What world-class GTM looks like in 2026 | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (Vercel, Stripe, Google)

What It Covers

Jeanne DeWitt Grosser reveals how AI-powered go-to-market engineers are revolutionizing sales processes, reducing SDR teams from 10 to 1 person while maintaining conversion rates.

Key Questions Answered

• •GTM Engineers: Former sales engineers build AI agents that automate prospecting workflows, reducing 10-person SDR teams to 1 human reviewer while maintaining lead-to-opportunity conversion rates at previous levels.
• •AI Deal Analysis: Running AI agents against Gong call transcripts reveals true loss reasons - one "price loss" was actually failure to reach economic buyer, enabling better sales coaching.
• •Customer Segmentation Framework: Use size (SMB/mid-market/enterprise) on x-axis, growth potential on y-axis, plus business model attributes to create targeted sales approaches and messaging for different customer types.
• •Risk-Based Selling: 80% of customers buy to avoid pain or reduce risk rather than increase upside - focus messaging on career protection and competitive threats instead of future possibilities.
• •Sales-Product Partnership: Best sales teams pass the "10-minute test" - engineers can't distinguish account executives from product managers due to deep technical knowledge and product understanding.