Top 10 AI Agent myths debunked!

Hosted by Subha Shetty and Tatyana Mamut

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Master the Commercial Product and Business Playbook of AI Agents
Subha Shetty
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What you'll learn

Separate Signal from Noise in AI Agent Hype

Cut through conflicting claims and vendor noise to identify the latest truths that create true business leverage.

Translate Agent Myths into Clear Product & Business Choices

Move beyond theory and have the insight to understand and scope AI Agentic solutions.

Build Credibility as a Thoughtful AI Agent Leader

Walk away with language and talking points that help you lead more strategic conversations with teams and stakeholders.

Why this topic matters

AI agents are everywhere, but most teams struggle to separate hype from real business value. Misunderstanding agents leads to wasted resources, weak solutions, and lost credibility. This session gives you the clarity to see where agents fit, avoid costly missteps, and lead more confident, commercially grounded AI conversations.

You'll learn from

Subha Shetty

Fractional Chief AI Officer. Former VP Product @ Fanatics

Subha Shetty is an AI-first product leader, transformation coach, and board advisor with ~20 years of experience shaping the future of commerce, SaaS, and marketplaces. If you have shopped online, you have used one of her products!


She has led product and design organizations at Fanatics, eBay, Walmart and Upwork and today serves as Chief AI Officer at both Wayfound.ai and Raya Advisory, guiding companies through the GenAI and Agentic revolution with confidence and helping leaders separate signal from noise.


Subha’s work across consumer and vertical SaaS, paired with deep experience in machine learning and data science, has given her front-row access to the latest strategy around AI tools, transformation, and innovation. She actively coaches product leaders, speaks on AI adoption and GenAI strategy, and advises startups including Adeptmind.ai and start-up accelerators such as 500 Global and Founders Institute.


"As humanity's most transformative invention, Generative AI and Agents demands both our partnership and vigilance as humans; we must learn to harness it rather than fear replacement, while simultaneously addressing the profound questions of governance and ethics that will ensure AI Agents benefits everyone, not just a select few."

Tatyana Mamut

CEO of Wayfound.ai, Prior exec roles at Next Door, Pendo.io, Salesforce, AWS

Tatyana Mamut is a transformative leader in Silicon Valley who drives innovation by understanding customers deeply and leading through empathy. She is a serial entre/intrapreneur, building successful products at Amazon, Salesforce, Nextdoor and IDEO. She is currently the CEO and Founder of Wayfound.ai, a leading AI Agent Success Platform.


Prior to this, she was the SVP of New Products at Pendo leading the creation of the Adopt family of products. She was CPO at Nextdoor, creating a product-led growth strategy which drove a 60% increase in engagement while driving down abusive and toxic content on the platform. She also led the Local Business revenue line and consolidated the advertising platform. At Amazon Web Services, Tatyana was General Manager & Director of Product, where she built a revolutionary new software product and scaled the team from 2 to 150 engineers, product managers, and designers. At Salesforce, she was Vice President of Product Experience for the IoT (Internet of Things) Cloud, where she led the vision and development for the democratization of IoT technology.

 

Tatyana was also an executive at IDEO, where she built and led the Organization Design practice globally.

She started her career in global advertising, working at Leo Burnett in Chicago, London, and Moscow. She has won several design & advertising awards for her work at IDEO & Leo Burnett, and holds multiple patents for her inventions at Salesforce & Amazon.

 

Tatyana has a PhD in cultural anthropology from UC Berkeley and a BA in economics from Amherst College. She is a refugee from eastern Ukraine and comes from three generations of Soviet professional women. She lives with her spouse and two daughters in San Francisco.

eBay, Walmart, AWS, Salesforce, NextDoor

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