The AI-assisted Lean Team: How startups are shipping more, with less.

The way startups build and resource their dev teams has shifted pretty significantly in the last 18 months.

AI coding tools have changed what a small team can ship. Budgets are tighter.

The pressure to move fast hasn't gone away.

So what does a high-performing lean team actually look like right now, and how are the smartest founders thinking about resourcing in that context?

In this session Matt and Amulya dig into what they're seeing on the ground, from both sides of the model.

Including:

• What founders are asking for and why that's changed. - How Tekkies are working inside AI-assisted workflows like Cursor and Claude alongside client teams.
• What the profile of a high-performing lean team looks like when you combine the right external developers with the right tools.

This isn't a conversation about whether AI will replace developers. It's a practical look at how the teams that are moving fastest are actually structured, and what that means for how you think about resourcing.

Who this is for:
Founders and CTOs anywhere who are actively thinking about team structure and want a ground-level view of what's working, not just what the trend pieces say.

In this interactive session, we'll also draw on key examples of what has been working with other clients, and draw on our 8+ years of recruiting exceptional talent in Nepal, and working alongside awesome startups globally.

We look forward to having you join us.