The real impact of AI on software teams

In this session, Swarmia Founder & CEO Otto Hilska and Field CTO Rebecca Murphey discuss:

  • The impact of AI on team structure and hiring
  • How to measure the impact of AI
  • How to introduce AI to your engineering organization
  • How AI changes the best practices of software development

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