Ed Vanga
VP of AI who still builds things.

I lead AI product management for travel and hospitality brands, from airlines to fast food to hotels: getting their platforms ready for AI agents, and changing how software gets built now that AI writes so much of it. I still build things myself, and I write down what I learn.

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  1. 2026

    1. TalkThe last mile of AI is human

      AI made it easy to create and no easier to decide. At the E-ZPass IAG 2026 Industry Day I argued the hard part has moved to people, and showed how agencies can move anyway.

    2. BuildBuilding a trading app on MCP

      I built an AI trading agent on Robinhood's Trading MCP with the guardrails in code. It ran live, then I moved to Grok Bot, and the broker's limits gave me a rule.

  2. 2025

    1. MusicA web controller for the WING console

      A browser controller for the Behringer WING we rehearse on, built mostly with Cursor. The long-term plan is an LLM layer for casual users the desk overwhelms.

  3. 2024

    1. WritingHey Siri, book me a hotel in Vegas

      Publicis Sapient's Guide to Next 2025 quoted me on surface-level AI and on getting ready for assistants that book for guests. With an October 2026 update on where those assistants stand.

    2. TalkReimagining destination discovery for the age of AI

      Why Search with AI for Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy asks what you want to do before where you want to go, and why we threw out the chatbot. Skift Data + AI Summit, New York.

    3. TalkAI generative search: The Future of Travel & Hospitality

      With Nitin Sood of Marriott, I told the Search with AI story as a generative AI journey with Microsoft, at a Microsoft and Publicis Sapient travel workshop in Fort Lauderdale.

    4. BuildSearch with AI for Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy

      Travelers describe the trip they want and get matching vacation homes. I led the Publicis Sapient work on Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy's generative AI search.

  4. 2010

    1. MilestoneJoined Publicis Sapient