The Future Proof Podcast

The Future Proof Podcast

The Future Proof Podcast

Building AI products that last

Building AI products that last

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Published

Aug 5, 2025

How evaluations have evolved from a technical afterthought to a core AI PM competency

Aman reveals why traditional product metrics fail for AI systems and shares Arize's framework for building evaluation systems that actually predict real-world AI performance, plus the emerging PM skills that separate successful AI products from failed experiments.

Aman Khan

Head of Product | Arize AI

Published

Jul 22, 2025

Why MCP apps struggle with enterprise adoption

Why MCP apps struggle with enterprise adoption

Why MCP apps struggle with enterprise adoption

Michael reveals the infrastructure gaps preventing MCPs from enterprise adoption, why most APIs weren't built for AI, and how companies are seeing inversions from human to agent usage.

Michael reveals the infrastructure gaps preventing MCPs from enterprise adoption, why most APIs weren't built for AI, and how companies are seeing inversions from human to agent usage.

Michael reveals the infrastructure gaps preventing MCPs from enterprise adoption, why most APIs weren't built for AI, and how companies are seeing inversions from human to agent usage.

Michael Grinich

FOUNDER & CEO | WORKOS

Published

Jun 17, 2025

Beating OpenAI by building a niche

Beating OpenAI by building a niche

Beating OpenAI by building a niche

Richard shares the AI product strategy and framework they used to beating OpenAI's Deep Research agent on all benchmarks, and how you can replicate their success for your niche.

Richard shares the AI product strategy and framework they used to beating OpenAI's Deep Research agent on all benchmarks, and how you can replicate their success for your niche.

Richard shares the AI product strategy and framework they used to beating OpenAI's Deep Research agent on all benchmarks, and how you can replicate their success for your niche.

Richard Socher

CEO & CoFounder | You.com

Published

May 27, 2025

How Box builds for Enterprise AI

How Box builds for Enterprise AI

How Box builds for Enterprise AI

Aaron shares the importance of building a data flywheel for your AI product, and all the new challenges around acceess control AI products must solve for adoption.

Aaron shares the importance of building a data flywheel for your AI product, and all the new challenges around acceess control AI products must solve for adoption.

Aaron shares the importance of building a data flywheel for your AI product, and all the new challenges around acceess control AI products must solve for adoption.

Aaron Levie

CEO & Cofounder | Box

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How Descript Designs AI interfaces that feel natural

Laura Burkhauser

VP of Product | Descript

Published

Aug 1, 2025

How Descript Designs AI interfaces that feel natural

Laura shares how Descript's "open world, infinite lives" design philosophy enables users to maintain control over AI creative workflows, and practical strategies for building AI interfaces that feel collaborative rather than restrictive.

Laura Burkhauser

VP of Product | Descript