
AI REWIND 2025 - MLOps Reading Group Special
The 10 Most Important Developments in AI in 2025 - Deep-Dive Roundtable for Practitioners
[Special 2-Hour Session]
To close out the year, we’re hosting a special extended Reading Group session, a two-hour, practitioner-level deep dive into the 10 most consequential developments in AI in 2025.
This isn’t a recap for casual observers.
This is a technical, industry-facing breakdown of what actually changed this year, why it matters, and what engineers should expect heading into 2026.
We’ve curated the top developments with input from the community, and assembled an expert panel of engineers, researchers, and builders to go deep on their real-world impact.
What We’ll Cover, A Sneak Peek
Expect sharp commentary, architecture-level insights, and grounded predictions on topics such as:
- MCP servers and the rise of coding agents
- Longer context windows & the “good-enough” LLM wave
- Reasoning breakthroughs
- Vibe coding & new human–model interfaces
…and six more major 2025 developments that shaped how we build.
The Expert Panel
Featuring practitioners who built, deployed, or evaluated these systems hands-on:
- Nehil Jain — ,Member of Technical Staff, Anyscale
- Rohan Prasad - Staff Software Engineer, Platforms · EvolutionIQ
- Sophia Skowronski — Data Scientist · Breckinridge Capital Advisors
- Matt Squire — CTO · Fuzzy Labs
- Valdimar Eggertsson — AI Team Lead · Smart Data Inc.
- Anna Yoon — Tech Lead · Statsig
- Sonam Gupta — Developer Advocate · Telnyx
- Adam Becker — Founder · HeadOn
Moderated by:
Who This Is For
Engineers, ML practitioners, and technical leaders who want a clear, no-nonsense understanding of what actually moved the field forward this year—and how those shifts will shape your roadmap in 2026.
Join us for two hours of high-signal discussion, real-world insight, and informed predictions from the people building the future.
📅 Date: December 18th
🕚 Time: 11amET
Join the #reading-group channel in the MLOps Community Slack to connect before and after the session.
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