Flip the Script: WWDC Watch Party + Mac Dev Conference on Building, Distributing & Monetizing AI Apps by MacPaw
โTwo days for app developers, AI builders, and product founders, built around the parts WWDC doesn't cover.
โ๐ Prizes worth showing up for: Mac mini and Meta Glasses!
โDay 1. The working playbook. A panel on what AI-first actually means for product decisions and how on-device vs. on-cloud affects them. A live demo of shipping an AI app without burning your margin. A hot-chair session on monetizing outside the App Store, with people who've done it.
โDay 2. WWDC keynote watch party, then hands-on. Watch the Apple keynote in a room of your peers. Group breakdown of what it really means once the hype clears. Then, workshops, pick your track:
โโ Already shipping? Scale your app onto Setapp's paying-subscriber base.
โโ No app yet? Vibe-code a working AI-powered prototype, ready to submit.
โ๐ Who this is for
โmacOS and multiplatform developers
โAI builders, researchers, toolmakers
โProduct founders building on Mac
โCurrent and prospective Setapp vendors
โ๐งฒ What you leave withย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
โAnswers on AI-native architecture. A prototype or a distribution plan. Direct feedback from MacPaw's product and AI teams. And a community that keeps going after the event.
โMC: Hamudi Naanaa, CTO and Co-Founder at Portal AI.
โ๐ Schedule
โ๐ Day 1. Sunday, June 7
โ11:30 AM โ Registration and coffee
โ12:30 PM โ Panel: Next on Mac: The new rules of building AI-first products
โSpeakers:
โOleksandr Kosovan, Founder and CEO, MacPaw
โSergii Kryvoblotskyi, Director of AI and Research, MacPaw
โGrant Reaber, Co-founder and ex-CPO, Respeecher
โJeffrey Li, COO, Liquid AI
โModerator: Denise Umubyeyi, Head of Partnerships, AGI Inc.
โ1:30 PM โ Lunch
โ2:30 PM โ Live demo: Losing your mind and your margin: How to ship an AI appย in 2026
โSpeakers:
โPavlo Haidamak, Product Manager, MacPaw
โOleksandr Tatarchuk, Head of Product Management, MacPaw
โOlena Obilets, Product Lead, Spark Mail
โ3:45 PM โ Coffee break
โ4:15 PM โ Hot chair: Signed code, now what? How to monetize your app beyond the App Store
โSpeakers:
โCharlie Monroe, Software Engineer and CEO at Charlie Monroe Software, Permute
โMaria Polishchuk, Head of Business Development, MacPaw
โVadym Muraviov, Head of Product Marketing, MacPaw
โModerator: Niels (@appledsign), an Apple-focused tech creator sharing iPhone, Mac, iPad, and AirPods tricks, hacks, and feature discoveries with a community of 7.5M+ fans.
โ5:30โ8:00 PM โ Networking and afterparty
โ๐ Day 2. Monday, June 8
โ9:00 AM โ Registration and breakfast
โ10:00 AM โ WWDC Keynote watch party
โ11:30 AM โ WWDC Keynote discussion
โSpeakers:
โOleksandr Kosovan, Founder and CEO, MacPaw
โSergii Kryvoblotskyi, Director of AI and Research, MacPaw
โHolden Satterwhite, Founder of Appleosophy
โModerator: Chuck Joiner, Producer and Host, MacVoices.
โ12:30 PM โ Lunch
โ1:30 PM โ Setapp workshop: Vibe-code your first app for an audience that'sย already there
3:30 PM โ Coffee break
โ4:00 PM โ Setapp workshop: Your app on steroids, plus an audience
โ5:30 PM โ Wrap-up
โ๐ AGI House, Hillsborough, CA
โHosted by MacPaw. Produced by Catalyst Bay.
โFlip the Script is an independent event of MacPaw Inc. The event has not been certified, endorsed, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. WWDC, Apple and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc.
โMore details here: https://clnmy.com/macpaw-fts-26
โAbout MacPaw
โMacPaw is a global technology company that creates a digital ecosystem for Mac users. Combining system care, cybersecurity, app discovery, and more, the ecosystem aims to unite MacPaw's suite of software, third-party tools, and AI solutions to collaborate on behalf of the user. Through Eney, an AI-powered assistant and the interface of the ecosystem, MacPaw aims to help users and developers within their workflows, driving the next generation of human-computer interaction.
โAbout Catalyst Bay
โCatalyst Bay started with Techstars Startup Weekend SF hackathons. Now it's a 10,000-person SF community running pitch nights, fireside chats, and meetups for the people building and betting on AI products: founders, investors, engineers, designers, PMs, marketers, and devrels.
โAbout AGI House
โThe legendary AI hackathon house in Hillsborough, AGI House is a community dedicated to driving the next breakthroughs in AI research and adoption. It serves as a hub for young AI entrepreneurs working on cutting-edge startups.