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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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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