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AI as a Teammate

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 · doors 6:00 PM · close 8:30 PM

An evening for people building, shipping, and scaling with AI. Two practitioners on AI as a teammate. Nirmal Jingar (Wayfair) on the productivity gains from embedding AI in daily engineering workflows. Ananya Shah (Cartesian) on the patterns for collaborative AI that work for whole teams, not just individuals.

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Two practitioners. Two production stories.

Nirmal Jingar
Nirmal Jingar
AI Engineering Executive · Wayfair
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AI as a Teammate: Driving Double-Digit Engineering Productivity Gains

AI is no longer just a tool for automation. It is becoming an active teammate in the software development lifecycle. By embedding AI into daily workflows, teams can reduce time spent on repetitive tasks, accelerate code reviews, and improve decision quality through faster access to context and insights. This talk explores how treating AI as a collaborative partner, rather than a passive assistant, drives measurable efficiency gains while maintaining code quality and engineering rigor.

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Ananya Shah
Ananya Shah
AI Strategist & Consultant · Cartesian
Talk

Beyond the Private Chatbot: Bringing AI to Collaborative Work

AI has reshaped individual productivity. We write, research, code, and ramp up faster than ever. But collaborative workflows haven't kept pace. Teams still run on pre-AI processes while each person builds richer context inside their own private chatbot. The result is a paradox: individuals get more capable as shared context grows more fragmented. This talk explores the practical patterns for building collaborative AI systems through shared skills, context design, and team-level workflow changes that make AI useful for the whole organization, not just one person.

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How the night runs

  1. 6:00 PM Doors open · informal mingling
  2. 6:30 PM Welcome, Kranthi Manchikanti
  3. 6:35 PM Talk 1 · Nirmal Jingar, AI as a Teammate
  4. 7:15 PM Talk 2 · Ananya Shah, Beyond the Private Chatbot
  5. 7:55 PM Open discussion · networking
  6. 8:30 PM Close
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