Flip the Script: WWDC Watch Party + Mac Dev Conference on Building, Distributing & Monetizing AI Apps by MacPaw
Two days for app developers, AI builders, and product founders, built around the parts WWDC doesn't cover.
🎁 Prizes worth showing up for: Mac mini and Meta Glasses!
Day 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.
Day 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:
– Already shipping? Scale your app onto Setapp's paying-subscriber base.
– No app yet? Vibe-code a working AI-powered prototype, ready to submit.
🔗 Who this is for
macOS and multiplatform developers
AI builders, researchers, toolmakers
Product founders building on Mac
Current and prospective Setapp vendors
🧲 What you leave with
Answers 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.
MC: Hamudi Naanaa, CTO and Co-Founder at Portal AI.
🔎 Schedule
👉 Day 1. Sunday, June 7
11:30 AM – Registration and coffee
12:30 PM – Panel: Next on Mac: The new rules of building AI-first products
Speakers:
Oleksandr Kosovan, Founder and CEO, MacPaw
Sergii Kryvoblotskyi, Director of AI and Research, MacPaw
Grant Reaber, Co-founder and ex-CPO, Respeecher
Jeffrey Li, COO, Liquid AI
Moderator: Denise Umubyeyi, Head of Partnerships, AGI Inc.
1:30 PM – Lunch
2:30 PM – Live demo: Losing your mind and your margin: How to ship an AI app in 2026
Speakers:
Pavlo Haidamak, Product Manager, MacPaw
Oleksandr Tatarchuk, Head of Product Management, MacPaw
Olena Obilets, Product Lead, Spark Mail
3:45 PM – Coffee break
4:15 PM – Hot chair: Signed code, now what? How to monetize your app beyond the App Store
Speakers:
Charlie Monroe, Software Engineer and CEO at Charlie Monroe Software, Permute
Maria Polishchuk, Head of Business Development, MacPaw
Vadym Muraviov, Head of Product Marketing, MacPaw
Moderator: 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.
5:30–8:00 PM – Networking and afterparty
👉 Day 2. Monday, June 8
9:00 AM – Registration and breakfast
10:00 AM – WWDC Keynote watch party
11:30 AM – WWDC Keynote discussion
Speakers:
Oleksandr Kosovan, Founder and CEO, MacPaw
Sergii Kryvoblotskyi, Director of AI and Research, MacPaw
Holden Satterwhite, Founder of Appleosophy
Moderator: Chuck Joiner, Producer and Host, MacVoices.
12:30 PM – Lunch
1:30 PM – Setapp workshop: Vibe-code your first app for an audience that's already there
3:30 PM – Coffee break
4:00 PM – Setapp workshop: Your app on steroids, plus an audience
5:30 PM – Wrap-up
📍 AGI House, Hillsborough, CA
Hosted by MacPaw. Produced by Catalyst Bay.
Flip 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.
More details here: https://clnmy.com/macpaw-fts-26
About MacPaw
MacPaw 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.
About Catalyst Bay
Catalyst 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.
About AGI House
The 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.