# The Unlock in AI Software Engineering Isn’t the Agents. It’s the Layer Between Them. - Date: 2026-04-26 - Category: Agentics Chalmers and Volvo researchers mapped AI role in software engineering. The unlock is not faster code - it is the coordination layer between agents. Rings 5 and 6 have none. GoNoGo at Volvo shows the approach works in production. Nobody has published the equivalent. ---