How 80,000 companies build with AI: products as organisms, the death of org charts, and why agents will outnumber employees by 2026 | Asha Sharma (CVP of AI Platform at Microsoft)

In this episode of Lenny's Podcast, Asha Sharma, Chief Vice President of Product for Microsoft's AI Platform, discusses the shift from product as artifact to product as organism, emphasizing the importance of data and continuous learning in AI product development. She highlights the rise of code-native interfaces and the coming agentic society, where AI agents will revolutionize workflows and organizational structures. Asha shares insights on building successful AI products, stressing the need for AI fluency, process optimization, and strategic investment. She also touches on the significance of post-training and reinforcement learning, and the importance of foundational elements like reliability and privacy in platform development.