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# Winning With AI


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

## Description

The gap between companies that use AI and companies that win with it keeps widening - and the technology is not what separates them. Models, tools, and infrastructure are available to everyone; what can't be bought is the judgment on top: where AI should change the business first, how big to bet and when, how to lead an organization through the change, and when to walk away from what isn't working. What the winners do differently across strategy, product, and people - and the expensive lessons behind it.

## Speakers

### [Neel Sundaresan](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@neel-sundaresan)

General Manager of AI Products and Productivity Tools at IBM
### [Wolfgang Platz](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@wolfgang-platz)

Founder of Tricentis, Founder and CEO of Katharo Ventures


## Related talks at this congress

- [Shipping AI Features People Actually Use](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1883-shipping-ai-features) — Ben Kus, Eric Simons, Wayne Liu
- [Why Buy Software When AI Can Build It?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1897-why-buy-software) — Lee Edwards, Mang-Git Ng, Richard Robinson, Yoel Sommer
- [How AI Search Changes the Data Game](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1856-how-ai-search) — Barr Moses, Jared Jordan, Saurabh Sharma
- [The AI Proving Ground](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1887-the-ai-proving) — Alexius Wronka

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## Links

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