Google's Robby Stein Leads 1 Session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 as AI Mode Tops 1 Billion Users
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Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 21
Google's Robby Stein Leads 1 Session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 as AI Mode Tops 1 Billion Users
1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Sep 21
Summary
Robby Stein, Google Search’s vice president of product, will lead a Builders Stage fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on how product decisions change when services reach billions of users.
The session will examine how teams balance speed with trust and innovation with reliability, especially when updates to widely used products can have global consequences.
Stein brings startup and big-tech experience from Stamped, Instagram, Artifact and Google, where he now works on generative AI products and experiences in Search.
Google said in May that AI Mode had surpassed 1 billion monthly users a year after launch, giving the October 13-15 San Francisco event a timely backdrop as founders weigh how to scale AI products.