Where product leaders shape the AI-native future
The inaugural Product AI Summit brought product leaders from Amazon, Bose, Qualcomm, Epic Games, Bang & Olufsen, and more together with Centercode to explore how AI is transforming product development, customer validation, and the day-to-day work of product teams.
Who it’s for
VPs and Directors of Product Management at SaaS, hardware, fintech, and govtech companies who are navigating what it means to lead product in an AI-first world.
Why we’re doing it
To give senior product leaders a dedicated space to compare notes across companies — what's working with AI, what isn't, and where the discipline is heading. Not a vendor conference. Not a keynote parade. A room of peers working through the hard questions together.
Luke Freiler
Co-Founder, CEO · Centercode
Luke Freiler is the CEO and co-founder of Centercode, which delivers user testing solutions to the world's leading technology brands. With a background in product development and design, Luke leads the vision behind the Centercode Platform — a SaaS solution that enables continuous audience engagement throughout the product lifecycle. A mission-driven founder, he believes technology's true purpose is to remove friction and solve real problems. Luke has dedicated his career to connecting product creators and their audiences to bring that vision to life.
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Vidya Dinamani
Managing Partner · Product Rebels
Vidya Dinamani is managing partner at Product Rebels — a product training and coaching company that teaches teams hands-on ways to become more customer-centric in order to build products that customers love. Vidya has over 20 years of experience in product, including multiple executive roles at leading companies such as Intuit. She has coached hundreds of companies from early stage to Fortune 50, and is an established speaker, co-author of "Groundwork: Get Better at Making Better Products", and co-host of the podcast "Product Rebels".
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Travis Johnson
Co-Founder · AuraPathAI & Claude Ambassador
Travis Johnson is an AI-native product builder based in Orange County, focused on turning emerging tech into tools that make life better. His work sits at the intersection of AI, health, and human performance, designing systems that empower people, simplify complexity, and scale with purpose. Outside of work, he's an endurance athlete and community builder, always exploring how to push limits and build what matters.
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Brennan McEachran
Technical Founder & Advisor · Independent; fmr. Hypercontext
Brennan McEachran is a technical founder, advisor, and speaker focused on AI, product-led growth, and SaaS. He was the CEO and co-founder of Hypercontext, a platform used by more than 100,000 managers, and previously co-founded Soapbox. Brennan is a Y Combinator S21 founder and led the team behind a 2024 Webby-winning AI-powered performance review product. Today he works with companies on AI strategy, go-to-market execution, and AI-driven product development.
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Brad Day
Product Director · Centercode
Brad Day is a Product Director at Centercode, drawing on 10+ years of experience to shape the platform that powers customer validation for the world's leading technology brands. With deep roots directing Betabound — Centercode's 300,000-member tester network — he brings a ground-level understanding of what validation teams actually need. A strong advocate for AI, Brad is pushing the boundaries of how automation can transform test management and help companies launch better products faster.
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Jacob F. Christensen
Customer Validation Lead · Bang & Olufsen
Jacob Faarkrog Christensen brings a unique blend of psychology and engineering expertise to his role as a Customer Validation Lead at Bang & Olufsen, where he's spent the past 4-5 years building validation systems and testing programs. He specializes in bridging the gap between user experience and technical implementation, developing scalable automations for feedback collection and insight generation across B&O's platforms. His work spans the entire product ecosystem from premium audio products to ensuring they deliver a high-quality app experience before release.
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Rob Bridgman
Product Director · Centercode
Rob Bridgman is a Product Director at Centercode focused on turning AI disruption into tangible products. He shares how Centercode Labs turned AI disruption into a growing library of free tools for product people.
LinkedIn →Travis Johnson, Anthropic Ambassador and co-founder of AuraPath AI, walks you through the Claude tools that are changing how product teams work. In this hands-on session, you'll see how Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cowork help you draft specs, analyze data, build prototypes, and automate the busywork that slows your team down.
Travis Johnson
Co-Founder, AuraPathAI & Claude Ambassador
Kick off the summit with cocktails, soft drinks, and great conversation. Meet fellow attendees and speakers in a relaxed setting before the main event.
Enjoy a taco bar dinner while networking with product leaders from companies like Amazon, Bose, Qualcomm, Epic Games, and more.
Kick off the day with breakfast, introductions, and a look at what's ahead.
Luke Freiler on where AI is taking product dev and testing. Discover what the most important year of your career looks like and how to stay ahead of the curve.
Luke Freiler
Co-Founder, CEO, Centercode
Vidya Dinamani shares a proven framework to drive real business outcomes with AI. Learn how product leaders can leverage AI to make better decisions and deliver measurable results.
Vidya Dinamani
Managing Partner, Product Rebels
Rob Bridgman on how Centercode Labs turned AI disruption into a product. Learn strategies for identifying where AI creates value and how to ship AI-powered features your customers actually want.
Rob Bridgman
Product Director, Centercode
Enjoy a catered lunch and continue conversations with fellow attendees and speakers.
Jacob Faarkrog Christensen on how Bang & Olufsen uses AI for feedback. Learn how AI transforms raw customer input into actionable insights that drive product decisions.
Jacob F. Christensen
Customer Validation Lead, Bang & Olufsen
Brad Day on how product and dev teams built AI into Centercode. Get practical insights on architecture decisions, user experience trade-offs, and the journey from prototype to production.
Brad Day
Product Director, Centercode
Brennan McEachran on building, testing, and shipping at AI-native speed. See how AI is fundamentally changing every stage of the product development lifecycle.
Brennan McEachran
Technical Founder & Advisor, Independent; fmr. Hypercontext
Luke Freiler closes the summit with a can't-miss session. After 25 years of building the future of product validation, Centercode has something big to share. You'll want to be in the room for this one.
Luke Freiler
Co-Founder, CEO, Centercode
We're celebrating 25 years of Centercode with a special dinner at Habana, located in the Irvine Spectrum Center. You can walk through the Spectrum (about 15 minutes) or drive/rideshare. Centercode won't be providing transportation to dinner, so plan accordingly.
A 45-minute beginner-friendly yoga class with baby goats roaming freely around you (and yes, they will climb on you). The class wraps up with 15 minutes of free play and photos with the goats. Yoga mats will be provided, so just bring yourself.
Watch a chef hand-pull fresh mozzarella, then enjoy the results with charcuterie, balsamico, olive oil, roasted tomato, pesto, and more. Includes a glass of wine. The whole experience runs about 1 to 1.5 hours.
Regional Micro Summits in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Boston. Half a day of sessions, then dinner.
A West Coast half-day for Bay Area product people from tech's biggest companies and fastest startups. Three Centercode speakers, one Bay Area guest, and a room full of people navigating the same AI bets. Dinner after.
An East Coast half-day for Greater Boston's deep pool of product people across biotech, fintech, and enterprise software. Three Centercode speakers, one regional guest, and real conversation about what AI actually changes. Dinner after.
Silicon Slopes is one of the most concentrated pockets of product talent in the country. A half-day to get specific on how those teams are actually shipping with AI. Three Centercode speakers, one regional guest, and dinner after.
