The energy at this year’s Sitecore Symposium 2025 was unmistakable. Thousands of digital leaders, marketers, and technologists came together in Orlando to explore the next evolution of digital experience, where AI-driven orchestration meets the practical realities of composable delivery and cloud transformation.

This year’s event saw visionary product announcements, the debut of a completely reimagined Sitecore architecture, an energised global community, and a wealth of commercial opportunities.

The key symposium themes

• AI goes practical: From theory to daily application. Customers want AI they can actually use.

• Composable maturity: Composable DX is now the enterprise standard.

• Cloud acceleration: Adoption of XM Cloud and next-gen cloud-native architectures continues to surge.

• Partner collaboration: Sitecore + Microsoft + ecosystem partners = a new era of innovation.

These are the same forces shaping Codehouse’s strategy: helping enterprises move faster, scale smarter, and deliver connected experiences that work in the real world.

Codehouse at Symposium: Global Presence, Real Conversations

For Codehouse, Symposium wasn’t just a showcase of our skills, it was a chance to connect directly with organisations shaping what comes next. Our team met hundreds of visitors from across the globe at our stand, at the events and of course, in the bar. These conversations were candid and, provided it wasn’t too late, consistent:

How do we move faster, scale smarter, and deliver connected experiences without the complexity that slows enterprise execution?

With our long-standing partnership with Sitecore and deep experience in (the CMS formerly known as) XM Cloud and composable architectures, we were able to offer a clear perspective on what pragmatic execution looks like in the real world. Our sessions and booth demos showcased how global brands are building velocity through design-led strategy, disciplined delivery, and collaborative execution.

Breakthrough Product Announcements: A Unified, AI-First Sitecore

This years' Sitecore feature launches are redefining its entire platform, with the key themes being:

SitecoreAI – the headline reveal

Sitecore has rebuilt its architecture with AI at the core, combining what used to be XM Cloud, CDP, Content Hub, Search, Personalize, and STREAM into a single unified platform.

The new platform centres on four AI-powered components:
Content | Experiment | Assets | Studio
All interconnected, all intelligent, all working together.

Sitecore Pathways – a leap for migrations

Pathways introduces AI-powered content migration from any CMS - not just XP or XM - to SitecoreAI. Early indications show it could remove up to 75% of the friction traditionally associated with migrations.

Custom SaaS – true SaaS + customisation

Sitecore’s new architecture makes “Custom SaaS” possible: the flexibility to customise behaviour while retaining SaaS benefits like continuous updates, lower overhead, and simplified maintenance.

Sitecore Studio – the new centre of gravity

Studio evolves into the unified workspace where content, orchestration, experimentation, and creation come together.

Try Before You Scale – lowering the barrier

Customers will gain access to core functionality across SitecoreAI before committing to full-scale expansion. Demonstrating value early is now dramatically easier.

At a strategic level, Sitecore’s repositioning is clear: Building meaningful, emotionally connected customer experiences, powered by AI but anchored in human intention.

A direction that aligns precisely with how Codehouse approaches digital experience transformation with our customers.

Codehouse Session Highlights: Ideas That Resonated

The Post-Click Playbook: Composable Strategy for a New Web

Presenter: Cade Whitbourn, Codehouse

• A pragmatic roadmap for future-ready digital execution

• How composable principles simplify delivery, reduce complexity, and accelerate time-to-value

• Key benefits: scalability, governance, and faster value creation

SitecoreAI (formerly XM Cloud) Launcher Case Study

Presented by Mica Ward (FlatironDragados) and Nathan Saldanha (Codehouse)

• Real-world story: how a major enterprise designed, built, and launched on XM Cloud in just 85 days

• Themes: disciplined delivery, composable architecture, structured execution

• Message: enterprise velocity and quality are achievable when strategy and structure align

What’s Next: From Inspiration to Impact

With the global go-live of SitecoreAI on 10 November, the next wave of transformation begins immediately.

But technology alone doesn’t create value—impact does.
And that’s where Codehouse steps forward with clarity.

Across global markets, Codehouse continues to serve as a trusted Sitecore partner not just because we understand the platform, but because we understand how to turn capability into measurable outcomes.

A starting point is our Codehouse AI Impact Framework, created to help guide enterprise leaders through this AI-first landscape - a set of lenses that ensures AI is deployed with purpose, ethics, governance, and tangible business value.

Our framework helps organisations:

• Identify real opportunities where AI augments human capability

• Prioritise the initiatives with the highest impact

• Embed responsible AI into workflows

• Measure value across speed, scale, efficiency, and experience

• Build confidence through structured, human-centred integration

Symposium 2025 wasn’t just about what’s possible—it showcased what’s already working. With SitecoreAI now officially live, the opportunity shifts from inspiration to implementation.

And at Codehouse, that’s exactly where we thrive.

An in-depth session for clients and partners will be announced shortly, where we will walk through the latest materials, explore the capabilities of SitecoreAI, and show how our Impact Framework guides smart adoption.

Until then, we’re here… ready to accelerate, ready to collaborate and ready to deliver… with Impact!