Building AI First Teams

Sat, 11 Jul · 10:00 am IST

Building AI First Teams was a practitioner-focused session bringing together builders across the Coimbatore tech community to share hands-on learnings on AI-driven development. The day ran five sessions covering spec-driven development, voice AI, AI-DLC tooling, and product build stories.

Welcome Address

Arjun Prakash photo Arjun Prakash
Satya Sudhir Dhulipala photo Satya Sudhir Dhulipala

Speakers

Spec-Driven Development and Cognitive Debt

Explored Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and how well-written specifications reduce cognitive debt, improve AI collaboration, and enable teams to build complex software with greater clarity and consistency.

Gokul Dhamodaran By Gokul Dhamodaran Slides

Tamil Voice AI Evolution

Demonstrated the evolution of Tamil Voice AI, covering speech recognition, text-to-speech, multilingual challenges, and practical applications for building localized AI-powered voice experiences.

Sudeep Goswami By Sudeep Goswami

Kiro & Spec-Driven Workflow

Introduced Kiro and its Spec-Driven Development workflow, showcasing how structured specifications, AI agents, and iterative planning can streamline software development from idea to implementation.

Muthu Annamalai Chidambaram By Muthu Annamalai Chidambaram

Building Entire.io AI-First

Shared the journey of building Entire.io, discussing product decisions, AI-assisted development practices, engineering challenges, and lessons learned while scaling an AI-first product.

Karthik Rameshkumar By Karthik Rameshkumar

AI Across the SDLC

Presented practical learnings from adopting AI across the Software Development Lifecycle (AI-SDLC), including coding assistants, testing, reviews, deployment workflows, and team productivity improvements.

Akshay By Akshay Slides