AI sales is often framed as replacement. Swetha Puvvada sees it differently: the real opportunity is using AI to remove the busy work so sellers can get back to listening, understanding pain, and having better conversations.
Swetha is Head of Product & Growth at Teameight, an AI SaaS company building an augmentation platform for sales teams.
We talk about product, GTM, customer feedback, career growth, mountaineering, and how she went from early-career intern to owning product and go-to-market inside a startup.
We also discuss:
• Why AI should augment sales instead of replacing sellers
• How Teameight helps ramp new sellers faster
• Why negative customer feedback is useful when it is specific
• What makes someone a good salesperson
• How Swetha moved from internship to Head of Product and GTM
• Why younger talent needs broader product and systems thinking
• How mountaineering teaches trust, risk, and preparation
• Being one of the few women in tech and mountaineering
• Why taking opportunities matters more than waiting for permission
Swetha links LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swetha-puvvada/
Teameight: https://www.teameight.ai/
Jason links https://linktr.ee/admin
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