AI & I · Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Sarah emphasizes a historical pattern in consumer technology, noting that early successful companies like Google were led by deeply technical founders. As the technology matured, product thinkers and experience innovators like those at Snap and Instagram took the lead. She predicts a similar trajectory for AI products.
“Google was a founding team that was deeply, deeply technical. As the technology the underlying technology got more mature, the slider goes forward forward forward more towards the product thinker product experience. Pinterest where I was, Snap, Instagram, the CEOs weren't technical at all. They were product geniuses.”