Introducing Off Script: Des Traynor On The AI Revolution Intercom On Product: Building Software In An AI-first World podcast

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As Intercom’s product scaled, we struggled to keep the navigation clear and user-friendly. So how do you redesign information architecture without disrupting users? Senior Product Designer Pranava Tandra breaks down the process, from balancing simplicity with depth to making AI features more discoverable. She chats with Senior Director of Product Management Michelle Fitzpatrick about the challenges, trade-offs, and lessons learned in structuring a fast-evolving product for clarity and ease of use. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R59AZsGDffY?si=if7eoqxIRinGiaOW Read Pranava's blog post: https://www.intercom.com/blog/designing-for-clarity-restructuring-intercoms-information-architecture/ 😁 Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranavatandra/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellefitzpatrick/ Follow our podcast: 🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intercom-on-product/id1462264923 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpo 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrcO10XuO7JtPpsZ7EyK0fg 💻 RSS Feed https://rss.art19.com/intercom-on-product Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://intercomonproduct.substack.com/ Say hi on 👋 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ X: https://x.com/intercom Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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DeepSeek, Agents, and the Future of AI with Benedict Evans 47:29

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AI models are getting cheaper, faster, and more accessible – but what does that mean for businesses and product builders? Renowned tech analyst Benedict Evans joins us to unpack the latest AI shifts, from DeepSeek’s rapid rise to the ongoing debate between deterministic and probabilistic AI. He chats with our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor about the implications of falling compute costs, the race to refine AI agents, and how companies should think about building in an unpredictable landscape. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QkpqBCaUvS4 😁 Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/destraynor/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedictevans/ Follow our podcast: 🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intercom-on-product/id1462264923 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpo 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrcO10XuO7JtPpsZ7EyK0fg 💻 RSS Feed https://rss.art19.com/intercom-on-product Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://intercomonproduct.substack.com/ Say hi on 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin 🏠 www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Intercom on Product: How we became an AI-first company 46:14

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How is AI changing the way we build product, the rituals we rely on to ship consistently innovative software, and our fundamental strategy as a customer service platform? In the latest episode of Intercom on Product, our Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor and our Chief Product Officer Paul Adams discuss all the far-reaching ways we are rethinking the basics and reinventing the company to adapt to the era of AI. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/etre_aw6_0o?si=fkWII4slHlsYnxpN Newsletters: Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcast Say hi on 👋 X: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Mastering SaaS metrics with Equals CEO Bobby Pinero 37:26

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Bobby Pinero, the co-founder and CEO of Equals, sits down with Mark Iafrate, Principal of Integrated Marketing at Intercom, to discuss the challenges of navigating product-market fit, the importance of understanding key metrics in the SaaS industry, common mistakes founders make in evaluating metrics, and the significance of storytelling in presenting data. Watch Start Good trouble on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFpAwM39seMpQCUyexY98tUF Newsletters: Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcast Say hi on 👋 X: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Beyond the AI hype: Understanding technological transformation with Benedict Evans 25:43

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Is the AI hype justified, or is there more to the story? Hear renowned industry analyst Benedict Evans as he cuts through the noise and reveals what AI really means for industries like customer service. Watch this episode here: https://events.intercom.com/on-demand/69b135d5-09ad-4023-a52e-b8a4ea0ee939/?referrer_page=de35aee1-a86c-48bb-8967-f5620d766eab To check out all the sessions in full, check out: https://pioneer.intercom.com/ Newsletters: Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcast Say hi on 👋 X: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Off Script: Imagining the next era of customer service 20:08

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Intercom CEO Eoghan McCabe breaks down how AI is about to disrupt customer service on a scale we’ve never seen before. From bots talking to bots to AI surpassing human expertise—this is just the beginning. The race to build and ship the future is on. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WIBibfv3SKk Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/ https://x.com/eoghan Follow Intercom: Twitter: https://x.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. www.inter.com/productpodcast www.intercom.com #customerservice #Customersupport #aiinsights See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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This is Getting Real with Des Traynor 25:40

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The open questions raised by the rise of generative AI are now gradually getting answers. Intercom’s Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor walks us through how AI went from just about possible to seemingly inevitable over the course of two years. People speculate that AI will be as big as the internet or cloud or mobile, but as Des puts it, perhaps we should be thinking of this moment as a modern version of the dawn of electricity. Watch this episode here: https://events.intercom.com/on-demand/509d896b-f6c6-4139-975d-d55c689a2ff8/?referrer_page=de35aee1-a86c-48bb-8967-f5620d766eab To check out all the sessions in full, check out: https://events.intercom.com/pioneer-2024/ Newsletters: Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcast Say hi on 👋 X: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Start Good Trouble: Finding product-market fit, founder-led marketing, and getting into YC 56:38

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In this episode of Intercom on Product, we talk with Enzo Avigo, co-founder and CEO of June, a next-generation analytics platform dedicated to B2B SaaS. He shares his key learnings from his entrepreneurial journey so far, including the importance of product-market fit (PMF), the real value of getting into Y Combinator, and the growing significance of founder-led marketing. Leading the conversation is Mark Iafrate, GTM Lead, Webinars & Partner Marketing, Intercom. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qha95Ig4gWw 😁 Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enzoa/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markiafrate/ Newsletters: Sign up for The Ticket: A twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productpodcast Say hi on 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Learn more about Fin AI Copilot: https://www.intercom.com/support-for-agents/ai-copilot www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Off Script: Designing with AI 24:55

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Emmet Connolly, our long time VP of Product Design at Intercom, talks about how the recent advent of modern AI has us revisiting everything from how we design and build interfaces to how we think about the roadmaps of our products. This is us very much sharing what we’re learning at scale as we pivot in the hopes it will be valuable to you too as you start to do the same. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8hMPj3AD34 Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/ https://x.com/eoghan https://x.com/thoughtwax Follow Intercom: Twitter: https://x.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI Agent and AI Copilot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin https://www.intercom.com/Copilot Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://intercomonproduct.substack.com/ www.intercom.com #customerservice #Customersupport #aiinsights See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Off Script: Reinventing customer service with AI 26:57

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Great brands that endure always leap on new opportunities. To understand the new AI opportunity, you must understand the underlying technology. Our VP of AI, Fergal Reid, is the perfect person to explain that technology, and how it will transform the way you provide customer service. Fergal has been working on applying machine learning to customer service for many years, and has been leading our efforts in building generative AI into the core of the Intercom platform. You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZgHB9KFl1Y Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/fergalreid/ Say hi 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://intercomonproduct.substack.com/ www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Making the jump from B2C to B2B product management 27:16

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Intercom Product Manager Bethany Clark sits down to discuss B2B vs B2C product management with Bob Wallis, our Senior Product Marketing Manager. Having recently transitioned into B2B product management after several years in the B2C space, Bethany draws from first-hand experience and offers insightful perspectives on the key differences and commonalities between the two domains. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW2145l_7pM 📝 Read Bethany Clark's blog post: https://www.intercom.com/blog/b2b-vs-b2c-product-management/ 😁 Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethany-clark-137720bb https://www.linkedin.com/in/rwallis/ Follow our podcast: 🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intercom-on-product/id1462264923 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpo 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrcO10XuO7JtPpsZ7EyK0fg 💻 RSS Feed https://rss.art19.com/intercom-on-product Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://intercomonproduct.substack.com/ Say hi on 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin 🏠 www.intercom.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Off Script EP2 Teaser: Into the future with AI-first Customer Service 1:16

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In episode 2 of Off Script, our Chief Product Officer Paul Adams talks about how AI has raised the bar for what great customer service looks like and what it takes to rise to the occasion. He explains our vision for AI-first Customer Service, and how we’re making that vision a reality. Watch the full episode now YouTube: https://youtu.be/X3iNjM89fRA?si=fDtP8tl-FY4PHxxm Listen on The Ticket on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2V1DOmQDIN47dp0q0JOUei Listen on The Ticket on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off-script-into-the-future-with-ai-first-customer-service/id996103731?i=1000655072876 Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauladams/ Say hi 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Follow our podcast: 🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intercom-on-product/id1462264923 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpo 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrcO10XuO7JtPpsZ7EyK0fg 💻 RSS Feed https://rss.art19.com/intercom-on-product Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productnewsletter 🏠 www.intercom.com #customersupport #customerservice #intercom See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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Introducing Off Script: Des Traynor on the AI revolution 26:53

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This week on Intercom On Product we're bringing you the first episode of "Off Script", a new series of candid conversations with Intercom leadership about the extraordinary AI-driven transformation we’re currently experiencing. In this episode, Intercom Co-Founder Des Traynor talks about the generative AI revolution that startups and all of technology – and very, very soon all of society at large – will certainly be going through. You can watch this episode on YouTube and don't forget to subscribe to our channel to be the first to see new episodes: https://youtu.be/qiWV0T0qbeY?si=jpRYLrP24KrllXjv Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eoghanmccabe/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/destraynor/ Say hi 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Follow our podcast: 🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intercom-on-product/id1462264923 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpo 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrcO10XuO7JtPpsZ7EyK0fg 💻 RSS Feed https://rss.art19.com/intercom-on-product Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://inter.com/productnewsletter Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin 🏠 www.intercom.com #customersupport #customerservice #intercom #product #productdesign See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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The evolution of product management in the age of AI 40:51

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Our VP of Product Brian Donohue and Senior Product Manager Julia Godinho delve into the evolving landscape of product management, offering a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that AI presents in this new era. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btllH4W4YS4 📝 Read Julia Godinho's blog post: https://www.intercom.com/blog/five-key-takeaways-about-ai-product-management/ 😁 Follow the people: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliamgodinho/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-d-2450192/ Follow our podcast: 🍏 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intercom-on-product/id1462264923 🎧 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6d9s4PBzvdESARqUadlCpo 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCIldMZCaFrcO10XuO7JtPpsZ7EyK0fg 💻 RSS Feed https://rss.art19.com/intercom-on-product Sign up for Intercom on Product: a monthly newsletter sharing our latest thinking on building and designing great products, and how that's changing in the age of AI. https://intercomonproduct.substack.com/ Say hi on 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/intercom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/ Get a free trial of Fin, our breakthrough AI chatbot, here: https://www.intercom.com/fin 🏠 www.intercom.com #customersupport #customerservice #intercom #product #productdesign See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

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How to design standout products in an AI world 26:24

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