Scaling to a $30B IPO, and the Future of Enterprise AI | Palak Kadakia

How do you build products that can succeed in highly complex, regulated, and fast-changing enterprise environments?For the 11th episode, I’m joined by ⁠Palak Kadakia⁠, a product leader whose career has spanned Microsoft, UiPath, and now Trase. She’s led teams through IPO journeys, scaled enterprise platforms, and built AI-driven products designed to serve industries where precision and trust matter most.We dive into:• How to scale product orgs in hypergrowth while keeping customer trust at the center• What PMs often overlook when building for regulated industries• Balancing platform extensibility with simplicity in enterprise software• Lessons from navigating IPO readiness and product-market fit at UiPath• Building AI-driven products that solve real-world industry problems• How to approach strategy shifts - from corporate scale to startup urgency• The mindset shift needed when moving between enterprise giants and early-stage ventures• Her bold take on where enterprise product leadership is heading nextPalak shares candid lessons on building resilient teams, making high-stakes product calls, and creating impact across multiple stages of company growth.