Is AI-accelerated development just faster code, or a whole new way of delivering technology across the enterprise? In the debut episode of Ready, Set, Runtime (Season 1: The New SDLC), AHEAD Field CTO Michael "MK" Kolbrener sits down with Josh Perkins and Craig Martin to break down what has actually changed.

"18 months at the current rate of change is equivalent to five years a few years ago." – Josh Perkins, VP, Emerging Technologies

AI is reshaping not just what software does, but how it gets planned, built, secured, and paid for. MK, Josh, and Craig trace accelerated development from code generation to a digital workforce of AI agents, and explain why the software development lifecycle (SDLC) is the starting point for something much bigger across the business.

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