AI & Machine Learning

DC State of the Stack 2026

DC State of the Stack is a community-driven technology conference rooted in the DC region, aimed at people who design, build, operate, and govern modern systems. It brings together practitioners from engineering, operations, security, product, and adjacent disciplines to explore how real systems work in the real world. This year's event focuses on 'Shipping…

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20Speakers
5Sponsors
65On the bill · sessions
6Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at DC, in alphabetical order.
Akula Karthik
Alessandro Zuniga
Bodhisattva Das
Boomie Odumade
Brian Teller
Eric Honour
Isadora Martin-Dye
Kurtis Kemple
Leon Fayer
Matthew Franz
Max Kanat-Alexander
Executive Distinguished Engineer, Capital One · Capital One
Melissa M. Reeve
Mohamed AboElKheir
Morgan Fields
Noble Ackerson
Prakshal Doshi
Rajaniesh Kaushikk
Regis Siqueira
Rita Sabri
Yamini Pradeepika Rathamsetty
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
DevIT JobsCommunity Sponsor
ExcellaLanyard Sponsor
IacConfCommunity Sponsor
KCD DCCommunity Sponsor
KubeEventsCommunity Sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 65 sessions on the bill.
  • Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 10:55 am

    My agents bankrupted me: the hidden economics of multi-agent systems in production

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:55 am

    My agents bankrupted me: the hidden economics of multi-agent systems in production

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:55 am

    Stop Pressing 1: Comprehension Gates for AI Agent Oversight

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026, 10:55 am

    My agents bankrupted me: the hidden economics of multi-agent systems in production

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026, 10:55 am

    Stop Pressing 1: Comprehension Gates for AI Agent Oversight

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 11:25 am

    Stop Pressing 1: Comprehension Gates for AI Agent Oversight

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026 11:25 am

    AI-Powered Security Code Reviews That Actually Work: A Threat-Model-First Methodology

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026 11:25 am

    Stop Pressing 1: Comprehension Gates for AI Agent Oversight

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026, 11:25 am

    AI-Powered Security Code Reviews That Actually Work: A Threat-Model-First Methodology

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 6 companies, parsed from the program.

Six companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
1Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority
  • Engineer · IC15%
  • Other roles1995%

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

Most-represented companies
  1. 01DevITJobs.ukSp·C
  2. 02ExcellaSp·L
  3. 03IacConfSp·C
  4. 04KCD DCSp·C
  5. 05KubeEventsSp·C
  6. 06Capital One1V
Sponsors by tier
community sponsor4
80% of 5
lanyard sponsor1
20% of 5
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