WeAreDevelopers Hosted Inaugural North America Congress
The San Jose event focused on transitioning agentic AI systems from experimental prototypes into production environments.
Updated on Sept. 25, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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More than 10,000 attendees gathered at the San Jose Convention Center to discuss the deployment of agentic software. Docker used the event to launch its new Cloud Sandboxes and agentic sandbox Kits.
Why it matters
The conference centered on the industry-wide challenge of moving AI-powered software from research prototypes into scalable production systems. This transition is essential for integrating intelligent agents into existing enterprise workflows.
Docker released its next generation of Kits for agentic sandboxes alongside the new Cloud Sandboxes platform. The impact of these tools on development cycle efficiency remains to be quantified against standard local environment deployment.
The players
Docker
A software company focused on containerization tools that enable developers to package and ship applications into consistent environments.
WeAreDevelopers
An international community and event organizer that provides a platform for developers to share technical knowledge and software architecture.
The details
The event featured a series of keynotes and live sessions focused on the architecture required to deploy agentic software—automated programs that use large language models to perceive, reason, and take action to complete complex tasks. Docker’s newly announced Cloud Sandboxes aim to streamline the infrastructure needed for these systems by providing isolated, reproducible environments. These sandbox environments function as secure containers—isolated user-space instances—that allow developers to test agent behaviors without risking the integrity of broader software systems.
Timeline
September 23-25, 2026: The WeAreDevelopers World Congress took place in San Jose.
November 25-26, 2026: The WeAreDevelopers Conference India will occur in Bengaluru.
The Tech Race
The conference highlights the current industry-wide push to stabilize agentic AI, which is currently undergoing a shift from theoretical research to practical application. This development follows a pattern set by early cloud-native infrastructure, where ease of deployment became the primary competitive differentiator for software ecosystems.
Developers and systems engineers can expect these new Docker Cloud Sandboxes to simplify the testing of complex, multi-step agentic workflows. Availability and pricing details for the new Kits were not disclosed at the event.
The takeaway
The move toward agentic production environments marks the next major milestone in the maturity of AI-driven development. Watch for future benchmark reports from Docker regarding the performance gains afforded by these new sandboxes compared to standard containerized deployments.
What happens next
The WeAreDevelopers Conference India is scheduled to take place in Bengaluru on November 25-26, 2026.
Further reading
For more on how new infrastructure is shaping the next wave of development, visit our Artificial Intelligence section.
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