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# The Reality of AI Adoption in Enterprises


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Every enterprise thinks their AI adoption story is unique. It isn't. After leading GitHub Copilot's rollout across Fortune 100 engineering teams at Microsoft and before that, launching Gemini Code Assist at Google Cloud with hackathons in over 60 countries I've seen the same patterns repeat at scale: the initial excitement, the plateau, the backlash, and finally the transformation.

This isn't a talk about features or benchmarks. It's about the human journey: how SDLC actually changes when AI becomes a collaborator, why adoption curves look nothing like what vendors promise, and what separates teams that truly level up from those who just add a new tab to their IDE. I'll bring real patterns from the frontlines with honest stories, no marketing spin.

## Speaker

### [Priyanka Vergadia](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@priyanka-vergadia)

Cloud and AI expert @Microsoft, previously lead Devrel @Google


## Related talks at this congress

- [Beyond the Code: Human-AI Synergies in Product Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1734-beyond-the-code) — Ajita Kanchivakam Ananth
- [The Broken Rung: How AI is Rebuilding Software Development from the Ground Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1744-the-broken-rung-how) — Tomislav Tipurić
- [Engineering the Pivot: How Creative Strategy Solves the Hard Problems of AI Accuracy and Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1737-engineering-the) — Shruti Tiwari
- [From Model Selection to Smart Routing: How to Use the Right LLM for Every Task](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1433-from-model-selection) — Viktoria Semaan

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