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AI Coding Summit NYC 2026

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iscover how AI is revolutionizing software engineering at the AI Coding Summit NYC 2026. Dive into cutting-edge talks and hands-on workshops on AI-powered software development. Network with industry leaders, explore game-changing tools, and stay ahead in the fast-evolving world of AI-driven development. Do not miss the biggest shift in software engineering.

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20Speakers
19Sponsors
33On the bill · sessions
37Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at AI, in alphabetical order.
Bart Waardenburg
Fallow Maintainer & Freelance Tech Lead
Ben Holmes
Full-stack developer, open source maintainer, and whiteboardist · Warp, USA
Bernie Sumption
AG Grid
Burke Holland
GitHub Copilot Team Member · Microsoft, USA
Cole Medin
AI Coding Expert and Educator · Dynamous, USA
Cory House
Author, Microsoft MVP, International Speaker · reactjsconsulting.com, USA
Daniel Ávila
Hedgineer
Daniel Sogl
Thinktecture AG
Jodan Alberts
advance.io
Kent C. Dodds
Creator of EpicWeb.dev, EpicReact.Dev, TestingJavaScript.com · Epic React, USA
Konstantinos Leimonis
monday.com
Marius Hobbhahn
Apollo Research
Michał Pierzchała
Callstack
Mike Grabowski
CTO, Codex Ambassador, React Native contributor · Callstack, Poland
Minko Gechev
Google
Olena Kutsenko
Confluent
Povilas Korop
AI Coding Daily
Rudrank Riyam
Software Engineer · Rork
Sam Komesarook
Arts & Engineering Composite
Vladimir Novick
Novick Labs
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CloudflarePlatinum
BackslashGold
Google DeepMindGold
PixieBrixGold
Red Hat AIGold
RenderGold
24creativePartner
AG Grid
AI Staffing NinjaPartner
CapitalBay.NewsPartner
FocusReactiveTech Partner
GitNation
HygraphTech Partner
Ionic
J.P. Morgan
Sentry
Storyblok
Technology MagazinePartner
TimesofAIPartner
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Agenda

Selected from 33 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00

    Managing Production with AI

    Discussion rooms (remote)
  • 09:10

    Real-Time Observability and Control for Coding Agents

    Coding agents are quickly becoming part of day-to-day engineering work, but most people still lack visibility into what these agents are actually doing. Marius will share findings …

    Live Engineering Track (remote & in-person)
  • 09:10

    The Last Software Engineer

    I'm not here to tell you software engineering is ending soon. Nobody can put a reliable date on that, and pretending otherwise is a distraction. But we also have to admit something…

    AI-Assisted Dev Track (remote)
  • 09:30

    QnA with Kent C. Dodds

    AI-Assisted Dev Track (remote)
  • 09:30

    QnA with Marius Hobbhahn

    Live Engineering Track (remote & in-person)
  • 09:40

    Learnings From 100+ Experiments Comparing LLMs for AI Coding

    On my YouTube channel AI Coding Daily, I've published 100+ videos comparing different models for coding: Opus vs GPT, Kimi vs GLM, New vs Older versions, Effort Medium vs High, etc…

    Live Engineering Track (remote & in-person)
  • 09:40

    Skill Design for LLM Agents

    What makes an agent skill reliable, performant, and maintainable? We will explore a robust approach to skill design, starting with foundational best practices, moving into automate…

    AI-Assisted Dev Track (remote)
  • 10:00

    Battle of Agent Models for Coding: What is Worth a Dollar?

    Discussion rooms (remote)
  • 10:00

    QnA with Minko Gechev

    AI-Assisted Dev Track (remote)
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 37 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

37 companies. one 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
1All threespeak · spons · exh
18Sponsoringsponsor only
18Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

AG Grid

02Fig. 02 — Speakers, by Seniority

5% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite15%
  • Manager / Lead15%
  • Engineer · IC210%
  • Other roles1680%

Of 20 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AG GridSp1V
  2. 0224CreativeSp·P
  3. 03AI Staffing NinjaSp·P
  4. 04BackslashSp·G
  5. 05Capitalbay NewsSp·P
  6. 06CloudflareSp·P
  7. 07FocusReactiveSp·T
  8. 08GitNationSp
  9. 09Google DeepMindSp·G
  10. 10HygraphSp·T
  11. 11IonicSp
  12. 12J.P. MorganSp
  13. 13PixieBrixSp·G
  14. 14Red Hat AISp·G
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum1
5% of 19
gold5
26% of 19
partner5
26% of 19
tech partner2
11% of 19
unspecified6
32% of 19
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

In the same series

Prior and forthcoming editions

Sister convocations

Same brand, other regions