This weekend鈥檚 Hospitality 2030 hackathon at Rosewood Sand Hill gave me a clearer view of where AI in hospitality is heading.
My biggest takeaway:
AI interest is already there.
Luxury hotels are exploring voice agents, guest personalization, and operational automation.
The
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- @yescynfria product designer at Block, just launched a full stack app. Built with Claude Code, Cursor, and Runway. Demoed it the same night it hit the App Store. This is what designer who can ship looks like in 2026.
- At last night's AI Design Night, I asked @pablostanley (design lead at @vercel) what he thinks about Claude Design. "It's fun. Still figuring it out." My take: Claude Design will do for designers what Claude Code did for devs. The designers who figure this out in 2026 will be
- Spent an evening with founders building the voice AI stack. @kylangibbs (CEO, @inworld_ai) @DeepgramAI CSO Anoop Dawar @plivo Head of Product Vyas 3 things nobody talks about when shipping voice agents to production:
- AI in 2025 is just a command line with a nicer font. We鈥檙e waiting for our Windows moment. @ataiiam, CEO of @CopilotKit, broke this down at Generative UI Night hosted by @WorkOS

