, 7 likes

AYi(组织发展专家、AI 实践者)对 PG 原帖的展开解读:

  • 核心论点:很多批评者误解了 PG 的意思——不是要 CEO 去写生产代码,而是要亲自写 prompt、构建 agent、自动化工作流,从而 firsthand 理解 AI 的能力和局限
  • 实践建议
    • 每天拨出时间用 AI 做真实任务
    • 从邮件、数据分析等琐碎工作入手
    • 每周亲手构建一个可用的工具
    • 自己去发现 AI 做不了什么,而不是依赖二手报告
  • 历史类比:不碰机器的工厂主、回避互联网的商人,都被淘汰了——不亲手用 AI 的 CEO 同样会看着自己的公司被淘汰

Carlos E. Perez · 2026-05-31

Every CEO needs a Forward Deployed AI Engineer (FDE) sitting with them in their office. If they don't, then they are NGMI.

来源: https://digg.com/ai/wpef68of(Digg 聚合)

Carlos E. Perez 进一步延伸:每个 CEO 都需要一个 Forward Deployed AI Engineer(FDE)坐在办公室里。并追问:CEO 是否暗中害怕 AI 比他们做得更好?


上下文:Paul Graham 近期 AI 立场脉络

PG 在 2026 年 5 月围绕 AI 密集发帖,形成了一个完整的观点链。以下按时间排列:

1. AI 是创始人最大机会(2026 年 4 月)

PG 写道 AI 给了努力工作的创始人"他们应得的增长"(the growth they deserve)。

2. AI 写的邮件像被骗(2026-05-25/26)

PG 发帖批评创始人用 AI 写冷启动邮件:

A lot of the emails I get from founders are now written in a hard-hitting journalistic style. I know they're written by AI, because no founder ever wrote this way before. And once you realize something is written by AI, it's hard not to ignore it.

I have never knowingly finished reading an email signed by a human but written by AI. It feels like being lied to, and who would stand for that?

It means they can't write well unaided (or feel they can't), and that they're trying to trick me. It's not impressive to use AI to write stuff for you; any teenager can do that.

有人质疑这是"认知失调"(cognitive dissonance)——一边说 AI 是最大机会,一边批评 AI 使用。PG 回应:

You're supposed to use it, but in the right way. Like any technology.

关键评论

  • Nataniel Ruiz(Google DeepMind 研究员): "It's so true that it's hard not to ignore something written purely by AI."
  • Blake Scholl(Boom Supersonic CEO): AI 写作"usually a bad idea",建议先自己写,再让 AI 给反馈
  • Steven Sinofsky(前微软 Windows 负责人): 类比大学时用"letter quality"打印机的经历——教授反应两极,有人觉得格式分散注意力,有人觉得反而看得更仔细
  • Zain Manji(连续创业者): 写作时会"turn on my AI slop radar and check myself"

研究佐证

  • Ohio State 研究(208 人):接收者认为 AI 生成的消息更懒惰、更不真诚,信任感降低
  • BetterUp Labs + Stanford Social Media Lab(1,150 人):40% 员工定期收到同事的低质量 AI 生成内容;53% 感到恼火;约一半人认为发送者更没创造力、更不可靠;42% 认为更不值得信赖

来源:

3. CEO 必须亲手用 AI 构建(2026-05-30)← 本帖

即原帖。PG 用经典的"only thing worse than X is not X"句式,表达了 CEO 与 AI 的关系悖论。

4. AI 千行代码(2026 年早些时候)

An experienced programmer told me he's now using AI to generate a thousand lines of code an hour.

来源: https://x.com/paulg/status/2026739899936944495


上下文:Guillermo Rauch 近期 AI 立场脉络

Rauch 在 2026 年多次公开发言,形成了一条从"coding agents 改变一切"到"CEO 回归编码"的完整叙事线:

1. Shadow IT 警告(2026-03,CNBC Fortt Knox)

Rauch 在 CNBC 采访中警告:企业员工用 AI agents 构建的工具已远超 IT 部门掌控,形成前所未有的 shadow IT 浪潮,规模远超移动-云时代。

Vercel 2 月创下增长纪录,主要驱动力是 Claude Code 等 coding agents 生成的可部署软件。

来源: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/03/09/guillermo-rauch-vercel-ceo-a-fortt-knox-conversation.html

2. "Mini CEOs"——IC 已死(2026-03,Business Insider)

Rauch 在 Outset Capital 播客中宣称:

"My mental model right now is that the IC is the agent." "We're all kind of mini CEOs at this point."

  • IC(Individual Contributor)角色正在消亡:对于过度认同单一技能的人,Rauch 有"bad news"——agent 可能比他们做得更好
  • 这是"leverage"的时代:为什么手写代码行,当你可以拥有 agentic leverage?
  • Vercel 自身的实践:去年把 10 人销售团队缩减为 1 个人管理一个 bot

来源: https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-agent-managers-vercel-guillermo-rauch-2026-3

3. Code with Claude 2026 Fireside(2026-05-06)

Rauch 与 Anthropic 平台产品负责人 Angela Jiang 对话,关键数据:

  • Opus tokens 占 Vercel AI Gateway 使用量的 ~20%,但占支出的 >70%
  • V0 上的 credit spend 自最近一次 Anthropic 升级后翻倍
  • 更聪明的模型让 Vercel 可以简化 harness(工具表面收缩,模型在沙盒中写中间代码)
  • "We're now engineering more around tool approvals. It's around creating the right security guardrails."

来源: https://claude.com/code-with-claude/session/sf-architecting-for-model-step-changes-a-fireside-with-vercels-guillermo-rauch

4. Founders in Arms Live(2026-05-29)

Rauch 在 Founders in Arms 直播中的关键表述:

  • "Just because you can doesn't mean you should":AI 让代码看似免费(任何 prompt + tokens → 软件),但不意味着应该随意做
  • Vercel 的 web stack + agent stack 双线并行,"you kind of always need both"
  • 从"developer experience"到"agent ergonomics"——ease of use 的对象从人类扩展到 agents
  • 工程师的未来画像:full stack in their understanding of the business,不是只写代码或 prompt

来源: https://foundersinarms.substack.com/p/guillermo-rauch-at-founders-in-arms

5. Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 Keynote(2026-04-28)

Rauch 的关键引述:

  • 高中朋友的故事:一个从未写过代码的高中朋友告诉他"我现在知道 Vercel 做什么了——Claude Coded 部署到 Vercel,告诉我应用已上线"
  • 软件如水:"I think we'll be soon in a future where software is like water. Like it's just a normal thing to create, consume, sell. It's everywhere."
  • Vercel 周部署量 3 倍增长(数月内),Cosmos DB 是唯一能承接这种增长的数据库
  • 软件短暂性:"A lot of this software is quite ephemeral that's being written by the agents. Maybe it's useful for a day. Maybe it's useful for a presentation."
  • 销售工程师用 V0 vibe code 做销售 demo,包括微软内部人员

来源: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXys8EPan7U

6. CEO 回归编码(2026-05-31)← 本帖

即原帖 2。Rauch 报告上市公司 CEO 主动 DM 他,讲述重新爱上发布软件的故事。

Vercel 关键数据(Forbes 报道,2026-03)

指标数值时间
估值$9.3B(前一年 $3.25B2025-09
GAAP 年化收入$340M2026-02
收入同比增长86%截至 2026-02
Claude 用户占 Vercel 用户比~1%2026-02
Claude 用户占部署量比~15%2026-02
AI agent 部署占比(全部)5% → 21%2025-06 至 2026-02
AI agent 部署中 Claude Code 占比~70%2026-02
V0 PR merged/day3,200(1 个月内 100 倍增长)2026-01

Rauch 的护城河论述:训练数据分发——Next.js 作为最流行的 React 框架,LLM 在训练数据中大量接触 Next.js 代码,因此 vibe coding 时默认生成 Next.js 项目并部署到 Vercel。

"LLMs seem to love Vercel, and we love them back." — Dan Levine, Accel partner

来源: https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2026/03/17/vercel-guillermo-rauch / https://gln75.com/en/blog/claude-code-made-vercel-founder-billionaire


衍生讨论与相关文章

Paul Ford: "Dear Vibe-Coding CEO: Please Stop"(2026-05-20)

Paul Ford(Aboard 创始人,软件咨询顾问)在 PG 发帖前 10 天就发表了一篇直接相关的文章,批评 CEO 用 vibe coding 工具做 demo 然后要求工程师跟进的现象。

核心观点

  • "The boss built a thing and he wants you to take a look." 这句话在全球走廊里回响——高管用 Claude 周末 hack 出来的东西,让工程师、设计师、产品经理被迫跟进
  • 现代 CEO 不同于传统 CEO:他们想展示自己仍有技能、仍能做事。AI 赋能对这类 CEO 是梦想,对员工是噩梦
  • vibe-coded demo 是终极 executive memo:CEO 过去可能拒绝社交媒体、博客,但这次他们买账了
  • 品质仍然来自深度思考:"AI can produce outputs all day long, but it can't guarantee quality. Quality software is borne out of creative problem-solving and lots of little, tiny moves, not one-shot magic prompts."
  • 给 CEO 的建议:"Cut it out. Seriously, cut it out. Your interactive C-suite demo memo is not going to get you any results."

来源: https://aboard.com/dear-vibe-coding-ceo-please-stop

Paul Ford: "The AI Hangover Will Be Delightful"(2026-05-27)

Paul Ford 的更宏观分析,三个核心观察:

  1. 有经验的架构师 + AI = 大幅提速:特别是重建大型"无聊"软件(大量数据库事务)。但如果没有好架构师,只会做出一团糟
  2. 做真正好的新产品仍然和以前一样难:PM 能自己写代码并没有像预期那样改变多少——"Imagine an English teacher asking people to turn in their five-paragraph essays and everyone turns in a bad novel. That's what product managers are dealing with in the era of vibe coding."
  3. AI 输出还不能信任:如果用于知识工作,必须非常偏执

关于 AI 泡沫:"Everyone expects the bubble will pop—they just hope it pops after their IPO."

来源: https://aboard.com/the-ai-hangover-will-be-delightful/

Kyla Scanlon: "Is AI Going to Destroy our Lives or Not?"(2026-05-28)

引用 PG 的邮件帖,指出 PG 在 Twitter 上实时摸索 AI 是什么:

We otherwise don't know what AI is to us, evidenced by Paul Graham, one of the people who pushes the private market around AI forward, working it out in real time on Twitter.

来源: https://kyla.substack.com/p/is-ai-going-to-destroy-our-lives

Zvi Mowshowitz: "AI #170: Lack of Executive Order"(2026-05-28)

引用并评论 PG 的邮件帖,认同 AI 写的冷邮件应立即删除:

I don't see why it has to be a trick, or why anyone needs to be trying to impress. Perhaps the human simply wants to aid in their communication. That doesn't make this a good idea, and I am in a similar place to Paul Graham. If you send me a cold email, I may read it if it is relevant to my interests, but if you had an AI write it then I will delete the moment I notice.

来源: https://thezvi.substack.com/p/ai-170-lack-of-executive-order

三条路线的张力:PG vs Rauch vs Ford

这三个声音构成了一个有趣的三角张力:

立场代表核心态度关键词
CEO 必须亲手用 AIPaul GrahamCEO 不参与 AI 构建比参与更糟knee-deep, right way
CEO 回归编码是 PLG 革命Guillermo Rauchcoding agents 让 C-suite 重新爱上发布,legacy software 无处遁形PLG-fication, mini CEO, leverage
Vibe-Coding CEO 请停手Paul FordCEO 的周末 demo 是终极 executive memo,对员工是噩梦cut it out, quality takes deep thought

核心分歧

  • PG 和 Rauch 都认为 CEO 应该亲手用 AI,但 PG 强调"in the right way"(暗示存在 wrong way),Rauch 更无条件地拥抱这一趋势
  • Paul Ford 的批评不针对"CEO 用 AI"本身,而针对 CEO 用 AI 产出低质量 demo 然后要求团队跟进的组织行为
  • Rauch 的"legacy software can't hide"暗示 CEO 亲手验证技术栈会加速淘汰旧系统——这既是机会也是威胁
  • Ford 的"quality software takes deep thought"与 Rauch 的"software is like water"形成直接对立

主题标签

  • CEO 亲手用 AI 构建(hands-on AI building)
  • Founder Mode 延伸
  • Forward Deployed Engineer(FDE)
  • Vibe Coding CEO 争议
  • AI 使用的"正确方式"与"错误方式"
  • AI 生成内容的信任危机
  • AI 泡沫与务实落地
  • Coding Agents 让高管回归编码(PLG-fication of enterprise)
  • Shadow IT 浪潮(员工 AI 工具超越 IT 部门)
  • IC 已死 / Mini CEO(agent 时代的角色重塑)
  • 训练数据分发护城河(Next.js → Vercel 的 LLM 默认部署路径)
  • 软件短暂性(ephemeral software)