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Sonar Summit 2026

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onar Summit is a global, one-day virtual event focused on building better software in the AI era. The conference brings together leading practitioners and thought leaders in software development to discuss the evolution of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), AI-driven development, and the adoption of modern tools and practices. Tracks include the mai…

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11Voices
14Underwriters
0Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
21Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Sonar, in alphabetical order.
Abhishek Veeramalla
CTO, AKVA · AKVA
Cole Medin
Founder, Dynamous AI · Dynamous AI
Gergely Orosz
Author and Advisor, The Pragmatic Engineer · The Pragmatic Engineer
Kesha Williams
Founder and Managing Partner, Keysoft · Keysoft
Kunal Kushwaha
Senior Developer Advocate, Cast AI · Cast AI
Laura Tacho
Executive Advisor
Luis Bitencourt-Emilio
SVP GitHub Copilot, GitHub · GitHub
Oron Noah
Vice President of Product Extensibility & Partnerships, Wiz · Wiz
Santiago Valdarrama
Founder, Tideily · Tideily
Tariq Shaukat
CEO, Sonar · Sonar
Vaibhav Srivastav
Developer Experience and Community, OpenAI · OpenAI
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ExcentiaPlatinum
GooglePlatinum
AtlassianGold
GitHubGold
GitLabGold
JFrogGold
OpenAIGold
WizGold
CoreStorySilver
CortexSilver
DynatraceSilver
JellyfishSilver
OoobeyaSilver
WWTSilver
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 21 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

21 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
3All threespeak · spons · exh
11Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
7Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

GitHub·OpenAI·Wiz

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

64% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite218%
  • Founder / Owner327%
  • VP-level218%
  • Engineer · IC218%
  • Advisor / Investor218%

Of 11 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01GitHubSp·G1V
  2. 02OpenAISp·G1V
  3. 03WizSp·G1V
  4. 04AtlassianSp·G
  5. 05CoreStorySp·S
  6. 06CortexSp·S
  7. 07DynatraceSp·S
  8. 08ExcentiaSp·P
  9. 09GitLabSp·G
  10. 10GoogleSp·P
  11. 11JellyfishSp·S
  12. 12JFrogSp·G
  13. 13OoobeyaSp·S
  14. 14WWTSp·S
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum2
14% of 14
gold6
43% of 14
silver6
43% of 14
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters