AI observability & product leadership

Varun Shenoy

Long Lake · 2026

Varun Shenoy is a cofounder of Long Lake, where he works on bringing AI into services businesses. He previously worked at Baseten and studied electrical engineering at Stanford.

His approach combines software development with operating experience: observe how people actually do their jobs, place tools inside those workflows and evaluate systems against completed work. He treats employee adoption and model improvement as connected problems, with autonomy earned gradually through reliable results.

1 conference talk

AI Engineer World's Fair 202617:46

How do you diffuse AI into the real world? — Varun Shenoy, Long Lake

Varun Shenoy discusses deploying AI in services businesses through Long Lake's experience as an owner and operator. He argues that useful adoption requires progressively earned autonomy, evaluations grounded in actual work, and close collaboration with employees. He connects agent improvement with user adoption and emphasizes integrating tools into…

Varun Shenoy

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