Zack Reneau-Wedeen

Zack Reneau-Wedeen, Head of Product at Sierra, shares insights on revolutionizing AI with context engineering, prioritizing real-world testing over traditional methods. He reveals how AI often feels like a moody coworker and discusses the importance of robust simulations to enhance reliability. Zack advocates for abandoning decision trees in favor of goal-oriented frameworks and explains how Sierra trains graduates to be product-engineering hybrids. He also emphasizes the significance of customer focus to improve AI agents and discusses innovative strategies for scaling and fine-tuning voice interactions.