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# Startup Spotlight


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- **Time:** 13:20–13:25 (5 min)
- **Room:** Airstream 1
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe

## Speaker

### [General Program](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@general-program)



## Related talks at this congress

- [Can This Elephant Dance? IBM Bob and the Future of AI-First Software Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1462-can-this-elephant) — Neel Sundaresan, Arvid Ottenberg
- [20 Years of Solving Unsolvable Problems](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1243-20-years-of-solving) — Werner Vogels
- [None of Us Is As Dumb As All of Us: Community And Knowledge Go Hand In Hand](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/1320-none-of-us-is-as) — Benjamin Dumke-von der Ehe, Jeff Atwood
- [Official Opening of WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/972-official-opening-of) — General Program