Inside AI/works™: An agentic development platform
Thoughtworks Technology Podcast
Thoughtworks
4.5 • 58 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In January 2026, Thoughtworks launched AI/works™, an agentic development platform. It promises to make the capabilities of AI agents a reality for the enterprise, helping in areas including understanding complex legacy code, forward engineering new software solutions and agent governance.
How, though, does it actually work in practice? And what does it mean for the organizations and teams Thoughtworks works with?
In this episode of the Technology Podcast, new host Rickey Zachary is joined by Bharani Subramaniam (CTO for Thoughtworks India and the Middle East) and Shodhan Sheth (Head of Enterprise Modernization, Platforms and Cloud) to discuss AI/works™, taking in how the platform emerged from a number of recent Thoughtworks projects to how it's delivering value to businesses today.
As well as an inside perspective on Thoughtworks' new platform, the episode also offers a deep and timely exploration of questions and challenges the rapid rise of AI agents in software engineering has surfaced across every part across industry.
Learn more about AI/works™: https://www.thoughtworks.com/ai/works
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to a special edition of the ThoughtWorks Technology Podcast. That's going to be very, very short. What I'd like to do today is introduce you to a brand new host that's joining the technology podcast going forward. Very excited. So please meet Ricky Zachary. Ricky, why don't you introduce yourself to the listeners? Of course. Thanks, Ken. |
| 0:23.4 | Hello, everyone. My name is Ricky Zachary. |
| 0:25.7 | I've been at ThoughtWorks for about five years. |
| 0:29.7 | Right now, I'm the practice area lead for engineering platforms. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm extremely excited to join the technology podcast, primarily because I think that it's going to give me an opportunity to not only grow |
| 0:38.4 | myself, but also share some of the learnings that I've had, share experiences, and be able |
| 0:44.5 | to bring a unique perspective about what we're doing with our clients to the listeners on |
| 0:49.6 | the podcast. |
| 0:50.8 | Great. |
| 0:51.3 | Well, we're really excited to have you, really looking forward to what you do. And the listeners |
| 0:55.3 | won't have to wait long because that's it for me. And on to Ricky's first episode. |
| 1:04.7 | Welcome to the ThoughtWorks Technology Podcast. |
| 1:12.7 | I'm the host for today, Ricky Zachary. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm here with Barani and Shodan. |
| 1:17.0 | I let them introduce themselves. |
| 1:17.7 | Barani. |
| 1:19.8 | Hey, thanks, Ricky. |
| 1:20.9 | Barney-Subramaniam, |
| 1:22.7 | CTO of India and Middle East. |
| 1:24.8 | I've been with ThoughtFox for 16 years now. |
| 1:25.6 | Happy to be here. |
| 1:34.3 | Thanks as well, Ricky. This is Shodun. I lead our modernization services. And I've been in ThoughtWorks for a little bit more than Barney, so beat him by two years. |
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