Welcome to the first episode of Fwdays Global Tech Talks!

In today’s podcast, our regular speakers — Inna Ivashchuk and Kyrylo Melnychuk — are joined by special guest Iulian Serban, Founder & CEO of Korbit | PhD in AI (Mila), to explore the journey behind Korbit.ai, its architecture, AI-driven challenges, and what the future holds for software engineers in an AI-first world.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:05 - About Korbit.ai

02:52 - What inspired you to start Korbit.ai?

06:05 - Customers feedbacks. Code review

14:51 - Overview of High Level Architecture of Korbit.ai

20:22 - Data Security and Privacy

21:59 - System Optimization and Financial Strategies

25:20 - Technological Challenges and Ecosystem Diversity

30:47 - Кorbit.ai team

30:54 - Qualities Korbit.ai looks for in new hires

34:44 - Perfect software engineer profile: Learning advice for beginners

36:39 - The future of product engineering: Coding vs Prompting

39:45 - Are Juniors still needed in the age of AI? No Juniors, no Seniors?

43:59 - Preparing for an AI-first future as a new software engineer

45:34 - АІ tools in your daily workflow

47:04 - What’s next for IT as AI evolves?