Karen Ng will help you lead with conviction, not consensus

I've made bold, sometimes unpopular product bets through three technology shifts: cloud at Microsoft, mobile at Google, and AI at HubSpot.

At Microsoft, I helped take C# from stealth to launch and started Roslyn with Anders Hejlsberg. People laughed at Roslyn at first, and it took six years to prove out. At Google, I co-started Jetpack Compose as an unfunded two-person bet that grew to nearly 200 people and changed how Android apps are built. At HubSpot, I led several bets, including the move from Operations Hub to Data Hub. In June 2025, my team launched the first CRM deep research connector for ChatGPT, followed by the first CRM connector for Claude that July.

I studied machine learning at MIT, hold three patents, and now coach and advise product leaders through Throughline Labs.