Last year, Atlassian’s first State of Product report revealed a paradox: product teams were adopting AI faster than ever, yet felt more disconnected from strategy than before. Burnout was up. Confidence was down. And the relentless push toward profitability was squeezing out the work PMs actually signed up to do.

So what’s changed? In this panel, Axel Sooriah (Atlassian) sits down with product leaders to unpack the findings from Atlassian’s second annual State of Product report. Drawing on survey data from 1,000+ product professionals, the conversation goes beyond the numbers — into what’s actually working inside high-performing product teams, where AI adoption is paying off (and where it’s still falling short), and what the best product orgs are doing differently to close the gap between speed and strategy.

Key takeaways:

• How the most effective product teams are using AI to reclaim strategic time — not just automate tasks

• Why the gap between product teams that experiment and those that don’t is widening, and what that means for outcomes

• What product leaders are doing to rebuild confidence and focus amid growing pressure to deliver business impact