🎙️ In this episode, we chat with Jason Dea — Venture Chief Product Officer at Koru, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan–funded venture studio. Jason helps discover, validate, build, and launch new ventures across OTPP’s portfolio, turning ambiguous ideas into high-conviction bets. A trusted startup advisor & coach, he guides founders from pre-MVP to post-raise with crisp product strategy and go-to-market focus.

Previously, Jason led product at Uberflip (acquired by PathFactory in July 2024), where he scaled an AI-enabled content experience platform, overseeing Product, UX, Product Marketing, Data Science, Services, and Support. Earlier roles at TELUS Health, Honeybee Benefits (acquired by Green Shield Canada), and Intelex sharpened his edge in data-driven product building, predictive analytics, and category storytelling.

We dig into how Jason uses AI across the venture lifecycle: rapid opportunity shaping, LLM-assisted discovery, experiment-driven validation, agentic workflows for GTM, and pricing & packaging informed by data. He also shares hard-won lessons on post-acquisition integration, ethical AI in enterprise, and building the right cadence between founders, PMs, and data science.

This episode is a tactical playbook for venture studios, product leaders, and B2B founders shipping faster with AI.

🔍 Topics we cover:

• AI-native venture validation

• Content experiences & personalization

• Zero-to-one product strategy

• Pricing, packaging, and GTM loops

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