Products That Count

The Products That Count Q1 2026 Product Awards winners are here. This quarter’s cohort highlights a clear shift: AI and data are moving from experimentation layers into the execution engine behind modern products. Congrats to the first group of teams recognized for building solutions embedded directly into real workflows and delivering measurable business impact early: AI EdgeLabs uno.ai Amazon Quick Amplitude Agentic AI Analytics AptEdge Appbrew AI-Native Mobile App Builder Arcanna.ai Arro Attestiv, Inc. AI-Powered Deepfake and Tamper Detection Solution BLISS by Bodhium labs Bloomfilter Breinify AI Powered Personalization Benchmark Labs Inc. - Burncast Mack Research Claro Analytics Clayzo Dremio Agentic Lakehouse Eugenie.ai Expedock AI Agents Formaloo Galileo Gavel Exec Gomboc AI.ai Hands-Free Automation These teams are shaping what product excellence looks like in an AI-native world. Explore all winners: https://lnkd.in/eXayPD-E We are excited to see how these innovations continue influencing the next generation of #productmanagement, #artificialintelligence, and #dataproducts.

Our In Real Life Speaker Series is coming to New York on April 16, and this is an evening for product leaders. We will be sitting down with Vivek Bedi, CPO and AI and Product Innovation leader (former Goldman Sachs, Northwestern Mutual), for a fireside chat on product career conversations that do not happen enough. We will get into the AI era's impact on the PM role, what it takes to lead at every scale, and the career moments that actually shape a product leader. There will be refreshments and time to connect with fellow product builders. Seats are intentionally limited for a collaborative atmosphere. Register to save your spot. Details below: https://lnkd.in/e9V5XP3q

How can AI eliminate one of the most frustrating parts of knowledge work: tracking and reporting time? In this podcast hosted by iDonate VP Product & Engineering Nacho Andrade, Laurel Chief Product Officer Jiaona Zhang (JZ) discusses how #AI can automatically capture and classify how professionals spend their time, turning everyday activity into structured insights. The conversation explores how AI agents can automate tedious workflows like timesheets while helping product teams move faster, stay grounded in user problems, and rethink leadership in an AI-native organization. Tune in: https://lnkd.in/eXnw8Yi9

How can enterprises harness powerful AI responsibly? In the latest podcast hosted by Mphasis VP of Products Chenny S, MBA, Giggso Co-Founder Ravi V. speaks about operationalizing #AI safely and responsibly in regulated industries. He shares how governance, security, and observability form the guardrails for #enterprise AI, why “AI must be farmed, not left to run wild,” and how leaders can balance experimentation, innovation, and compliance while upskilling their workforce in an AI‑native world. Tune in: https://lnkd.in/g_HDRBig

What does it take to build AI for #customerservice that improves real customer outcomes? In this podcast hosted by Boston New Technology (BNT) CPO Shweta Agrawal, Microsoft Product Lead Madhuri Somara shares how her team is building AI-powered case management solutions that automate routine work while keeping humans in the loop for judgment and empathy. She discusses designing #AI systems that increase resolution speed, surface transparency in decision-making, and elevate the overall customer experience in complex service environments. Tune in: https://lnkd.in/ezXAmCEG

Some #productmanagers rely on process. The best ones rely on clarity. In our latest webinar, Sushant Mathur, Head of Product Management at Sabre, breaks down what product sense really looks like in practice. Through examples from Airbnb, Uber, and ChatGPT by OpenAI, the session explores how great #products remove friction before adding features. If you lead product teams, aspire to, or want to sharpen how you frame problems, this conversation is worth your time. Watch the full episode and rethink how you approach product #decisions. https://lnkd.in/g7JV3tn2

AI is changing how product teams work. But what happens if you try to automate product management entirely? In a new episode of the Product Talk podcast, Up My Mojo Co-founder and CEO and Products That Count Board Member Hoda Mehr sits down with Laura Burkhauser, CEO of Descript, to explore a bold experiment: what happens when a product team attempts to automate nearly 100% of the #productmanagement workflow using AI. Laura shares how her team mapped the entire product development lifecycle and pushed #AI to its limits to see what could truly be automated. The results challenge many assumptions about the future of #product roles, team structures, and how AI should be integrated into everyday workflows. The conversation also explores why the most effective product teams in the AI era may actually become smaller, how AI can help product managers go deeper in discovery and decision-making, and why the real opportunity isn’t replacing product managers but amplifying their impact. If you’re thinking about how AI will reshape product management, this episode offers one of the most practical frameworks shared so far. Listen to the full episode to hear how leading teams are becoming AI-native. https://lnkd.in/g-5X3-Tv

How do you build #climatetech products that move fast enough to match the urgency of the climate crisis and still earn real-world adoption? In this episode of our podcast, Silicon Valley Bank Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong sits down with PolyGone Systems CEO & Co-Founder Nathaniel Banks to explore what it takes to turn environmental urgency into scalable #product impact. The conversation dives into how design thinking and partnerships are being used to remove and recover microplastics from bodies of water, how product teams balance rapid iteration with customer testing, and why educating the market on both the problem and the solution is often the difference between innovation and adoption. For product leaders, founders, and investors working at the intersection of hardware, software, and #sustainability, this episode offers a grounded look at building climate solutions that can scale. Listen to the full episode and join the conversation on what it really takes to build for planetary impact. https://lnkd.in/gdWAnGU7

When was the last time you changed how you lead based on where your product is? For most #productmanagers, the honest answer is never. And that mismatch is one of the most common reasons teams stall, MVPs bloat, and market windows get missed. Tomorrow, March 17, 12:00 pm PDT, our Virtual Speaker Series features Amazon Principal Product manager Anshul Garg who will break down the leadership shift every product leader needs to make across four phases of #productdevelopment. You will walk away knowing how to identify which phase your product is in, when to shift your leadership approach, and how to bring your team along without losing their trust. This is a session for #productleaders who are serious about building better teams and faster products. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ehr6fkHd

AI isn’t breaking work. We are. In our latest Product Talk episode, Denise Hemke sits down with Sriram Iyer for a candid conversation about what’s really happening inside #product teams right now. Roles are collapsing, expectations are expanding, and #PMs are being asked to think like revenue owners, technologists, designers, and strategists all at once. If you’re navigating shifting expectations, rethinking your team structure, or wondering how to future-proof your product #career, this conversation will challenge how you see the moment we’re in. Listen to the full episode and join the discussion. https://lnkd.in/eibyqQ39