In this week’s episode of AI Studios, I sit down with Mickey Alon—serial entrepreneur, product thinker, and former Chief Product & Technology Officer at VidMob. Mickey was one of the earliest pioneers of product-led growth (PLG), and today, he’s helping B2B SaaS companies go truly AI-first. Mickey just launched a new company called Eucera, which is reimagining UX through conversational interfaces and intelligent agents that anticipate user needs.

We go deep on what it takes to build AI-native products in today’s hyper-competitive landscape—and why the traditional UX playbook is being thrown out.

🕒 Chapter Markers:

00:00 Introduction to Mickey Alon and Eucera

03:44 Building AI-First Products

07:35 Shifting User Expectations in SaaS

12:02 The Future of User Interfaces

16:15 Balancing Automation and Human Control

20:01 Discoverability in AI-First Products

24:49 Measuring Contextual System Effectiveness

29:43 Model Selection and Evaluation

34:24 Best Practices for Synthetic Data

41:07 The Future of Sales Models in AI

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