The largest edition of Web Summit Rio 2026 is operating at full power, with organizers expecting to reach a record-breaking number of participants.

We have reached a critical turning point as the industry is rapidly shifting away from isolated experiments toward mature, “AI-first” operations.

Here is our take on the top 5 must-see presentations from the AI Summit:

  1. Evaluating and Improving Agents at Scale (Michele Catasta, Replit): enabling organizations to build, test, and deploy AI agents at unprecedented speeds.
  2. AI Is Not a Tool (Silvio Meira, CESAR): obtaining true sustainable advantage with mature models and automation at the core of business strategy.
  3. AI Teammates: The New Decision Makers (David Shim, Read AI): demonstrating how to evolve from a passive assistants true conversational collaborators.
  4. Your Code Got Faster. Your Pipeline Didn’t (Nick Durkin, Harness): showing how to run code reviews, deploy pipelines, and security checks at speed.
  5. Voice as the New Interface (Brunno Santos, ElevenLabs): moving from “screens” to real-time, fluid, and context-aware voice interaction.

Above all, the main challenge voiced across Web Summit is the so-called “Legacy Wall” — the technical friction that occurs when trying to connect AI agents with rigid corporate systems.

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