Hiring in the Age of AI
GILD Curated Circuit in Austin, TX
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Time: 6:00–8:30 PM
Presented in partnership with Tecla and Senseloaf AI
Tecla helps companies scale AI-enabled teams with top nearshore talent trusted by Austin’s fastest-growing organizations.
Senseloaf, Governed AI orchestration for reliable hiring at modern scale.
This is a free, invitation-only event.
Food and drinks are provided, courtesy of our partners.
About the Event
AI is fundamentally reshaping how work gets done, and, as a result, what companies should actually be hiring for.
As automation, copilots, and AI-enabled systems take on more execution, CEOs and founders are being forced to revisit foundational questions:
Which roles still create leverage?
Which skills compound with AI and which are being commoditized?
What does “great performance” even mean in an AI-enabled engineering organization?
To ground the discussion in real-world operator experience, the evening will feature Gino Ferrand and Prakhar Agrawal.
Gino is the Founder and CEO of Tecla, an Austin-based Inc. 5000 company helping tech companies build world-class AI, data, and engineering teams across the Americas. He has worked with over 500 companies to combine top-tier Latin American talent with U.S. time zone collaboration.
Prakhar is the CEO and Co-founder of SenseLoaf Technologies, which brings agentic AI orchestration to hiring by integrating with ATS platforms to automate matching, screening, and AI interviews. He brings a systems-driven perspective to scaling talent acquisition through intelligent workflows.
This evening brings together a small, curated group of CEOs, founders, and senior engineering leaders for an off-the-record conversation about how hiring is evolving in 2026. The focus is not recruiting tactics, but workforce strategy: job design, role consolidation, performance expectations, and long-term org structure decisions that cannot be undone later.
This event follows The Curated Circuit, GILD’s signature format designed to create candid peer exchange around real decisions leaders are already making inside their companies.
Evening Agenda
6:00 PM – Check-in & Seating
Guests arrive, check in, and are seated immediately. Full dinner will be served, so please arrive on time.
6:15–7:20 PM – Seated Dinner
Dinner service begins at 6:15
6:30–6:45 PM – GILD Welcome + Sponsor Introduction
Brief framing of the hiring shift in the age of AI, room expectations, and sponsor introduction.
6:45–7:00 PM – Conversation Starter
Gino Ferrand of Tecla and Prakhar Agrawal of SenseLoaf will open the conversation around hiring in the age of AI and frame the leadership tensions shaping workforce strategy.
7:00–7:20 PM – Breakout Round 1
Reality check: What is actually changing inside your hiring strategy because of AI?
7:20–7:40 PM – Breakout Round 2
Tradeoffs and failure modes: Where has redesign created friction or unintended consequences?
7:40–8:00 PM – Breakout Round 3
Ownership and consequences: Who owns workforce redesign, and what happens if you get it wrong?
8:00–8:30 PM – Closing, Dessert & Open Networking
Dessert is served and the room opens for continued connection.
Breakout Prompts (All Tables)
All tables discuss the same prompt during each round.
1. As AI absorbs more execution inside your engineering organization, which roles or skills are becoming less critical and which are becoming disproportionately more valuable to the business?
2. How are you redefining job design, performance expectations, and career paths for engineers in AI-enabled teams, and where have traditional hiring or evaluation models already failed?
3. Over the next 12–18 months, how are you deciding when to hire engineers, when to redesign roles, and when to let AI absorb work, and what are the strategic risks if those decisions are wrong?
Who This Is For
This dinner is curated for senior leaders who directly shape hiring and team structure in engineering-led companies, including:
CEOs and founders
Presidents and COOs who own organizational performance
CTOs, VPs of Engineering, or Heads of Engineering only if they own hiring strategy and org design, not just execution
Attendance is intentionally limited to keep the room CEO-level, candid, and high-signal.
Privacy & Experience Standard
Chatham House Rules apply.
Discussion stays private. This is what unlocks candor.
Expect an intimate, thoughtful environment with elevated food and drinks throughout the evening.