The Reality of AI Adoption in Enterprises
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Priyanka Vergadia
Cloud Girl
Founder
Legacy as a Launchpad: How Yahoo Mail is Undergoing a Product and Engineering Transformation
September 25, 2026
14:50
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15:20
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30
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Stage 1
What this session covers
How does an internet “OG” reinvent its product for the AI era? Yahoo Mail SVP of Engineering, Nikhil Gandhi, shares the behind the scenes story of modernizing an iconic legacy platform that serves hundreds of millions of users across the world. Join this fireside chat to understand how Yahoo Mail is bringing on top product and engineering talent to tackle unique, high-level technical challenges. From tackling a historic, 500 petabyte cloud migration to solving system-design and scale problems, learn what it truly takes to engineer solutions at a complex scale.
World Congress 2026 North America
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