Jun 08, 2026

OpenAI on OpenAI: Stacie Faggioli, Business Finance Officer Applications, OpenAI

OpenAI's finance team showcases how they've transformed operations using AI tools like ChatGPT, ChatGPT for Excel, and custom agents built with Codex. They highlight principles of AI-native design, headcount leverage, rapid iteration, and specific applications that significantly boost individual productivity and organizational efficiency, including investor relations, LBO modeling, marketing analytics, sales insights, financial reporting automation, and agent-driven procurement, credit checks, contract review, and vendor risk management.

May 22, 2026

Reflections of AI: A Trilogy in 4 Parts • Rasmus Lystrøm • GOTO 2025

In a talk styled as "A Trilogy in Four Parts", Rasmus Lystrøm critically examines the real-world impact of Generative AI, debunking productivity myths and highlighting hidden costs like degraded code quality and environmental strain, while advocating for a return to solving real user problems with valuable, often simpler, technology.

May 15, 2026

Agents Don't Do Standups: Building the Post-Engineer Engineering Org — Mike Spitz, PFF

A case study from PFF reveals how a two-engineer team, by leveraging AI agents, achieved a 25x increase in deployment frequency and 10x the output of a ten-engineer team. CTO Mike Spitz explains their core principle: shifting focus from making engineers faster to making AI agents faster. This talk deconstructs the resulting transformation, which eliminated traditional agile ceremonies like stand-ups and sprint planning in favor of an automated, spec-to-PR workflow, redefining the roles of engineers and processes in a modern software organization.

May 14, 2026

Codex for Everyday Work: AI Agents Beyond Coding

Thibault Sottiaux, Head of Codex at OpenAI, discusses the evolution of Codex from a niche developer tool into a general-purpose agent for knowledge work. He explores how this shift is redefining productivity, team dynamics, and our fundamental relationship with technology.

May 11, 2026

The Golden Age Thesis | Marc Andreessen on MTS

Marc Andreessen discusses the current state of AI, arguing that real-world usage and productivity gains tell a story of euphoria and empowerment, directly contradicting the fear-based narratives prevalent in media and misleading polls. He explores how AI is creating hyper-productive “builders” and expanding work rather than eliminating it, while also touching on the breakdown of institutional trust and the stark generational divides in how technology and truth are perceived.

Apr 25, 2026

AgentCraft: Putting the Orc in Orchestration — Ido Salomon

As the number of AI agents grows, humans become the bottleneck. This talk introduces AgentCraft, a game-inspired orchestrator that draws lessons from Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games to enhance human-agent collaboration, improve visibility, and increase agent autonomy, ultimately raising the ceiling of what's possible.