UX Monday - How to build companies & products in 2026!

How do you actually build products and companies in 2026 — when AI is no longer a side experiment but a core part of how work gets done?

This UX Monday, we're bringing you two talks from practitioners who live this every day — no demo prompting, no theoretical AI strategies. Just real stories, real setups, and real lessons from the trenches of product work and startup operations.

What you'll discover:

• How AI shifts the interface between design, product, and engineering — and what that means for your role
• Practical approaches to building knowledge hubs that give AI agents the context they need
• Concrete workflows for using AI agents across design, ops, communication, and decision-making
• Why context engineering matters more than vibe coding — and where to start

Whether you're a designer, PM, developer, researcher, or founder — these talks offer a grounded, no-BS perspective on what it actually looks like to work with AI as a collaborator in 2026.

Featured Speakers:

Honza Valder — Practical AI for hot-dog stand personnel
Not a talk about tools or a prompting demo — it's a story about how product work changes when AI becomes part of the workflow. Honza shares his journey through the past year (sabbatical, experimenting, Orbiso) as a series of concrete situations where AI stopped being a toy and became a practical collaborator. Expect a strong emphasis on mindset: don't wait for a "company AI strategy" — try things in real work, learn the limits, and plug AI in where it makes sense. He'll cover where AI has real team impact — project context, documentation, prototyping in a real stack — and close with practical implications for designers, researchers, PMs, and developers.

Šimon Jůn — COO @ dotidot.io — AI Agents in Startup Life
A practical look at how AI agents and knowledge hubs work in everyday startup operations — from the perspective of a designer and COO in one person. Šimon will walk through how to set up knowledge hubs that give agents real context, share concrete flows for using agents in design, ops, communication, documentation, and decision-making, and explain why context engineering beats vibe coding every time. Real tools, real workflows, real lessons.

Hosted by Michal Strnadel | Chairman of the Board @ Asociace UX

This event is OFFLINE and conducted in English, making it welcoming to expat friends. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge and network!
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Event Schedule:

• 18:00 – Opening of the premises, refreshments, and networking
• 18:30 – Talks begin
• 20:00 – End of the program (+beer around the corner)

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This event is open to everyone, and admission is voluntary.
Payment can be made to the transparent account of the UX Association (account number: 2202638327/2010) or through a QR code on the spot.