Andrii Olefirenko, Senior Software Engineer at Meta, explored what it takes to move AI from prototype to production, sharing lessons on building systems that operate at scale in real-world environments.
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"What separates an agent from a chatbot? A chatbot just gives you an answer. Agentic AI is completely different—it can obtain new skills and perform real work over days or months; it’s like having your own executive assistant."
- Andrii Olefirenko, Senior Software Engineer at Meta
Andrii Olefirenko
Senior Software Engineer
Andrii Olefirenko is a Senior Software Engineer at Reality Labs at Meta, where he builds AI-powered systems that operate at the intersection of hardware, software, and machine learning. His work focuses on shipping production-grade AI infrastructure that enables real-time, context-aware experiences in emerging computing platforms.
Previously, Andrii was a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services, contributing to large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. With a background spanning NLP, computer vision, and DevOps, he brings a systems-level perspective to what it takes to move AI from experimentation to scalable, real-world deployment.
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