Inside VEED’s AI Product Strategy: Speed, Scale, and User Feedback with Samuel Beek
Beyond Coding9 Heinä 2025

Inside VEED’s AI Product Strategy: Speed, Scale, and User Feedback with Samuel Beek

Samuel Beek, Chief Product Officer at VEED, joins me to share how their team ships AI-powered features in days, not months.

We explore VEED’s product strategy, how they stay close to users, and what it really takes to build fast without breaking things. If you're building with AI or working in product, this episode is packed with useful takeaways.

Topics include:

  • Shipping AI features at startup speed

  • Embedding user feedback into product decisions

  • Building for scale and testing fast

  • Balancing innovation and execution


Connect with Samuel Beek:

https://samuelbeek.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelbeek


Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/UgFbZhWCrGc

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