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Expedia's AI Chief: Evals Are the New Product Design

Xavi Amatriain, Expedia Group's first chief AI and data officer, told the VB Transform 2026 audience that product requirements are shifting: companies now encode what they want AI products to do through evaluations (evals) rather than traditional design documents, with evals including red teaming and security requirements built in from the start.

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