Oct 13, 2026

Summary

AI is changing more than how software gets written - it’s reshaping who builds products and how teams work together. As the boundaries between product, engineering, and design begin to blur, a new kind of builder role is emerging: one that owns more of the journey from idea to execution.

Drawing on Podium’s AI transformation across its 100+ person engineering organization, Rishit Shah will explore what this shift looks like in practice: how roles and workflows evolve, what happens to traditional team boundaries, and what leaders need to rethink as AI gives individuals and teams greater leverage. The conversation will look beyond tools and coding productivity to the broader question of how AI changes the way products are conceived, built, and shipped.

Speakers

Rishit Shah

Rishit Shah

EVP and Head of Engineering & Security @ Podium

Rishit Shah is EVP and Head of Engineering & Security at Podium, where he leads the company’s engineering organization and AI transformation. He has helped build and scale Podium’s AI platform, contributing to more than $100M in AI-driven ARR, while transforming how its 100+ person engineering organization builds and ships software in the age of AI.

Rishit has spent his career building products and engineering organizations across multiple waves of technology, from mobile at Apple and Adobe, to micromobility at Uber, and now AI at Podium. His current focus is on how AI is reshaping not just software development, but how products are conceived, built, and shipped.

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