Where is Scala heading next?

# **Where is Scala heading next?**

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***Scala Meetup Chicago: Fresh Insights Straight from Scala Days 2026***

Join us in Chicago for a special Scala community meetup, proudly sponsored by **Virtus

Lab**, as we bring the biggest conversations and fresh perspectives straight from Scala Days Berlin 2026 to Chicago.

We’ll dig into the questions that actually matter for Scala’s future:

**What does Scala look like in the age of AI?**

Can its type system, functional programming foundations, and JVM ecosystem give it an edge in the new AI-native software landscape?

**Scala 2 → Scala 3: are we finally there?**

What have we learned from real-world migrations, what’s still holding teams back, and when does staying on Scala 2 become the bigger risk?

**Is Scala growing, evolving or slowly disappearing?**

Let’s look beyond the hot takes and talk honestly about adoption, the health