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# Travel’s AI-Powered Shift: How Expedia Group Is Building in the AI Era

Still using AI as just a coding assistant? Expedia Group evolved to purpose-built agentic systems. Learn how they compressed software delivery times by 95 percent.

- **Speakers:** [Debashis Saha](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@debashis-saha), [Julia Elliott](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@julia-elliott)
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Duration:** 28:35
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100430-travel-s-ai-powered-shift-how-expedia-group-is-building-in-the-ai-era

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