# AI-Native or Not: The Defining Choice for Companies Right Now - with Melissa Cheals, CEO of Smartly

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Podcast: [Beyond The Prompt - How to use AI in your company](https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-prompt-how-to-use-ai-in-your-company-6722126)
Published: 2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00
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Melissa Cheals, CEO of Smartly, joins Henrik and Jeremy to explore what it really means to become an AI-native company—and why that decision is becoming unavoidable. From challenging $1M, 12-month product timelines to rethinking leadership, communication, and how teams work together, she shares how AI is forcing organizations to question long-held assumptions about how work gets done.

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