QA Community Meet-up: AI in QA, with BrowserStack
The first quarterly QA & IT community meet-up of 2026, hosted with BrowserStack. Four speakers took on AI in QA from four angles, for a room of 60+ professionals. The conversations ran long after the talks ended.
About this event
The theme of the evening was AI in QA. The hype is loud; the four talks made the case that the substance is real.
David Burns (BrowserStack) opened on debugging flaky tests and root cause analysis. Adonis Celestine (Applause) followed with The Art of Breaking Smart Machines. Wijnand van den Heuvel and Umut Ay Bora (spriteCloud) closed with Agentic Testing Built From Scratch: building an autonomous testing setup without waiting for a vendor to sell you one.
Roy Puttenstein and Erika Grimes hosted, BrowserStack partnered, and Koyla kept the room fed with roti.
The hosts
spriteCloud is a specialist software testing and QA consultancy, founded in Amsterdam in 2009. The team of 50+ testers covers functional testing, test automation, performance testing, cybersecurity and agentic AI testing, embedded directly in client delivery teams across Amsterdam and Barcelona.
Towson helps organisations bring strategy and execution together, enabling people to understand the bigger picture, take ownership and move forward together. They combine organisational transformation, leadership and AI expertise through consulting, coaching and training.
Agenda
17:00 — 17:30
Welcome & food
Doors open, introductions, bites & drinks.
17:30 — 20:00
Talks & Q&A
Three sessions on AI in QA, with sharp questions from the room.
20:00 — 20:30
Drinks & networking
The conversations that ran past closing time.
Speakers
David Burns — BrowserStack
Debugging Flaky Tests & Root Cause Analysis
Adonis Celestine — Applause (keynote)
The Art of Breaking Smart Machines
Wijnand van den Heuvel & Umut Ay Bora — spriteCloud
Agentic Testing Built From Scratch
spriteCloud HQ, Amsterdam
Amsterdam · 4 min walk from the nearest tram stop. Bike parking out front. Online? You'll get the livestream link by email.
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