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Sierra CEO: AI agents to replace software interfaces.

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Sierra launched Ghostwriter on Apr 1st '26.

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Sierra CEO: AI agents to replace software interfaces. tech April 9, 2026 tech AI Software Automation Bret Taylor, CEO of Sierra, envisions a future where AI agents replace traditional software interfaces, enabling users to interact through natural language. What happened. Bret Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Sierra, believes that the way humans interact with software is on the cusp of a major shift. Taylor, who previously served as co-CEO of Salesforce, shared his vision at the HumanX conference in San Francisco, predicting the decline of traditional, click-based software interfaces in favor of AI-powered, natural language interactions. Sierra recently launched Ghostwriter, an "agent as a service" tool designed to build other AI agents capable of autonomously executing tasks based on natural language prompts. Taylor's vision stems from the observation that many enterprise software tools are infrequently used, such as Workday, which is primarily accessed during onboarding and open enrollment. He argues that navigating complex systems is inefficient, and users will soon be able to complete tasks simply by describing their needs in natural language, without ever directly interacting with the software interface. Sierra is already leveraging Ghostwriter to expedite the deployment of AI agents, citing an example of implementing an agent for Nordstrom in just four...

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Product
Ghostwriter
Takes effect
Apr 1, 2026

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Detected
Apr 9, 2026
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