​AI Engineering Tech Stack 2026

​By Nikhil Pentapalli (Senior AI Engineer, Adobe)

About the Speaker

​Nikhil Pentapalli is a Senior AI Engineer at Adobe with 9+ years of experience building production-grade AI systems. Specializing in GenAI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and orchestration, he is passionate about simplifying complex AI concepts into practical mental models and helping developers build scalable, real-world AI applications.

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​What you'll learn

​1. From LLMs to AI Agents

• ​Discover how AI agents evolved and why they're the next generation of software and product

​2. The Complete AI Engineering Stack

• ​Understand every layer of modern agentic AI from models to tools, memory, orchestration, and deployment.

​3. Components needed for Building Production AI Systems

• ​Gain a clear roadmap and continue with upcoming hands-on sessions where we'll build real-world agentic applications

​Why this topic matters

• ​Cut through the AI hype with a structured understanding of modern AI systems.

• ​Learn the complete AI engineering stack—from models and tools to memory, orchestration, and deployment.

• ​Understand how AI agents work in real-world, production-ready applications.

• ​Get a clear learning roadmap to know what to focus on next.

• ​Prepare for hands-on AI engineering sessions with a strong foundational understanding.

• ​Perfect for software engineers, AI engineers, students, and founders looking to build practical AI skills.