AI SRE Summit 2026

Overview

AI SRE Summit 2026 is a free, online, virtual gathering hosted by Komodor that brings together enterprise SRE, Platform Engineering, and DevOps leaders to discuss the practical impact of artificial intelligence on production reliability. The event focuses on how AI augmented operations can automate incident response, reduce toil, and drive reliability-driven cloud cost optimization at scale. Attendees include 2,000+ engineers and leaders who are navigating the transition to AI assisted operations. The summit is designed to be real world and practitioner focused, featuring sessions that explore what is achievable today, what remains aspirational, and where vendor promises diverge from production realities.

Agenda

The program centers on the reality of AI in production environments and includes a mix of keynote style talks, panels, and deep dives. A featured session titled AI in SRE: Hype vs Reality in 2026 brings together leaders from Salesforce, Komodor, and other industry voices to discuss how AI-driven workflows are delivering value in incident response, RCA, and automated remediation, while acknowledging remaining challenges in stateful, high-scale systems. The agenda covers topics such as:

• Building and operating AI enabled SRE practices in production
• Architecting AI agent stacks with system context, tooling, memory, and multi-agent orchestration
• Observability for AI driven reliability, including data pipelines, data drift, and calibration metrics
• Cost versus latency tradeoffs in AI powered infrastructure and how to balance reliability with spend
• The concept of agent observed SLIs and how to calibrate autonomy with safety gates and human in the loop
• Real world case studies and practical takeaways for teams deploying AI in production

Speakers

The lineup features industry practitioners and thought leaders:

• Stefana Muller, VP of Infrastructure, Salesforce
• Itiel Shwartz, CTO and Co-founder, Komodor
• Sharone Zitzman, DevRel, RTFM Please
• Charity Majors, CTO and Co-founder, Honeycomb
• Viktor Farcic, DevRel, Upbound
• Corey Quinn, Chief Cloud Economist, Duckbill
• Alan Shimel, CEO, Techstrong Group
• Itiel Shwartz (listed as speaker in multiple sessions)
• Andrew Espira (Founding Engineer and Co-founder, Kustode)
• Brittany Woods, Head of Systems Engineering, Man Group
• David Aronchick, CEO, Expanso
• And additional speakers from the alliance focused on AI SRE and production reliability

Format and Experience

The summit is presented as a live online event with sessions, panels, and Q&A designed for engineers, operators, and leaders responsible for reliability. The program emphasizes practical guidance, architecture patterns for AI in SRE, and concrete strategies to reduce toil, measure success with appropriate SLIs/SLOs, and manage cost while preserving reliability. Attendees will have access to session recordings and materials, with opportunities to engage with speakers during virtual talks and after sessions.

FAQ and Attendee Information

• Who should attend: SREs, Platform Engineers, DevOps leaders, cloud reliability engineers, and anyone responsible for reliability in AI powered systems.
• What to expect: Honest conversations about deploying AI in production, concrete guidance, and real world lessons from prominent practitioners.
• How to participate: The event is online and free; registration provides access to session links and materials.
• Networking and resources: The Alliance narrative emphasizes collective learning and practical tooling for AI SRE. Expect access to speaker bios, session handouts, and follow-up resources.

Who Should Attend

This summit is intended for professionals who are responsible for reliability at scale and are exploring how AI can augment operations without compromising safety, governance, or cost discipline. It is especially relevant to those operating large cloud native infrastructures and looking to understand how to implement AI enabled incident response, automated remediation, and cost-aware reliability practices in production.