AI and the Future of Product Development
GILD Curated Circuit in Austin, TX
Date: Tuesday 03/24/2026
Time: 6:00–8:30 PM
Presented in partnership with Tecla
Scale your product and engineering teams and build AI-driven systems with top nearshore talent trusted by Austin’s fastest-growing technology companies.
About the Event
AI is fundamentally changing how software products are built. Development cycles are compressing. Experimentation is cheaper. Smaller teams are shipping faster than entire organizations did just a few years ago. At the same time, architectural decisions, tooling choices, and team composition matter more than ever.
For CEOs, founders, and COOs, the challenge is not learning how to code or selecting tools. The real challenge is understanding how AI changes product development at a strategic level and ensuring product and engineering teams are structured to move fast without creating long-term risk.
This private GILD gathering brings together senior company leaders for an off-the-record conversation about how product development is evolving in 2026. There are no panels, no pitches, and no surface-level theory. This is a focused room of operators comparing what is actually working inside modern product and engineering organizations.
We keep this room intentionally small and curated for leaders who own product direction, technical execution, and business outcomes.
What We Will Explore
How AI is changing product development speed, scope, and iteration cycles
What engineering leverage looks like in an AI-assisted environment
How product and engineering team structures are evolving
Build vs buy vs automate decisions inside product development
How the role of CTOs and technical leadership is changing
Common mistakes companies are making with AI in product teams
What CEOs should be discussing with their product and engineering leaders right now
You Will Walk Away With
A clearer understanding of how AI is reshaping product development
Better questions to bring back to your CTO and product leadership team
Practical insight into how high-performing teams are structuring roles and workflows
A more realistic view of where AI accelerates development and where it introduces risk
Context to guide product and engineering strategy decisions in 2026
New relationships with senior technology leaders across Austin
Who Will Be in the Room
This event is reserved for senior company leaders, including:
CEOs
Founders
COOs
Presidents and owners of technology-driven companies
A curated and high-signal room, by design.
Privacy & Format
Chatham House Rules apply.
Discussion stays private. This is what unlocks candor.