{"id":788,"date":"2026-02-21T10:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/?post_type=program&#038;p=788"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:20:14","slug":"product-development-in-the-generative-ai-era","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/news\/program\/product-development-in-the-generative-ai-era","title":{"rendered":"Product Development in the Generative AI Era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-40 has-bg-img alignfull lazyload pc_only\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BG_4_t_br.webp\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-94c8710e wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none u-lb-off u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-1024x725.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-813\" width=\"2667\" height=\"1890\" title=\"Product Development in the Generative AI Era\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left u-mb-ctrl u-mb-10\" style=\"font-size:3em;letter-spacing:5px;line-height:1\"><mark style=\"background-color:var(--color_deep01)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>Product Development in the Generative AI Era<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table style=\"--swl-cell1-width:300px;\" class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Date and time<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>February 25th (Wed.) \u300014:00 &#8211; 14:30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Location<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building)<br>&#8220;AKARENGA HALL A&#8221; 2nd Floor<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9caa35c6a7e74cbf158cf5b9eb816309\">The emergence and rapid growth and distribution of generative AI technologies, has caused an industrial revolution across almost all fields &#8211; naturally, tech is no exception. In this fireside chat, two product-centric executives and founders, will dissect and analyse the current landscape of product development and management, in the year 2026 &#8211; what has changed? And has it all been for the better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll discuss new opportunities, new limitations, and look at how Hokkaido and Silicon Valley differ in how this new era of tech has affected the way they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[SPEAKER]<br><strong>Sumeet Vaidya<\/strong>, CEO, Crafting<br><strong>Masaya Nakade<\/strong>, CPO\/CFO, Techtouch<br><strong>Victor Gram Thomsen<\/strong>, Co-founder &amp; Head of Infrastructure, Tryp.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-button is-style-btn_line\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/program\" class=\"swell-block-button__link\"><span>Back to Event List<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"swell-block-fullWide pc-py-60 sp-py-40 has-bg-img alignfull lazyload sp_only\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BG_4_t_br.webp\"><div class=\"swell-block-fullWide__inner l-article\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full u-lb-off u-mb-ctrl u-mb-60\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1814\" src=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-1024x725.webp 1024w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-768x544.webp 768w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-1536x1088.webp 1536w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-2048x1451.webp 2048w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-500x354.webp 500w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-800x567.webp 800w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-1280x907.webp 1280w, https:\/\/shake.startuphokkaido.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Product-Development-in-the-Generative-AI-Era-1920x1360.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left u-mb-ctrl u-mb-10\" style=\"font-size:2em;letter-spacing:5px;line-height:1\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:var(--color_main)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong><strong><mark style=\"background-color:var(--color_deep01)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:var(--color_deep01)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>Product Development in the Generative AI Era<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular is-all-centered--va\"><table style=\"--swl-cell1-width:100px;\" class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Date and time<\/strong><\/td><td>February 25th (Wed.) \u300014:00 &#8211; 14:30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><em>Location<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td>Former Hokkaido Government Office Building (Red Brick Building)<br>&#8220;AKARENGA HALL A&#8221; 2nd Floor<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9caa35c6a7e74cbf158cf5b9eb816309\">The emergence and rapid growth and distribution of generative AI technologies, has caused an industrial revolution across almost all fields &#8211; naturally, tech is no exception. 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