Aug 21, 2026

Agentic SDLC at Uber — Uday Kiran Medisetty & Adam Huda, Uber

Uber has transformed its software development with an agentic AI-powered factory, leading to a dramatic increase in engineer productivity. The presentation details six key infrastructure components: a unified model gateway with strict PII and safety guardrails, an MCP gateway for streamlined agent tool access and token optimization, agentified dev pods for rapid execution, a managed skills marketplace, a comprehensive context graph, and the Cortana AI assistant. Adam Huda then demonstrates an end-to-end feature development workflow, highlighting a critical shift to inner-loop validation (stopping short of CI) and automated, managed maintenance loops. The ultimate takeaway is that the bottleneck has moved from technical execution to strategic decision-making: "should we build it?" rather than "can we build it?"

Jul 28, 2026

How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Factory — Eno Reyes

Eno Reyes discusses Factory's unique approach to Forward Deployed Engineering, positioning FDEs as the "tip of the spear" for product feedback rather than professional services. He introduces the "software factory" concept, an AI-driven, automated pipeline from signal to deploy, enabled by Droid—a model-independent, air-gappable agent harness. Reyes emphasizes "agent readiness" through robust validation loops as key to achieving autonomy, citing successes like migrating massive codebases. He frames the FDE's role as a balancing act, demonstrating the future of autonomous engineering without alienating customers, akin to Disney's Epcot analogy.

May 23, 2026

The Missing Primitive for Agent Swarms — Lou Bichard, Ona

The talk argues that while agent runtimes and orchestration are solved problems, the crucial missing piece for building scalable 'software factories' is a dedicated coordination layer. Current tools like GitHub are inadequate, and a new primitive, potentially a CLI gateway, is needed for agents to manage tasks, pass messages, and navigate the software development lifecycle.

Apr 28, 2026

Building your own software factory — Eric Zakariasson, Cursor

Eric Zakariasson from Cursor explains the shift from single-agent pair programming to managing a multi-agent "software factory". He outlines the practical steps required, from establishing a well-structured codebase with guardrails to adopting a managerial mindset that focuses on automation, asynchronous work, and scaling agent fleets to increase software development throughput and consistency.