Live AI Roundtable: What Actually Changes for Engineers, Teams and Software Businesses (2026)

With 5 Industry Insiders, we’ll cut through hype and talk about what’s changing in real teams - hiring, roles, workflows and business models. Then live Q&A.

Date

Feb 10, Tuesday

Time

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (GMT+2)

Format

ONLINE - Live Discussion + Q&A (English)

Because I want to see real industry insights and ask questions

Seats are limited.

Meet The Panelists

Petri
Lattu

Strategy & Innovation,
Siili Advisory

Perspective:
Business and transformation view - how companies move past the hype cycle and capture real value.

Veli Pehlivanov

Co-Founder & CTO at Resolute Software

Perspective:
What it takes to scale engineering and execution in the real world and how AI changes the baseline for high-performing teams.

Yani
Lozanov

CEO & Founder, Ethera Technologies

Perspective:
How companies actually pick AI use cases, implement them and avoid scattered efforts.

Martin Markov

CEO & Founder, Appolica

Perspective:
How AI shifts go-to-market leverage and what high-output teams can now build and sell.

Timo
Railo

Founder & CTO, East.fi

Perspective:
Engineering workflow reality check - what works in production and how teams adapt.

Because I want to see real industry insights and ask questions

Seats are limited.

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What you’ll get (takeaways)?

You will leave with a practical map of:

  • How roles shift (junior, senior, lead) when AI is embedded into daily workflow

  • What skills become high-leverage (and what starts to matter less)

  • Why adoption fails inside orgs (and what makes it stick)

  • What “small, high-output teams” enable (delivery speed, product iteration, services, new GTM patterns)

  • The new baseline for quality and risk when AI touches production (review patterns, guardrails, security thinking)

Most Importantly:
You’ll get a realistic view of what changes next - and what to do about it without breaking your org.

Because I want to see real industry insights and ask questions

Seats are limited.

Agenda

Full breakdown

structured discussion focused on what people are actually seeing inside teams and businesses right now - and what to do next

Prepare for the new world order without hype.

  • Feb 10, Tuesday

  • 7 pm GMT+2

  • Online

  • 60-minute live session +Q&A

  • English

What will we cover:

People and Skills:

  • What’s really stopping engineers from going all-in with LLMs (beyond job fear)

  • What upskilling looks like when it’s done for real - not theory

  • The patterns: who adapts fast, who struggles, and why

  • If you want to stay relevant: what to learn, unlearn, and stop doing entirely

Organisation and Change:

  • The hardest internal friction points teams hit when they try to adopt LLMs

  • Where resistance actually comes from (engineering, leadership, compliance, clients)

  • What “unrealistic expectations” look like - and how to reset them without slowing down

  • What will be meaningfully different inside orgs 2 years from now

  • How teams attempt to measure progress: productivity, quality, learning, risk

Business and Delivery Models:

  • If delivery gets dramatically faster/cheaper, what breaks in today’s service and product models

  • What happens to hourly pricing and “time-based” thinking

  • Whether the future is fewer people, different people, or different team shapes

  • How you get clients comfortable with LLM usage in real engagements

  • Which models survive the next 5 years - and what feels under-exploited right now

Engineering as a Profession:

  • What it means to be a “good engineer” when AI is part of the default workflow

  • Which parts of the job become more valuable - and which quietly fade

  • The honest answer to: “Should I be worried about my job?”

Key Takeaway:
Prepare for the new world order without hype.

Get a practical map of how roles shift, what to learn next and how to adopt AI without breaking your org

Because I want to see real industry insights and ask questions

Seats are limited.

Join live if you are::

  • A mid-to-senior engineer who ships production code

  • A tech lead or engineering manager trying to keep standards high while moving faster

  • A CTO or founder thinking about org design, hiring and leverage

  • Anyone tired of hype and looking for practical direction

What this is NOT (so you don’t waste your time)

  • Not ideal if you want “prompt tricks” or a tool tutorial. This is about the job and the system around it.

FAQ

Is this a tool tutorial?

No. This is about roles, workflows, teams, and business impact.

Will there be Q&A?

Yes - we leave time for live Q&A at the end.

Why should I attend live?

Live attendance gets you:

- Q&A - you can ask your situation and get direct answers

- the real energy and nuance that gets cut in clips

- the chance to influence what we go deeper on next

We’ll share the recording later, but live is where you get the most value.

Is this free?

Yes.

Because I want to see real industry insights and ask questions

Seats are limited.

About the Host: AI Empowered Devs

Oktay Nebiev

CEO LumicaSoft/

Co-Founder AI Empowered Devs

Ferdi Nebiev

CTO LumicaSoft/

Co-Founder AI Empowered Devs

What is AI Empowered Devs?

AI Empowered Devs is a members only community for developers and tech leaders who want to use AI in real software engineering - not just play with tools.

The goal is practical: share what actually works in production, what breaks, and how to adopt AI without sacrificing code quality.

Where we are today (pilot)

We started on 20th of Jan. 2026 and already have ~80 signed up members for the pilot phase. We will be using this phase to test formats, collect feedback, and refine what delivers the most value - before opening officially.

What we aim to build:

  • A place where developers help developers with real workflows, examples, and honest feedback

  • A signal-heavy environment (less hype, more proof)

  • Repeatable formats that improve skills fast: show-and-tell, teardown sessions, implementation clinics, and Q&A with practitioners

  • The goal of the community is simple:

    • to upskill your AI-first engineering skills, so you can keep your job or land a better one

    • or to build your own product faster and with more confidence using AI

Community benefits (beyond this webinar)

  • Networking with devs, CTOs and founders who are actually building with AI

  • Guest speakers and practitioners (like this series) sharing real workflows and lessons learned

  • Members sharing wins, tools, patterns and failures so others don’t repeat them

  • A growing library of practical resources (playbooks, checklists, prompts with guardrails, workflows)

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