Summary
Large language models and agentic tooling are reshaping how software is built, what the “source of truth” is, and how teams operate. In this talk, Silicon Valley veteran Ruslan Belkin shares a leadership lens for this shift—how executive playbooks evolve when context, documentation, and organizational knowledge drive behavior and code becomes the artifact. We’ll explore the implications for product delivery (faster cycles, new failure modes, silent errors), platform choices, and legacy strategy. We’ll also cover hiring in the AI era, capturing tacit human knowledge as critical data, and leading in a mixed user/agent world. Grounded in lessons from startups through public companies, this session offers clear principles for refactoring how you lead, ship, and scale in the AI era.
Speakers
Ruslan Belkin joined Inflection after co-founding Jelled.ai—acquired by Inflection in 2024—and previously served as CTO of Nauto. Earlier in his career, Ruslan held senior engineering roles at Twitter, LinkedIn, Netscape, and other pioneering Silicon-Valley companies, bringing more than two decades of experience at the intersection of data platforms and machine learning.
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