From no-code to AI-assisted development environments, Vibe Coding changes the way early startups are built and who need to hire them. The former standard idea of landing “10x Engineers” as the first important employment earned a serious reality check in 2025 at TechCrunch on October 27-29 in Moscon West, San Francisco.
Vibe coding: Hype or a new reality?
Join Lauri Moore, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and David Cramer, co-founder and chief product officer of Sentry, to join the builder stage for an honest conversation about how developer tools shape early product development.
Moore brings deep expertise in AI, infrastructure and developer tools from both the investor and founder perspectives. Launched Sentry as an open source side project in 2012 and expanded to a platform used by over 4 million developers, Cramer offers direct insight into how the right tools and employment can accelerate product speeds without overbuilding.
What this session unlocks
We delve into what today's founders actually need from their initial engineering employment, what AI-enabled tools can and cannot replace, and how the entire GTM and product lifecycle adapts to this new world of development. Whether you're a founder, CTO or you're interested in whether the code is still king, this panel enters the nasty and tactical details of modern startup buildings.
Stay there for big questions and even bigger answers
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