SAN FRANCISCO — June 18, 2026 — Sonar, a global leader in AI code verification, governance, and efficiency, will take center stage at the AI Engineer World’s Fair in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 2026, delivering five talks, including a keynote from Sonar CEO, Tariq Shaukat.
In the keynote, “In the Land of AI Agents, the Verifiers Are King,” Shaukat will focus on the defining challenge of the AI era: how organizations can verify that AI-generated output is correct, secure, and production-ready. At the company booth, #P7, Sonar will offer live demos of its latest AI solutions, including Gitar, which was acquired by the company in May.
In an AI-driven development environment, verification becomes the foundation for both speed and trust. As agents generate more code with less direct human review, engineering teams need verification that happens inside the loop — not just at the end — to keep quality high, reduce security risk, and prevent complexity from compounding across the codebase.
Where to see Sonar at AI Engineer World’s Fair
Sonar will participate in the following sessions:
- “SonarQube + OpenAI: Wiring Your Team for Agentic Development,” Killian Carlsen-Phelan, Developer Content Engineer, Sonar & OpenAI — 4:30–5:30 p.m. PT, Monday, June 29 (Track 6)
- “In the Land of AI Agents, the Verifiers Are King,” Tariq Shaukat, CEO, Sonar — 9:30-9:50 a.m. PT, Wednesday, July 1 (Mainstage)
- “Redesigning how software gets built with McKinsey,” Tariq Shaukat, CEO, Sonar & McKinsey — 10:45-11:05 a.m. PT, Wednesday, July 1 (Expo Stage 4)
- “Guide, Verify, Solve: The Engineering Discipline Agentic Development Demands,” Anirban Chatterjee, Director, Product & Solutions Marketing, Sonar — 11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT, Thursday, July 2 (Track 4)
Sonar will also host a sunset cruise around the San Francisco bay, 7:15-9:15 p.m. PT on Tuesday, June 30. Attendees do not need to be registered for the AI Engineer World’s Fair to join. Seats are limited, so register your interest here: https://events.sonarsource.com/sonar-at-ai-engineer-worlds-fair-2026/
About Sonar
Sonar, a global leader in AI code verification, governance, and efficiency, helps reduce outages, improve security, and lower costs and risks associated with AI and agentic coding. As an independent verification platform, Sonar enables organizations to securely develop at the speed of AI. Sonar is the foundation for high-performance software engineering, analyzing over 750 billion lines of code daily to ensure applications are secure, reliable, and maintainable. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar is trusted by 7M+ developers globally, including teams at Nvidia, ServiceNow, Booking.com, Goldman Sachs, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company.
To learn more about Sonar, please visit: www.sonar.com
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