AI Cafe: Why Claude Code Changes Everything
AI Cafe: How I Built AWS’s Voice AI GTM into a $50M business + Why Claude Code Changes Everything
Join Evan Grenda for a candid session on building a new category inside one of the world’s largest tech companies: Voice AI Agents. Evan will break down how he identified the market shift toward real-time AI agents, built a partner ecosystem spanning models, orchestration, and infrastructure, and turned an emerging trend into a scalable GTM motion.
The second half of the talk explores a parallel shift happening now: the rise of Claude Code as a general-purpose agent. More than a coding tool, Claude Code represents a new interface for work—where anyone can automate tasks, build products, run operations, and create leverage through natural language.
Agenda - AI Networking
8:45 - 9:30 am • Coffee and Socialize
9:30- 10:30 am • Talk and Presentation
April 23rd, 2026
Evan helps some of the most advanced companies in the world design, build, and deploy custom GenAI. A: s a GenAI Specialist at AWS, he helps to guide teams as they build multi-agent frameworks, fine-tune models, and production-grade GenAI products.
He’s committed to taking the insights he gains from working with AI reseachers and making them accessible to his own community, giving people practical knowledge that helps them level up and get ahead in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. He is a Claude Ambassador working with Anthropic to host community events and workshops.
ABOUT Product.ai
Product.ai is building the truth engine for shopping. When every other AI tool summarizes and guesses, we verify. Not opinions. Not averages. Ground truth. Self-funded and profitable for over a decade, Product.ai is a team of e-commerce veterans who have been building commerce truth systems at scale. Over a billion dollars in annual transaction volume. Millions of customers served. Product.ai is also the flagship product - the new starting point for shopping in the AI era. The product is in early alpha, building alongside a community of domain experts.
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