Name: Reality vs Hype on How AI is Changing Product Work in 2026 by Hiten Shah
Start: 2025-12-11T17:30:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-11T20:00:00-08:00

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I'm excited to host **serial entrepeneur Hiten Shah** to share his advice on **The Reality vs. The Hype on How AI is Changing Product Work**!

AI has reached a strange moment. On one side, you meet skeptics who claim nothing production-ready exists. On the other side, you meet teams convinced they have built an AI company when all they have is a thin wrapper. Both reactions miss the point. Both are symptoms of confusion about what AI can actually do today and what it will demand from product teams over the next decade.

In this talk, Hiten Shah cuts through the noise and lays out the real story. He will explain what is changing inside the product role, what is not changing, and why the gap between the dream and the shipped reality is the most important space for product people to master.

Hiten will share examples from his own work across multiple AI products, including how teams are using AI to speed up research, create new feedback loops, prototype faster, and design agentic workflows without waiting on engineering. He will also break down the traps product teams fall into when they misread AI’s capabilities or misunderstand the evolving job of product teams.

The session focuses on practical clarity. What AI can do for product today. What it cannot do yet. Where it is heading. And how to build teams that can keep pace without chasing hype or freezing from fear.

**Key Takeaways**

* How the product role is changing as AI moves from buzzword to infrastructure
* The difference between vibe prototyping and vibe coding and why the distinction matters
* How to think about customer value when models improve faster than your roadmap
* How to use AI to remove bottlenecks, increase feedback cycles, and validate ideas faster
* What to expect as agentic workflows, automation, and new UX patterns reshape product practice in 2026 and beyond

After the talk, Hiten will join Dan Olsen for a fireside chat and take questions from the audience.

Join us for an informative and engaging session! If you join in person, there will be dinner and networking before the talk and more networking after the talk.

**SCHEDULE**

* 5:30 pm: Doors open
* 5:30 to 6:00 pm: Networking over dinner
* 6:00 pm: In-person and Zoom session starts
* 6:00 to 7:30 pm: Hiten's talk followed by Q&A
* 7:30 to 8:00 pm: Networking

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**ABOUT OUR SPEAKER**
Hiten Shah has spent nearly two decades building products that millions of people use. He co-founded Crazy Egg and KISSmetrics, most recently led AI work at Dropbox after they acquired his company Nira, and now runs Crazy Egg again while building new AI products and workflows. He teaches teams how to think clearly about AI and how to build products that match real user behavior rather than hype. You can find him on Twitter at @hnshah.

**ABOUT OUR SPONSORS**
I'm excited to welcome our new sponsor **[Rocket](https://www.rocket.new/)** !
**[Rocket](https://www.rocket.new/)** is an AI-native app builder that turns plain-English specs into full, production-ready web and mobile apps in minutes. Product teams use Rocket to prototype, validate, and ship faster-without waiting on scarce engineering capacity. Learn more at [rocket.new](https://www.rocket.new/)

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