João Brandão of OutSystems, release engineering director, joins Chainguard Assemble 2026 for a conversation on artificial intelligence development platforms, agentic applications, continuous integration and continuous delivery and supply chain security. Brandão describes OutSystems' positioning as an AI development platform and explains how the company integrates Chainguard to secure base and third-party container images. They analyze CI/CD pipeline improvements, deployment metrics and developer workflows and consider implications for enterprise software teams. Hosts Rebecca Knight and Paul Nashawaty of theCUBE Research lead the session. Nashawaty frames 2026 as the year of implementation and emphasizes security guardrails, responsible AI practices and investment in junior developer skill development. Key takeaways include Brandão emphasizing OutSystems' efforts to reduce common vulnerabilities and exposures and secure images through Chainguard. They call for the evolution of platform engineering toward agentic models that couple agents with existing automation. Nashawaty underscores the need for actionable security guardrails, responsible AI governance and a stronger focus on junior developer training.