Developers are the architects of the intelligent enterprise
In Bengaluru this July, ABBYY gathers for the fourth time the engineers and architects quietly shaping how organizations come to trust artificial intelligence with their most critical work. What began as a modest regional convening has grown fourfold in attendance, reflecting a broader truth: the people writing the code are increasingly understood as the ones who determine whether enterprise AI becomes reliable infrastructure or expensive experiment. The conference is less a product showcase than a deliberate investment in the human layer of technological transformation — the standards, the community, and the craft that make intelligent systems worthy of institutional trust.
- Enterprise AI is moving fast, but the gap between experimental projects and production-grade systems that organizations can actually depend on remains one of the field's most consequential unsolved problems.
- ABBYY's Bengaluru DevCon has quadrupled in attendance over four years, signaling that demand for serious, hands-on developer education in document AI and automation is outpacing what most conferences offer.
- A live hackathon with an application process, expert judges, and direct access to ABBYY's own engineers raises the stakes — winning teams don't just earn recognition, they earn a seat at the table where the technology's future is being decided.
- ABBYY's founding role in the DocLang consortium introduces an open-standards dimension, pushing back against proprietary silos and offering developers a more interoperable foundation for building trustworthy AI at scale.
- India is no longer a peripheral market in this story — with Centers of Excellence and a growing MVP community, Bengaluru is being positioned as one of the company's most active innovation engines globally.
ABBYY returns to Bengaluru on July 22 and 23, 2026, for the fourth edition of its developer conference — an event that has grown from a regional gathering into a substantive convening of engineers, architects, and technical leaders. Attendance has quadrupled over four years, and the growth reflects something real: a deepening appetite among developers for the tools, standards, and peer community needed to build enterprise AI that organizations can genuinely rely on.
The two-day structure is intentional. The first day examines the difficult transition from AI experimentation to production-grade automation — the kind that delivers measurable results in business-critical environments. The second day goes hands-on, with technical workshops, containerized deployment training, and direct certification opportunities alongside ABBYY engineers. The conference is designed not just to inform but to equip.
The hackathon has become a signature element, popular enough to require its own application process. Teams build working prototypes with ABBYY's tools, present them live to expert judges, and compete for recognition — and for the chance to pitch their ideas directly to the people shaping the technology. AI coding tools are explicitly welcomed, a signal that ABBYY wants to lower barriers rather than raise them.
Beyond the event, ABBYY is investing in India as a long-term innovation hub. Centers of Excellence are established across the region, and a growing community of MVPs — recognized technical leaders who accelerate knowledge-sharing and adoption — is expanding its influence. Senior Director Alicja Wolanczyk describes India as one of the company's most vibrant developer communities, central to how the broader ecosystem evolves.
The conference also carries a standards dimension. ABBYY is a founding contributor to the DocLang consortium, which is developing shared frameworks for document understanding — an effort to move the industry away from proprietary silos toward interoperable conventions that make enterprise AI easier to build, integrate, and scale. Chief Revenue Officer Neil Murphy frames the entire event around trust: giving developers the tools and community to build AI that businesses can actually depend on. Capacity is limited, and registration is open through ABBYY's website.
ABBYY is bringing its developer conference back to Bengaluru on July 22 and 23, 2026—the fourth time the event has landed in the city. What started as a regional gathering has grown substantially. Attendance has quadrupled over the past four years, drawing developers, architects, engineers, and technical leaders who come to learn, build, and collaborate on the emerging landscape of enterprise AI and document understanding.
The conference reflects a deliberate strategy by ABBYY to invest in the people writing the code. The company frames developers as the architects of what it calls the intelligent enterprise, and the event is designed to give them the tools, standards, and peer community necessary to build AI systems that organizations can actually rely on. The two-day structure splits the work into strategy and execution. The first day examines how companies move from experimental AI projects into production-grade automation that delivers measurable results. The second day turns practical, with technical workshops, hands-on labs, containerized deployment training, and direct certification opportunities with ABBYY engineers.
A centerpiece of the conference is the hackathon, which has become popular enough to warrant its own application process. Teams build working prototypes using ABBYY's AI tools, present them live to expert judges, and compete for recognition. The company explicitly welcomes AI coding tools, signaling that it wants to lower barriers for developers of all backgrounds and experience levels. The winning teams don't just get a trophy—they get to pitch their work to the people shaping the technology itself.
Beyond the event itself, ABBYY is positioning India as a critical hub for its developer ecosystem. The company has established Centers of Excellence across the region and is growing its community of MVPs—recognized technical leaders who share knowledge and accelerate adoption. According to Alicja Wolanczyk, ABBYY's Senior Director of Global Partnerships and Alliances, India has become one of the company's most vibrant innovation communities, playing a pivotal role in how the broader developer ecosystem evolves.
The conference also signals ABBYY's commitment to open standards. The company is a founding contributor to the DocLang consortium working group, which is developing shared standards for document understanding. The idea is to give developers a more interoperable foundation for building trustworthy enterprise AI—moving away from proprietary silos toward industry-wide conventions that make it easier to build, integrate, and scale solutions across organizations.
Neil Murphy, ABBYY's Chief Revenue Officer, frames the conference as the place where the company's philosophy becomes concrete. "Developers are the architects of the intelligent enterprise, and our job is to give them the tools, standards, and community they need to build AI that businesses can actually trust," he said. The emphasis on trust and measurable value runs through the entire event design. Sessions focus on governance, reliability, and the kind of data integrity that business-critical workflows demand.
Attendance is curated and capacity is limited. Developers and technical leaders interested in attending can register their interest through ABBYY's website, with applications for the hackathon following a separate process. For those considering the trip, the company has set up a dedicated inquiry email for questions about the event.
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Developers are the architects of the intelligent enterprise, and our job is to give them the tools, standards, and community they need to build AI that businesses can actually trust.— Neil Murphy, Chief Revenue Officer at ABBYY
India has become one of ABBYY's most vibrant innovation communities and plays a pivotal role in advancing our developer ecosystem.— Alicja Wolanczyk, Senior Director of Global Partnerships and Alliances at ABBYY
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Why does ABBYY hold this conference in Bengaluru specifically, rather than rotating locations?
India has become central to their developer ecosystem. The company has built Centers of Excellence there and a growing community of recognized technical leaders. It's not just a venue—it's where a significant part of their innovation community actually lives and works.
The attendance has quadrupled in four years. What's driving that growth?
Document AI and enterprise automation have moved from experimental to essential. Companies need developers who understand how to combine purpose-built AI with large language models in ways that actually work in production. The conference is where that knowledge concentrates.
What makes the hackathon different from other developer competitions?
Teams build something real and pitch it to the people designing the platform itself. It's not a theoretical exercise. And by welcoming AI coding tools, ABBYY is saying the barrier to entry is lower—you don't need to be a certain type of programmer to contribute.
The company mentions "trusted" AI repeatedly. What does that mean in practice?
It means governance, reliability, and data integrity that can hold up in business-critical workflows. When a document automation system fails, it's not a minor bug—it's a process breakdown. That's why the conference emphasizes standards and measurable outcomes.
Why is ABBYY investing in open standards through DocLang?
Proprietary silos don't scale. If every company builds document AI differently, developers have to relearn everything when they move between projects. Open standards make the whole ecosystem more interoperable and trustworthy.
Who should actually attend this conference?
Developers and technical leaders building or architecting automation solutions. But also people who want to understand where the technology is heading and connect with the community shaping it. It's curated, so not everyone gets in, but that's intentional.