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Pinterest: #how-i-ai Slack Channel → 1,200+ Members → Company-Wide AI Coding Pathfinders
Engineering Leadership Gregor·June 7, 2026
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Summary
Jordan Cutler (Staff Engineer at Pinterest) describes how he started a voluntary #how-i-ai Slack channel that organically grew to 1,200+ members across functions. This led to a formal company-wide 'AI Coding Pathfinders' group endorsed by leadership. Key pattern: bottom-up, opt-in, sharing-focused — not top-down mandated.
Why this signal
A simple, low-cost pattern for cross-functional AI adoption that Thomas Engineering could replicate today. This gives a named, working example of how to seed AI culture organically before formalizing it.
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Engineering Leadership Gregor · 6/7/2026
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