Hiring in the Age of AI
Gild
Event
How AI is changing what companies should look for when hiring from skills and behaviors to systems, productivity, and performance in 2026.
Gild
Event
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AI is fundamentally reshaping how work gets done — and, as a result, what companies should actually be hiring for.
As automation, copilots, and AI-enabled systems take on more execution, CEOs and founders are being forced to revisit foundational questions:
This evening brings together a small, curated group of CEOs, founders, and senior engineering leaders for an off-the-record conversation about how hiring is evolving in 2026. The focus is not recruiting tactics, but workforce strategy: job design, role consolidation, performance expectations, and long-term org structure decisions that cannot be undone later.
This event follows The Curated Circuit, GILD’s signature format designed to create candid peer exchange around real decisions leaders are already making inside their companies.
6:00–6:30 PM
Arrival & mingling
Food and drinks available throughout the evening
6:30–6:45 PM
GILD welcome + brief sponsor introduction
6:45–7:00 PM
Short framing discussion
How AI is reshaping engineering work, leverage, and hiring decisions
7:00–8:00 PM
Curated breakout discussions
8:05–8:30 PM
Open mingling
Continue conversations and build peer relationships
All tables discuss the same prompt during each round.
1. As AI absorbs more execution inside your engineering organization, which roles or skills are becoming less critical and which are becoming disproportionately more valuable to the business?
2. How are you redefining job design, performance expectations, and career paths for engineers in AI-enabled teams, and where have traditional hiring or evaluation models already failed?
3. Over the next 12–18 months, how are you deciding when to hire engineers, when to redesign roles, and when to let AI absorb work, and what are the strategic risks if those decisions are wrong?
This dinner is curated for senior leaders who directly shape hiring and team structure in engineering-led companies, including:
Attendance is intentionally limited to keep the room CEO-level, candid, and high-signal.
Chatham House Rules apply.
Discussion stays private. This is what unlocks candor.
Expect an intimate, thoughtful environment with elevated food and drinks throughout the evening.
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