.@SpenserSkates has spent more than a decade building Amplitude from a YC startup into a public company, and in that time, he's had to reinvent himself just as much as the product. Joining the @LightconePod, he talks through the shift from founder to large-company CEO, the skepticism his team initially had toward AI, and the moment they realized the next wave of analytics would require a full reset. He walks through the hard reorgs, the bottom-up experiments, and the mindset changes that let Amplitude move fast again. 03:40 - Embracing AI at Amplitude 11:00 - Product roadmap, AI native priorities 15:32 - Org changes & hierarchy 18:40 - “AI killing SaaS”, changing the Amplitude roadmap 23:30 - The “features, not companies” debate, advantages for incumbents 32:14 - Finding good mentors, hyper focus 38:09 - The difference between being a founder vs a big company executive