rontrunners is an annual software developers conference from the Washington, DC area. The 2026 event focuses on artificial intelligence and data, bringing together developers, architects, and thought leaders for a series of technical talks and practical workshops. Attendees can expect presentations on LLMs, AI-driven development, data quality, open source A…
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Building production-grade AI agents is less about choosing the smartest model and more about designing a system that stays fast, predictable, and affordable at scale. This session …
Everyone's building with LLMs. Almost nobody's talking about what it actually takes to make them reliable, fast, and cheap enough for production, especially when the output has rea…
Thanks to open source, in the past year, we’ve seen a fundamental change: developers and enterprises are moving away from proprietary, closed-source models. To save costs, prioriti…
The "AI is coming for your job" panic is the wrong movie. Software teams just got a new kind of coworker: an agent that can read, write, refactor, test, and ship code alongside you…
AI is no longer a future-state conversation. It is actively changing how technical teams are built, how work is structured, and how talent decisions impact the business. This sessi…
When asking AI to help refactor a method, do you get back something that runs, but would never pass review? The difference between frustrating and useful AI interactions comes down…
Model Context Protocol took the AI world by storm, and it has become the de facto standard for building agents. MCP offers enormous potential for automating workflows, but there ar…
What does it mean when 9 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?
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The Triple-Threat
29% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.
Of 14 on the bill · classified by free-text title