AI test automation is evolving fast — but most tools still generate brittle code that breaks with every UI change.

See it for yourself now: https://links.testguild.com/Thunders

In this episode of the TestGuild Podcast, Joe Colantonio sits down with Karim Jouini, founder of Thunders, to explore a radically different approach to AI testing: executing test automation in plain English without generating Selenium or Playwright code.

Instead of “auto-healing selectors,” Thunders interprets natural language directly — allowing teams to:

🔹 Ship twice as fast
🔹 Achieve 10x test coverage with the same resources
🔹 Reduce regression cycles from weeks to days
🔹 Eliminate massive automation maintenance overhead

Karim shares real-world case studies, including:

🔹 A European bank that reduced a 3-year core banking upgrade testing effort to 4 months
🔹 A SaaS company that transitioned from a traditional QA team to AI-assisted product-led testing

We also discuss:

🔹 Whether AI test agents replace QA roles
🔹 How QA managers must shift from individual contributors to AI managers
🔹 The risks of adopting AI without a defined success metric
🔹 The future of shift-left testing in the AI era

If you’re a software tester, automation engineer, QA lead, or DevOps leader trying to understand what’s hype versus real ROI in AI testing — this episode breaks it down.

Try it for yourself and see how AI testing fits into your pipeline.

Get personal demo: https://links.testguild.com/Thunders

📑 Get 10 quick & actionable test automation tips I've compiled after interviewing over 500+ testing thought leaders👇
https://testguild.com/10tips
------------------------------------------------------------------

🔎 Find out your automation testing score by taking the simple 6-Step Automation Testing Assessment Quiz👇
https://testguild.com/score

This assessment is designed to inform you about what areas of your automation testing SDLC you need to improve on 📊

------------------------------------------------------------------
Access more BONUS content from TestGuild:

✅ Mini-Courses / Tutorials: https://testguild.com/training-courses/
✅ Training Sessions: https://testguild.com/webinars/
✅ Automation | DevOps | Security Testing Podcasts: https://testguild.com/podcasts/

------------------------------------------------------------------
📚 Get My “Read 1-Page/day” Automation Awesomeness Book Now👇
https://testguild.com/automationbook/

Join the Test Guild Family
===============================
✋ - LinkedIn: https://testguild.com/linkedin
X - Twitter: https://twitter.com/joecolantonio
👥 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/testguilds
🫶- AutomationGuild: http://automationguild.com
===============================

Automation Testing with Joe Colantonio

Karim, founder of Dunders (dunders.ai), discusses how his AI-powered QA platform works as a 'manual tester on steroids' — letting teams write tests in plain English instead of code. The platform interprets natural language instructions at runtime (no generated code underneath), integrates with CI/CD pipelines, and supports Jira ticket creation for discovered bugs. Two case studies are shared: a 50M-revenue software company that replaced its QA team by empowering product managers to own testing, and a European bank that compressed a 3-year core banking upgrade test effort down to 4 months. Key differentiators include maintenance resilience (UI changes don't break plain-English tests), an MCP integration for vibe-coding workflows, and upcoming mobile device farm support. Karim advises QA professionals to define clear success criteria before adopting AI tools and to develop delegation and management skills as AI handles execution.

AI Test Automation: Ship Twice as Fast with 10x Coverage