Founders Dinner: Is Software Engineering Dead?

​Rapid improvements in agent capability and a move to multi-agent orchestration is redefining what it means to build as a startup in 2026.

​The teams that adapt the quickest are going to win. What happens to software engineers when they do?

​Electric Capital and Bridge invite you to join a curated group of early-stage technical founders and senior engineers to have a candid, off-the-record conversation about how software development is changing in 2026 - and how the best teams are adapting in practice.

​Over an intimate dinner we'll discuss where fellow leaders have found success or struggle, how teams are navigating this moment, and which decisions matter most over the next 3–12 months. Expect a delicious tasting menu from Penny Roma with guided discussion prompts and plenty of room for organic conversation.

​Schedule

​6:00-6:30pm: Arrivals, drinks & snacks

​6:30pm: Welcome & Introductions. Seated dinner begins.

​6:45pm: Guided discussion

​7:45pm: Open conversation

​8:30pm: Dinner winds down

​About Bridge

​As more engineers try running multiple AI agents in parallel, many say the same thing: multi-agent workflows sound powerful, but the juice often isn’t worth the squeeze. Setting up isolated environments is tedious, and even once agents are running, the cognitive load of orchestration is real.

​Bridge is a new IDE built to help multi-agent development meet its promise. It makes spinning up isolated environments easy and centralizes the human-in-the-loop work so agents can keep moving without constant friction.

​About Electric Capital

​Electric Capital is an engineering-led early-stage venture firm investing in companies and protocols uniquely enabled by cryptography and distributed systems. Founded in 2018, our 30 person team is 61% engineers and 35% former founders. We manage over $3 billion across five funds and several SPVs. We have offices in San Francisco, New York, and Toronto.