More than 15 years have gone by, filled with building, leading product teams, and even founding—from seed to Amazon-scale. I worked with NLP models before LLMs, deployed computer vision models at Amazon, and have been shipping with LLMs since they first emerged. I’m doing this Lightning Lesson because most of us are drowning in AI tools and news, and we desperately need a strategic compass for the AI landscape ahead. For a much deeper dive into AI and tech careers, check out my AI Career Accelerator course coming in January 2025.

Yasi is the CEO and Founder of Raya Advisory, which provides product, AI, and business strategy, corporate upskilling workshops, and recruiting services. Previously, she was SVP of Product & Marketing at Cleo, where she led product strategy, innovation, and marketing, launching two new product lines (Teens and Eldercare) that unlocked a $270+ billion market opportunity. As Head of Product, Software Experiences at Fitbit, she strategized and built the next generation of health and wellness offerings, contributing to the sale of 60 million devices and driving revenue growth from $745 million to $2.2 billion.