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
8Sponsors
99Sessions
11Companies · in total

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
Founder of HyperadaptiveSolutions, Author of "Hyperadaptive" · HyperadaptiveSolutions
Mohamed AboElKheir
Morgan Fields
Noble Ackerson
Senior Director of AI and Agentic Solutions · Leidos
Prakshal Doshi
Rajaniesh Kaushikk
Regis Siqueira
Rita Sabri
Yamini Pradeepika Rathamsetty

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

DevIT JobsCommunity Sponsor
Engaged AgilityDigital
ExcellaLanyard Sponsor
Homestead AIDigital Sponsor
IacConfCommunity Sponsor
KCD DCCommunity Sponsor
KubeEventsCommunity Sponsor
Pebble StreamDigital

Agenda

Selected from 99 sessions.

  • 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

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

  • Thursday, September 17, 2026 10:55 am

    Provisioning Is the Policy: Data Governance Across a Hybrid Lakehouse at Booking.com

  • 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

    Stop Pressing 1: Comprehension Gates for AI Agent Oversight

Company intelligence

An audience of 11 companies, parsed from the program.

Eleven companies in attendance.

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.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
8Sponsoringsponsor only
3Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

10% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner15%
  • Director / Head of15%
  • Engineer · IC15%
  • Other roles1785%

Of 20 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1DevITJobs.ukSponsor · Community Sponsor-
2Engaged AgilitySponsor · Digital-
3ExcellaSponsor · Lanyard Sponsor-
4Homestead AISponsor · Digital Sponsor-
5IacConfSponsor · Community Sponsor-
6KCD DCSponsor · Community Sponsor-
7Kube EventsSponsor · Community Sponsor-
8Pebble StreamSponsor · Digital-
9Capital One1
10Hyperadaptive Solutions1
11Leidos1
Sponsors by tier
community sponsor4
50% of 8
digital2
25% of 8
digital sponsor1
13% of 8
lanyard sponsor1
13% of 8
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Partner conferences

Listed on this event's own sponsor page