JTBD Evaluation for AI | Krishna Mehra: Meta Engineering Leader

In this episode of the Adopted Podcast, Deepak Anchala interviews Krishna Mehra, an accomplished entrepreneur and engineering leader with experience at Meta, Cohesity, and Microsoft. Krishna shares insights from his journey founding two companies, Capillary (an omnichannel loyalty and analytics platform) and Taro (a food tech platform for chefs). He discusses the importance of iterating on product-market fit and building high-trust teams that can adapt to the market's ups and downs. His experiences at Cohesity and Meta provided him with a deeper understanding of customer-centered product development, scalability, and the extensive applications of AI and machine learning, especially in areas like ad optimization and business productivity.Krishna also shares his perspectives as an angel investor, highlighting the traits he values in founders: unique insights and a relentless drive to succeed. In discussing AI, he reflects on Meta's role in AI advancements and the transformative impact of AI on productivity and workflow automation. Krishna emphasizes the need for engineering leaders to adapt to rapid AI advancements, encouraging entrepreneurs in AI to seize current opportunities due to the vast "white space" and funding available in the field. His advice for future AI leaders: embrace the swift evolution of AI, focus on measurable productivity, and build with a forward-looking approach.