Zoom CPO on Rebuilding the Future of Work Collaboration with Agentic AI — From Meeting Transcripts and Recordings to a System of Action | Jeff Smith | E292

Zoom generates $4.87B in annual revenue and powers modern work for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. In this episode, Carlos González de Villaumbrosia, CEO at Product School, sits down with Jeff Smith, Chief Product Officer at Zoom.Jeff joined Zoom in 2019 and has led product through three distinct eras — COVID hypergrowth, multi-product expansion, and the current agentic AI shift. In this conversation, he breaks down what actually changes when AI becomes core infrastructure for how teams work.What you'll learn:How Zoom tripled headcount in under a year during COVID and what breaks at that scaleWhy expanding into mail, calendar, and documents was never about copying Google or Microsoft — it was about owning the full work lifecycle around meetingsHow AI Companion 3.0 performs agentic retrieval across first- and third-party tools to surface insights and produce work product from a single promptWhy MCP and open integrations are non-negotiable when you can't afford to be siloedHow to move from personal AI productivity gains to real, measurable business outcomesKey takeaways:When engineering velocity is abundant, strategic direction becomes the scarce resourceThe right engagement metric isn't more meetings — it's whether users produced something valuable as a resultAgentic AI is the first real opportunity to disrupt entrenched productivity tools that switching costs have protected for decadesCredits:Host: Carlos Gonzalez de VillaumbrosiaGuest: Jeff SmithSocial Links:Find out more about Product School hereFollow our Podcast on TikTok hereFollow Product School on LinkedIn here