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title: Thriving (not surviving) in the age of AI
author: Henrik Kniberg
date: 2026-08-20
excerpt: Short recap of Henrik's keynote at Nordic Software Summit: most companies are surviving AI, not thriving with it.

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# Thriving (not surviving) in the age of AI

*By Henrik Kniberg • August 20, 2026*

> Short recap of Henrik's keynote at Nordic Software Summit: most companies are surviving AI, not thriving with it.

I gave a keynote today at Nordic Software Summit, Stockholm. Short version:

Most companies are surviving AI — rolling out chat tools, otherwise unchanged. Thriving means agents become real team members, across product, engineering, and operations. All three fronts. Not one.

Slides: [How to Thrive (not just survive) in the Age of AI](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/woflfprr75nmr2nnwrrcl/2026-08-20-thriving-in-the-age-of-AI.pdf?rlkey=0sos1gvnj927lglb4t35uloaj&e=1&dl=1)

Want your dev team building real agents, not just watching slides? We run a hands-on [Agent-first Kickstart](/agent-first-kickstart) — I do the kickoff, then an Abundly developer builds with your team.

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*Read the full article at [https://www.abundly.ai/blog/thriving-in-the-age-of-ai](https://www.abundly.ai/blog/thriving-in-the-age-of-ai)*