Building a Software Factory from Scratch with Kiro CLI

AI Tinkerers Atlanta is back on March 30th for a technical deep dive into the “Software Factory”—the automation of the entire build and deployment lifecycle using agentic CLI tools. We are moving beyond simple chat interfaces to explore how autonomous agents can manage and execute long-term technical projects within dedicated compute environments.

This session focuses on practical implementation using Kiro CLI, an agentic development environment that bridges the gap between design docs and compilers. We will explore how to use its “Spec Mode” to define module behaviors while letting AI handle the heavy lifting of implementation and infrastructure orchestration.

Event Details

• Date: Monday, March 30th, 2026
• Time: 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
• Location: Biltmore Innovation Center, Atlanta, GA (Exact suite details shared with accepted attendees)
• Curation: Attendance is strictly limited to 150 active builders. Registration requires proof of technical work (GitHub, LinkedIn, or project documentation).

Schedule: Demos > Decks

4:30 PM – Doors Open
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Workshop
7:00 PM – Builder Networking

Featured Sponsor

Kiro Kiro is an AI development environment that helps you go from prototype to production by bringing structure to AI coding. With help from spec-driven development and agents, Kiro works alongside you to turn prompts into detailed and executable specifications for features or bug fixes, then into working code, docs, and verifiable tests-so what you build matches your intent. Agents help you solve complex problems and automate tasks like generating and maintaining documentation and unit tests. With Kiro, you get the flow of AI coding, upleveled with mature engineering practices for clear tracking and accountability.
(https://kiro.dev)

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📊 AI Tinkerers Atlanta Stats

• Attendees: This community of 1,533 technical professionals features a robust distribution of expertise, with 65% specializing in AI/ML engineering and 45% in full-stack development. Distinguished by a high density of C-suite leaders and Georgia Tech researchers, the group has successfully launched Y Combinator-backed startups and pioneered agentic AI workflows in fintech and healthcare, establishing a premier hub for high-signal technical collaboration.
• Companies Represented: Featuring tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon alongside industry leaders such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and Sourcegraph, plus emerging startups like Union.ai, AlphaWatch AI, DarkViolet.ai, and Flexbone.ai, and more.
• Demos: 88 demos have been submitted and 50 have been presented. The most exciting threads have centered on practical developer-facing AI engineering—especially agentic/multi-agent coding—plus low-latency real-time multimodal voice, structured output control for reliable integrations, and data-centric RAG/visualization. Standouts include A.D. Slaton’s “Tokens are cheap, your time is not,” Andrew Tabit’s AI coding multi-agent demo, Evan Marie Carr’s LumiForge UX, Stephen F. Johnston’s cross-org translation, and Sam Obukwelu’s agentic task marketplace.
• Testimonials:

  “Loved the opportunity to do some heads down building while chatting with others doing the same. More of them. Even if they're just these 5 hour events. These are great.”

  — Senior Software Engineer, supply

  “I really enjoyed the presentation about software factories. It was timely and well presented. I appreciated everyone’s point of view on this new pattern.”

  — Engineering director, CRM

  “Live demos were awesome!”

  — Postdoc, food tech digital

  “Having presentations from people that do the work and make it work. I want to hear from the people with their hands on the keyboard. Not the "AI Evangelist”

  — CTO, insurance tech

  “Bringing good thoughtful talks. The networking post talk were very valuable.”

  — Full-stack architect, AI enablement

  “Love it in general, keep it up!...”

  — Founder, AdTech & SaaS

  “Thank you for clearly presenting your product, process and tech stack. I enjoyed seeing the solution in action and the user experience.”

  — Founder, jewelry tech