Iris Lens: Practical AI Workflow

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  Episode 5: Discovering New Paradigms For AI Workflows - Building Trust in AI Products 31.07.2026 29min

  In this fifth episode of Iris Lens, our host Iris meets with Andrew D’Souza, Founder and CEO at Boardy, an AI superconnector built to introduce founders with the investors and operators that can help with exactly they need.With interaction with AI becoming increasingly common, its role and capabilities have become a hot topic. Andrew shares his thoughts about trust and accountability while highlighting new paradigms to view it rather than just the technology behind chatbots.This episode discusses how AI can be more than agentic and, with Boardy as an example, how it can be closer to a teammate and accountability partner. By talking about how to leverage it well, the episode highlights how AI can turn from an entity to manage to a true collaborative partner.
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  Episode 4: How to land an AI PM role in 2026 with Iris Guo 06.07.2026 21min

  In this talk, Iris breaks down how to break into product management, especially when working with AI agents. From a background in Finance, she took her experience founding a non-profit OpenMeal to land internships at companies like Microsoft, Google X, Scale AI, and more. In this episode, she highlights the key paradigm shifts you need to gain the trust of hiring managers and how agency is the most valuable thing companies are looking for today.
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  Episode 3: Most Useful AI Workflows & Tactical Tools for Product Managers — Toronto Tech Week Special Edition 12.06.2026 1h 29min

  This episode explores how AI is reshaping the PM landscape — from navigating career transitions into product to helping mid–senior PMs evolve their skillsets and stay competitive in an AI-first world. Panelists include Abid Ladhani, co-founder of Insightfull.ai and former product lead at Coinbase and Wealthsimple, and Raheem Mussa, co-founder of Easy Appointment Booking and former PM at Amazon. Hosted by Iris Guo, Podcast Host at Iris Lens & prev AI PM at Zynga, Scale AI, Microsoft, and Google X, and a Career Coach for 4+ years.
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  Iris Lens: Practical AI Workflow Podcast 12.06.2026 1min

  An introduction to Iris Lens Live: a live podcasting community for Toronto product builders. We’ve moved past the "AI hype" to focus on the practical scaffolding required to build and scale professional-grade systems. Iris Guo is a seasoned AI Product Manager and she’s passionate about empowering the community with AI upskilling. She has worked at Scale AI, Zynga, Arteria AI & Studdy AI over the past 4 years and she recognized the barrier for beginners to get into AI workflows. Therefore, she founded Iris Lens to educate product builders on AI tools and workflows by interviewing product leaders.
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  Episode 2: The Shift from PM to Agent Manager — Building Opinionated AI with Taste 05.06.2026 22min

  Welcome to the second episode of Iris Lens! In this episode, host Iris sits down with Saam, Co-Founder and CPO at EvenUp, fresh off their recent series E funding.As AI makes engineering exponentially faster, the role of the Product Manager is undergoing a massive shift. Saam breaks down why the future of product management relies on building with precision, taste, and a highly opinionated point of view.We dive deep into the technical and tactical realities of deploying AI agents in high-stakes industries like legal tech, handling complex guardrails, and why the "human-in-the-loop" model is moving toward advanced evaluations and emotional connections.
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  Episode 1: The Agentic Economy — Building the Payment Rails for AI's next Frontier 13.05.2026 43min

  In the inaugural episode of Iris Lens, host Iris sits down with Hassan Khan, co-founder and CEO of Todaq Micro, to unpack what it really means to build in the age of AI agents. Hassan breaks down the difference between AI tools and true autonomous agents, cuts through the hype to identify where real value is being created, and shares what it was like to spend years building machine-native payments infrastructure before the world was ready for it.They cover everything from how beginners should approach building their first agent, to the security risks of giving AI systems too much access, to why Hassan believes the agentic economy could finally level the playing field for small businesses — no Google, no Stripe, no app store tax required.Hassan also opens up about lessons learned as a founder: moving too slowly when speed matters most, building in stealth for too long, and why learning sales early might be the single most valuable thing any builder can do.Whether you're an AI-curious newcomer or a developer deep in the weeds, this episode is a grounded, honest look at where agents are headed — and how to build on them without getting burned.