In an era of unprecedented change, the role of an engineering leader has never been more demanding. Yesterday’s priority was scaling teams, while today’s is twofold: deploying AI responsibly and measuring the true impact of it all.
The challenges are immense, and for the first time in a long time, the playbook is being written in real-time. That’s why today, we are thrilled to announce the launch of Braintrust, a new community from Cortex.
What is Braintrust?
Braintrust is the only private community dedicated to helping engineering leaders measure and multiply the impact of their teams. Our mission is to move beyond anecdotal advice, providing a trusted space to connect with peers, share strategies, and gain access to exclusive research and industry-wide benchmarks grounded in real-world data. This is where the world's best engineering organizations come to learn from one another and build what's next.
Why you should join Braintrust
Braintrust is a highly curated group, and membership comes with a distinct set of advantages, including:
Exclusive Events: Gain access to invite-only webinars, virtual roundtables, and select in-person gatherings with a trusted network of your peers.
Peer-to-Peer Connection: Join our private Slack community, a dedicated space for engineering leaders (Director level and above from organizations with 50+ engineers) to engage in candid discussions.
Industry-Wide Benchmarks: See how your organization stacks up against your peers with exclusive, data-driven benchmarks that help you understand your own operational maturity.
Early Access & Design Partnership: Members will be the first to access beta features of Cortex's new Engineering Intelligence platform, with the opportunity to become design partners and directly shape the future of the tools we build.
A community focused on what matters
Discussions within Braintrust will explore the most pressing technical and cultural challenges facing engineering leaders today, such as:
AI Readiness: How to adopt generative AI on a stable, reliable foundation.
Measuring AI Impact: How to quantify the effect of AI tooling not just on developer velocity, but on crucial metrics like code quality and incident rates.
AI Maturity: How to optimize the use of AI across your organization to drive meaningful and measurable outcomes.
AI Governance: How to catalog and govern AI/ML models to ensure consistency, trust, and compliance at scale.
An invitation to lead
The Cortex leadership team has spent years working with and learning from the best engineering organizations in the world. With Braintrust, we’re creating a dedicated space for technology leaders to solve their hardest problems and define the future of engineering together.
Membership in Braintrust is by application only. We invite you to help us build the playbook for the new era of engineering leadership.
Braintrust officially launched during IDPCON on October 9th. Want a spot? Apply to join Braintrust today.
