This week on That Tech Pod, Laura and Kevin are joined by Gilad Shoham, VP of Engineering at Bit, to talk about the future of AI-driven development, composable architecture, and the cyber risks that come with them. Gilad has spent his career at the intersection of startups, enterprise engineering, and open-source communities, and he brings a clear, practical perspective on how technology is evolving.
We start with what composable architecture actually means, why it matters, and how it’s shaping the way modern teams build software. From there, we get into AI’s growing role in development, how AI-generated and reused code could introduce vulnerabilities at scale, and whether AI will replace parts of a developer’s job or remain more of a “co-pilot.” Gilad also shares his take on the next big shift in developer workflows over the next five years. On the personal side, Gilad reflects on his path from Israel’s elite IDF programming unit, to founding startups, to leading teams at Sisense, and now scaling engineering at Bit. He talks about the lessons from his startup days that still influence how he leads, and how his experiences as a world chess champion and professional debater sneak into his everyday life.
To learn more about Gilad, check out gilad.dev
or connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shohamgilad. You can also explore Bit and try out Hope AI at bit.cloud.
Gilad Shoham is the VP of Engineering at Bit, where he leads the development team and focuses on composable architecture and AI-driven development. Before Bit, he was an architect and team lead at Sisense, and earlier founded several startups after graduating from an elite IDF programming unit. Gilad is a seasoned speaker, blogger, and podcaster who writes and talks about developer tools, composable software, AI code generation, and smart tech. Beyond his day job, he mentors startups and developers, contributes to open-source projects, and organizes two of Israel’s largest developer communities: MCP Israel and n8n Israel. A lifelong technologist, Gilad started coding as a child, won a world chess championship with his team at age 12, and has been a professional debater for more than a decade.
Bit.cloud is an open-source platform for building composable software. It lets developers break apps into independent, reusable components that can be shared, updated, and scaled across projects and teams. With Bit, teams can speed up development, reduce duplication, and adopt a more modular approach to software architecture.
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