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swyx says they’ve been “scaling without slop” by working with aligned domain…

2026-06-26 · 20:35 UTC ·@swyx ·1 min read

Brief

swyx reports they’re “scaling without slop” by partnering with aligned domain experts and co-hosted an AI Forward Deployed Engineering miniconference with Basil Chatha at AI Engineer World’s Fair. He asserts OpenAI and Anthropic are launching multi‑billion‑dollar services arms, calls FDE essential for Enterprise AI adoption, and notes he has not personally worked as an FDE. The conference runs June 29–July 2, 2026 in San Francisco, with the FDE track on June 30.

Why it matters

swyx says they’ve been “scaling without slop” by working with aligned domain experts to add coverage and co-organized their first AI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) miniconference with Basil Chatha at AI Engineer World’s Fair.

Key details

  • swyx claims OpenAI and Anthropic are launching “multi‑billion dollar services arms,” and argues FDE is one of the most in‑demand disciplines for Enterprise AI—though he personally has never done FDE.
  • AI Engineer World’s Fair 2026 runs June 29–July 2 in San Francisco (29 tracks, 300 speakers, 100 expo partners, 6,000+ attendees); the Forward Deployed track by Basil Chatha is on June 30 focusing on deploying agents in production.
Source evidence

we have been scaling without slop by working with aligned domain experts to add coverage

with both oai and ant launching multi-billion dollar services arms, it’s clear that FDE is one of the most in demand disciplines on earth, but I have never done the job

it’s been an absolute pleasure working with Basil on our first ever AI FDE miniconference!

see at ai.engineer/wf next week

Link

AI Engineer World's Fair 2026: June 29 - July 2, San Francisco

The largest technical AI conference in the world, with 29 tracks, 300 speakers, 100 expo partners, 6,000+ AI Engineers, founders, and VPs of AI. June 29 - July 2, 2026 • San Francisco, CA
ai.engineer

Basil Chatha (@realbasilchatha)

Forward Deployed Engineering is the most critical ingredient for Enterprise AI adoption. It’s why the most important companies on the planet are investing so heavily into it.

That’s why we put together the Forward Deployed track at this year’s AI Engineer World’s Fair on Tuesday, June 30.

Learn about the current state of the industry and where its headed from the people and companies leading the charge.

Everything it REALLY takes to deploy agents in production and transition our economy to the new world order

Don’t miss it :) (more details and link in comments) ↓

— https://nitter.net/realbasilchatha/status/2070601709752144086#m