AI Roadmaps: Transforming Product & Tech Strategy
We are curating a group of senior Tech & Product leaders for a evening of discussion on one of the most urgent topics in modern leadership: how to build and execute AI roadmaps that actually move the needle.
This session will bring together a panel of experienced operators and AI-native founders to explore the strategic choices shaping the future of product and engineering.
We'll touch upon questions like:
✅ How do we build AI into the product without bloating the roadmap or burning the team, exploring lean implementation, AI as infra vs. UX, and maintaining velocity
✅ What capabilities do we need to lead AI transformation from within - do we hire, train, or wait? Navigating the build/buy/borrow dilemma and keeping teams ahead of the curve
✅ Where is the commercial upside - and how is success measured in the short term? From productivity metrics to net-new revenue, how do leaders know AI is paying off?
No hype, no hand-waving—just grounded insight on what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next.
Meet the Panel:
Michael Smith, Founder & CEO, Sagittal.ai
With over 25 years in tech, Michael has built and led teams across a wide range of domains, including search, ads, finance, mobile, machine learning, embedded systems, and video streaming.
He’s held senior engineering and product roles at some of the world’s leading tech companies—Qualcomm, Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and SwiftKey—and served as VP of Product or CPO at multiple startups from Series A to Series C.
Michael has a track record of bringing complex, multi-million dollar platforms to market and scaling teams from the ground up.
Sara Saab, VP Product, Prolific
Sara is Prolific’s VP of Product. She leads their product disciplines, shaping the tools that enable AI developers to access high-quality human data—the critical foundation for building better AI models.
Drawing from her experience across Healthtech innovation and transportation technology on both sides of the Atlantic, Sara brings a unique perspective to the challenges of AI development.
Mounir Mouawad, CEO & Co-founder, Portia AI
Mounir is the CEO & Co-founder Portia AI which is building developer tools to make complex multi-agent tasks predictable, auditable and secure. Portia has raised £4.4m from General Catalyst, First Minute Capital and Stem AI.
Prior to Portia Mounir's career spans prominent roles at major tech companies, including Google, Amazon and Stripe as well as entrepreneurial ventures. He led Stripe's bank-as-a-service product area in EMEA, launched and grew Google Pay to 30 markets in Europe, served on Google Payments' UK board and advised closely with the UK's Open Banking implementation entity and the European Payment Council.
Mounir also built and grew Amazon's retail deals business which today includes some of their largest events like Black Friday and Prime Day.
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