In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Chelsey Tanaka, the Product Lead for AI at Airtable. Chelsey is a seasoned product manager with over 12 years of experience in enterprise SaaS companies across diverse industries like energy, construction, and autonomous vehicles.

During the conversation, they discuss:

• How Airtable integrated AI into their product,
• Large enterprises and the fear of AI adoption,
• Airtable's AI team and initiatives,
• The AI space's moonshot,
• Airtable’s different success metrics for AI features,
• And much more!

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[00:00] Up next:

[00:44] Episode Introduction

[01:32] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:25] Chelsey’s introduction

[04:01] Airtable's journey to where it is today

[06:20] How did Airtable go about integrating AI into their product

[10:28] Large enterprises and the fear of AI adoption

[13:11] How Airtable got enterprises on board with GenAI

[18:35] Prioritizing initiatives: easy solutions to paradigm shifts

[22:28] AI space's moons: the Q&A project

[24:01] The different success metrics for AI features

[25:15] Working with traditional products vs. AI products

[28:58] Unique challenges of working with GenAI products

[33:47] Learning as a way to build great GenAI products

[34:57] Agility: the name of the game

[37:51] The fundamental principles of product development in AI

[40:41] Vision for the future of the low Code/no Code space

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Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai) — how product teams deliver better AI experiences.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that help listeners build & scale world-class AI products.

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Where to find Chelsey Tanaka:

• Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseytanaka/

Learn more about Airtable:

• Website: https://www.airtable.com/v1
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airtable/
• X: https://twitter.com/airtable

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

• Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
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Learn more about Autoblocks:

• Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai/
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