Following the successful event in Bengaluru earlier this year, YourStory's flagship developer summit, DevSparks, will once again take place in Hyderabad on August 8, 2026. For the third time in this city, the summit will bring together developers, technology leaders, startups, large enterprises, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs) for a day dedicated to technical sessions, in-depth research, and discussions on the most significant changes happening in software development today.
Expected Participation and Event Focus
Hundreds of developers are projected to attend the event at the Le Meridien Hyderabad hotel. Over 25 speakers will lead discussions and workshops on topics such as artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and developer productivity enhancement.
Cybersecurity in Focus
Hyderabad has established itself as one of India's largest technology hubs, with over 500 GCCs engaged in engineering, product development, and innovation. However, as AI adoption accelerates, cybersecurity has become one of the primary concerns for corporate technology teams.
According to Gartner, IT security spending in India is expected to reach $3.4 billion, an increase of nearly 12%. This is due to organizations responding to increasingly sophisticated, AI-driven cyber threats. Artificial intelligence can now automate reconnaissance, find vulnerabilities in minutes, and generate phishing emails that are difficult to distinguish from legitimate messages.
In response, enterprises are investing in AI gateways, LLM firewalls, and machine identity management platforms that monitor and protect the growing number of AI agents operating within organizations. These technologies are rapidly becoming integral parts of modern enterprise and software development architecture.
Rethinking Cloud Technologies
For years, the public cloud promised flexibility and reduced infrastructure costs. Nevertheless, companies are increasingly finding that these benefits can come with unpredictable bills. Nearly 84% of Indian enterprises report unexpected costs after migrating workloads to the public cloud.
As a result, many organizations are re-evaluating where applications should run, leading to the phenomenon of cloud repatriation—the return of predictable, resource-intensive workloads to private infrastructure. The rapid growth of AI has accelerated this trend. As open-weight models become more capable, companies are also investing in local infrastructure to improve cost efficiency, performance, and data control. For developers, this means one thing: applications can no longer be designed assuming the public cloud as the standard. Creating solutions for hybrid environments is becoming a necessary skill.
The Significance of Agentic AI for Developers
Agentic AI continues to dominate discussions in the tech industry, raising inevitable questions about the future of software engineering. While AI agents are increasingly capable of writing boilerplate code, debugging programs, and automating routine tasks, they are also changing organizational expectations of developers. Instead of replacing engineers, they are prompting them to focus on more valuable work related to architecture, systems thinking, orchestration, and designing applications using AI.
Consequently, developers are expected to acquire new skills much earlier in their careers, combining technical expertise with a deeper understanding of products, infrastructure, and business problems. These changes and the practical skills needed to navigate them will be a central theme at DevSparks Hyderabad.
A Day Created for Developers
The Hyderabad event will explore how developers can move beyond simply using AI tools and start building production-ready AI-based systems. Sessions will cover topics such as agent coding, multi-agent system orchestration, AI-centric application frameworks, cloud infrastructure, Edge AI, cybersecurity, and data systems. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in technical workshops, study real-world case studies, and engage in discussions about upskilling, hiring, and new opportunities within India's growing GCC ecosystem. As AI transforms software development and enterprise technology, DevSparks Hyderabad aims to provide developers with the insights, tools, and practical knowledge needed to build the next generation.
