When AI rewrites the organisation, who owns the software?

AI is beginning to change how software is built and who builds it.

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Across organisations, the boundaries between engineering, product, and data teams are becoming less defined. AI-assisted tools are enabling a wider group of practitioners to design, prototype, and even deliver software. At the same time, engineering teams are evolving—shifting focus from writing code to shaping systems, governing quality, and enabling faster, safer delivery at scale.

For CIOs and CTOs, this introduces a new set of organisational questions. If more people can build, who is accountable for what gets built? How should ownership of platforms, products, and data evolve? And what becomes the role of engineering in an environment where capability is more widely distributed, but risk remains concentrated? 

These changes are not theoretical. They are beginning to reshape team structures, decision rights, and the way digital capability is created and controlled within the enterprise. What’s more, as leaders look further into the future, they wonder at the gap between a software system’s complexity and the team’s understanding of how and why it works.

This virtual C-Suite Exchange brings together senior technology leaders to explore how AI is redrawing the boundaries of software ownership—and what new operating models may be required to balance speed, autonomy, and accountability in the AI era. 

Event details

📍 Location: Virtual

🗓 Date: 16th September 2026

🕛 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

👥 Hosts: Peter Stojanovic, Editor, HotTopics

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