About the Talk:

Software engineering is evolving faster than ever, and the developers who adapt will define the next era of innovation. Join Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and OpenAI’s Head of Developer Experience, Romain Huet, for a live, developer-focused fireside chat exploring how AI is transforming the software engineering role from the ground up.

Together, they’ll discuss why AI won’t replace software engineers and why there’s continued demand for engineers’ skills in an AI-accelerated world. The conversation will also highlight key findings from Stack Overflow’s 2025 Developer Survey, offering fresh insights into how engineers are integrating GPT models into real-world workflows. They’ll examine how senior engineers are emerging as effective LLM managers, and what that means for training the next generation of great developers. Finally, they’ll share exciting updates on new collaborations between OpenAI and Stack Overflow.

About the Speakers:

Prashanth Chandrasekar, Chief Executive Officer @ Stack Overflow

Prashanth Chandrasekar is Chief Executive Officer of Stack Overflow and is responsible for driving Stack Overflow’s overall strategic direction and results.

Prashanth is a proven technology executive with extensive experience leading and scaling high-growth global organizations. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace’s Cloud & Infrastructure Services portfolio of businesses, including the Managed Public Clouds, Private Clouds, Colocation and Managed Security businesses.

Before that, Prashanth held a range of senior leadership roles at Rackspace including Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace’s high growth, global business focused on the world’s leading Public Clouds including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Alibaba Cloud, which became the fastest growing business in Rackspace’s history.

Prior to joining Rackspace, Prashanth was a Vice President at Barclays Investment Bank, focused on providing Strategic and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advice for clients in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) industries. Prashanth was also a Manager at Capgemini Consulting where he managed Operations transformation engagements and consulting teams across the US. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.Eng in Engineering Management from Cornell University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Maine.

Prashanth is married and has two children.

Romain Huet, Head of Developer Experience @ OpenAI

Romain Huet is a French entrepreneur and engineer with a passion for developer platforms. He currently leads Developer Experience at OpenAI, inspiring and supporting founders and builders to integrate AI into their applications, and directing the creation of elegant and powerful tools for all developers.