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World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 25, 2026 • Session details

Legacy as a Launchpad: How Yahoo Mail is Undergoing a Product and Engineering Transformation

Tomislav Tipurić , Nikhil Gandhi

How do you turn 30 years of legacy data into a proactive AI assistant? See how Yahoo Mail ditched LeetCode and overhauled its engineering culture to become fully AI-native.

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