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# Sebastian Kister
Chief AI Architect at Volkswagen Group, building AI pipelines that harmonize with human teams.

## About

Sebastian Kister architects AI systems at Volkswagen Group. He focuses on building agentic organizations that actually harmonize with human teams — reducing complexity and getting products to market faster.

After spending a decade running startups, he now guides enterprise leaders on realistic AI adoption. His talk on the agentic enterprise breaks down how organizations can integrate AI securely while maintaining European data sovereignty and avoiding the automation paradox.

When he isn't designing predictable AI pipelines, he travels globally delivering keynotes on platform culture.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2026 Europe · July 8, 2026
Berlin, Germany
- [The AI-Native Engineering Org: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100004-the-ai-native-engineering-org-what-s-real-what-s-hype-what-s-next) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording
- [Building on Open Source: The New Product Playbook](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100031-building-on-open-source-the-new-product-playbook) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording
- [The Agentic Enterprise: Orchestrating People, AI, and European Sovereignty](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100273-the-agentic-enterprise-orchestrating-people-ai-and-european-sovereignty) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [The Agentic Enterprise: Orchestrating People, AI, and European Sovereignty](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100273-the-agentic-enterprise-orchestrating-people-ai-and-european-sovereignty) · Sebastian Kister
- [Building on Open Source: The New Product Playbook](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100031-building-on-open-source-the-new-product-playbook) · Cédric Gégout, Dana Lawson, Michael "Monty" Widenius, Sebastian Kister, Ignacio Riesgo
- [The AI-Native Engineering Org: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100004-the-ai-native-engineering-org-what-s-real-what-s-hype-what-s-next) · Taroon Mandhana, Sebastian Kister


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