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Turning multi-agent AI into strategic business leverage

Using AI to help bolster business strategy, not just for the sake of it.

By Bill Doerrfeld

Featuring JB Brown

August 28, 2025

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

VP of engineering JB Brown explains how multi-agent AI is helping Smartsheet engineers deliver faster outcomes.

AI is no longer just “fun to have” in software development – it’s becoming necessary to retain a competitive edge.

One organization going “all in” is project management and collaboration software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Smartsheet. For them, encouraging AI within the development process has been key to attaining business leverage, says JB Brown, Smartsheet’s VP of engineering and an advisor for Roo Code.

Part and parcel to their strategy has been the use of multiple specialized agents simultaneously for areas like planning, scaffolding, coding, bug testing, diagnosis, or other software development life cycle (SDLC) activities.

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