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BG2 Pod 20VC David Senra

4 statements about FDs, every show

DAVID SENRA Disclosure
Staniszewski: ElevenLabs embeds forward deployed engineers in product, not GTM
“In our case, FDs are part of the product team. They are not part of the go-to-market team. They are part of the product team. They are deeply embedded on understanding what's the roadmap of the product.”
Mati Staniszewski Sep 9, 2026 ▶ 31:25 Building One of AI’s Fastest-Growing Companies | Mati Staniszewski, ElevenLabs
Staniszewski: Deploying forward deployed engineers without product feedback loops equals services
“And I feel like the second part is always frequently missed was like first, okay, if these are, you know, doing effectively a lot of the hard integration work to solve the problem, but if you don't do the second step of how you actually learn the expertise and…”
Mati Staniszewski Sep 9, 2026 ▶ 31:53 Building One of AI’s Fastest-Growing Companies | Mati Staniszewski, ElevenLabs
20VC Opinion
Stebbings: Enterprise Implementation Fails Without Forward Deployed Engineers
“I honestly think the biggest lie in enterprise is that you're going to see implementation and adoption without FDs. Like you will need FDs and you will need implementation if you want to sell into the largest companies in the world, of course.”
Harry Stebbings Jan 9, 2026 ▶ 25:46 20Sales: Why the Best Sales People are F**** in the Head | Why Remote Work is BS | Why Europe is a Nightmare for Recruiting Sales Teams | How to Build a Sales Machine | What Everyone Gets Wrong Today in Sales with Chad Peets
BG2 Insight
Wu: Failed Enterprise AI Deployments Usually Lack Data Scaffolding
“My hunch is some of the enterprise deployments that don't actually work out likely don't have the scaffolding or infrastructure for these agents to interact with as well. A lot of the, like, really successful deployments that we've made, a lot of what our FDs …”
Sherwin Wu Sep 11, 2025 ▶ 24:41 Inside OpenAI Enterprise: Forward Deployed Engineering, GPT-5, and More | BG2 Guest Interview · Bg2 Pod

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