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AI Innovators: Rebecca Yang

Building AI Platforms, Agents, and the Future of Engineering

Rebecca Yang, Director of Engineering at HubSpot, featured in the GoSearch AI Innovators series, discusses AI platforms and the role of context and MCP in enterprise AI deployments.

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Rebecca Yang
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Rebecca Yang, Director of Engineering | HubSpot

Rebecca Yang is Director of Engineering at HubSpot, where she leads engineering initiatives across AI-powered data systems, smart properties, intent signals, and platform infrastructure. She previously helped scale Clearbit before its HubSpot acquisition.

In this edition of AI Innovators, we sat down with Rebecca Yang, Director of Engineering at HubSpot, to explore AI infrastructure, platform thinking, MCP, enterprise adoption, and what separates real AI innovation from hype. Having built AI-powered data systems inside one of the largest go-to-market platforms, Rebecca shares why context is the enterprise moat, how to tell a platform from a feature, and what governance enterprise AI needs before it can earn trust.

Key Takeaways:

  • Context is the enterprise moat: AI value depends on how well systems connect internal and external data — as you learn the moment a connector breaks.
  • Platforms outlast features: Real AI platforms hold up when underlying models change; features break when models are swapped.
  • Agents aren't workflows: Most "agents" today are workflows with LLM calls embedded inside. True autonomy means independent decisions — and a far larger blast radius when something goes wrong.
  • Governance earns trust: The real enterprise AI risk isn't a bad chatbot reply — it's silent, large-scale data corruption. Provenance, reversibility, and guardrails are non-negotiable.
  • Execution beats model selection: Successful rollouts share clear accountability, strong measurement, and deep enablement — backed by real leadership buy-in.

Read the full conversation with Rebecca Yang to learn how AI platforms, agents, and Model Context Protocol are reshaping enterprise engineering — and why context and governance separate lasting AI from hype. Subscribe to AI Innovators for monthly insights straight to your inbox.

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