Braintrust is the only community dedicated to measuring the impact of engineering & AI.
Our mission is to help leaders understand their organizational maturity, accelerate key initiatives, and gain exclusive access to engineering research and industry-wide benchmarks.
Events
& Discussions
Monthly virtual discussions and global in-person gatherings.
Peer-to-peer
Connection
A private Slack community designed to keep the conversations going.
Quarterly 1:1
Matching
Meet with like-minded peers for 1:1 discussions.
Product
Feedback
Access to beta features in Cortex and shape what we’re building.
Events
Think Michelin-starred dinners, plus one-of-a-kind experiences tied to the city, like a private canal cruise in Amsterdam.
Braintrust pairs meaningful dialogue with memorable settings, where leaders discuss the future of engineering from organizational maturity to AI leverage and the real business outcomes that follow.
Past events
Meet our members
Mark Dunlop
Ganesh Datta
Randy Shoup
Steve Evans
Kirstin Slepicka
Shannon Davidson
Nathen Harvey
Mark Dunlop
Ganesh Datta
Randy Shoup
Steve Evans
Kirstin Slepicka
Shannon Davidson
Nathen Harvey
Mark Dunlop
Ganesh Datta
Randy Shoup
Steve Evans
Kirstin Slepicka
Shannon Davidson
Nathen Harvey
Zishan Ahmad
Wayne Bell
Mit Saru
Thomas Reichel
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Lars Lewerenz
Sotirios Mantziaris
Fred Mare
Zishan Ahmad
Wayne Bell
Mit Saru
Thomas Reichel
Lars Lewerenz
Sotirios Mantziaris
Fred Mare
Zishan Ahmad
Wayne Bell
Mit Saru
Thomas Reichel
Lars Lewerenz
Sotirios Mantziaris
Fred Mare
Over 50 members and growing, from top engineering organizations all over the world
Mark Dunlop
Ganesh Datta
Randy Shoup
Steve Evans
Kirstin Slepicka
Shannon Davidson
Nathen Harvey
Zishan Ahmad
Wayne Bell
Mit Saru
Thomas Reichel
Lars Lewerenz
Sotirios Mantziaris
Fred Mare
Hosted by
Ganesh Datta
CTO & Co-founder at Cortex
Featured episodes
How Google Cloud's DORA is helping teams balance AI acceleration with engineering fundamentals
Nathen Harvey, DORA Lead & Developer Advocate at Google
How Thrive Market's SVP of Engineering thinks about reliability culture
Randy Shoup, SVP of Engineering at Thrive Market
Unwinding the trillion dollar mistake of over-engineered microservices
Steve Evans, Former SVP of Engineering at Chegg
Who should join?
This community is designed for engineering leaders who want to understand how their eng teams are operating, where the bottlenecks are, and the impact of AI.
Join CTOs, VPs of engineering, and senior leaders around the world who've stopped waiting for the playbook and started writing it.
Applications are reviewed quarterly. Space is limited.
Join the community of CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and senior leaders overseeing teams of 50+ engineers.
By submitting this form, you agree to share anonymized data for benchmarking and agree to our Code of Conduct.
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