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Sept 24, 2026

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New York City

The conference for engineering leaders building their AI software factory.

Code is no longer
the bottleneck. Everything else is.

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We’ve entered the era of infinite code.

The cost of writing code is going to zero. The cost of everything else is going up. As agents handle more of the execution, engineers move up the stack to design and operate the systems that produce software.

The organizations who win will be the ones who build the operational infrastructure to run it all at scale.

That's the AI software factory. EVOLVE 2026 is about how you build one.

What happened at EVOLVE 2026

Keynote session on stage at EVOLVE 2026

Expert-Led Sessions

Hear from eng leaders who are building AI software factories and the operational systems that make them work at scale.

Roundtable discussion at EVOLVE 2026

Interactive Roundtables

Join candid discussions on the difficulties of building the AI software factory and pressure-test your approach with peers.

Attendees at an EVOLVE 2026 workshop

Hands-On Workshops

Leave with a playbook for building your engineering operations function: the systems that make AI output production-ready.

Watch EVOLVE 2026 sessions

The 5 levels of the AI software factory for enterprises

In the EVOLVE 2026 opening keynote, Cortex co-founders Anish Dhar (CEO) and Ganesh Datta (CTO) lay out a practical maturity model for getting from AI coding agents to an AI software factory without blowing up cost, quality, or security along the way.

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AI is making software delivery less stable. DORA's Nathen Harvey on the fix

DORA's data shows that as AI adoption goes up, individual effectiveness rises, and so does software delivery instability: more rollbacks and more unplanned rework.

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When AI agents ignore the code freeze: governance that holds

AI can write 1,100 lines of code for a loading spinner in five minutes. Your change board still meets once a week. Karthik Jayaraman, VP of Information Technology at Fiserv, explains what happens when code generation speeds up and everything downstream stays the same.

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How Ramp’s in-house coding agent writes 75% of merged PRs

Inspect started as a side project at Ramp. A year later it writes about 75% of merged pull requests, with no mandate to use it.

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Production readiness in the AI era: Canva, H&R Block and Capgemini

AI made working software easy, and trusting it a lot harder. Engineering leaders from Canva, H&R Block and Capgemini break down how they keep production readiness continuous, get migrations to actually finish.

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How Archer, Cox Automotive and Commerce run operational excellence reviews

AI has pushed engineering velocity way up. What breaks first, and how do you catch it before customers do?

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Featured speakers

Meet the people building the future of engineering organizations

2026 Recap

EVOLVE (formerly IDPCON) gathered 250+ engineering leaders, platform teams, and industry experts for a day of real talk, hands-on workshops, and thought-provoking keynotes.

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Engineering Excellence Awards

Karthik Jayaraman

Expert Engineer | VP, Flex DevEx

2026 Winner

Vassilis Benopoulos

Platform Engineering – Data Cloud and Developer Experience Associate

2026 Winner

Hariprasad Babu

Manager Technology

2025 Winner

Simon Irwin

Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

James Simmonds

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Naresh Bulusu

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Trushar Shah

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Leslie Brown

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Dan Willman

Staff Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Fred Mare

Principal Engineer

2025 Winner

Nick Raccioppi

Engineering Leader - SRE

2025 Winner

Karthik Jayaraman

Expert Engineer | VP, Flex DevEx

2026 Winner

Vassilis Benopoulos

Platform Engineering – Data Cloud and Developer Experience Associate

2026 Winner

Hariprasad Babu

Manager Technology

2025 Winner

Simon Irwin

Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

James Simmonds

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Naresh Bulusu

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Trushar Shah

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Leslie Brown

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Dan Willman

Staff Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Fred Mare

Principal Engineer

2025 Winner

Nick Raccioppi

Engineering Leader - SRE

2025 Winner

Karthik Jayaraman

Expert Engineer | VP, Flex DevEx

2026 Winner

Vassilis Benopoulos

Platform Engineering – Data Cloud and Developer Experience Associate

2026 Winner

Hariprasad Babu

Manager Technology

2025 Winner

Simon Irwin

Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

James Simmonds

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Naresh Bulusu

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Trushar Shah

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Leslie Brown

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Dan Willman

Staff Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Fred Mare

Principal Engineer

2025 Winner

Nick Raccioppi

Engineering Leader - SRE

2025 Winner

Karthik Jayaraman

Expert Engineer | VP, Flex DevEx

2026 Winner

Vassilis Benopoulos

Platform Engineering – Data Cloud and Developer Experience Associate

2026 Winner

Hariprasad Babu

Manager Technology

2025 Winner

Simon Irwin

Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

James Simmonds

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Naresh Bulusu

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Trushar Shah

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Leslie Brown

Full Stack Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Dan Willman

Staff Software Engineer

2025 Winner

Fred Mare

Principal Engineer

2025 Winner

Nick Raccioppi

Engineering Leader - SRE

2025 Winner

Recognizing Innovation

Celebrate individuals who have been critical in implementing groundbreaking engineering operations solutions.

Selection Process

Finalists are evaluated by a panel of industry experts and peers, with criteria spanning innovation, technical depth, and organizational impact.

Awards Ceremony

The Engineering Excellence Awards will be presented during a special ceremony at EVOLVE 2026, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field.

Organized by Cortex

Cortex is the Engineering Operations platform that runs mission control for the AI software factory.

What teams achieve with Cortex

50%

reduction in MTTR

30%

fewer incidents

2x

deployment frequency

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