Faster building has not made the PM role go away; it now demands more operational excellence than before.

Drawn from what Mike Krieger said

On the topicWhat is a PM for, now that building is cheap?under our view: The product manager's job is not disappearing: it keeps its core and takes on more of the building and the business

What Mike Krieger actually said

Mike Krieger 10 Sept 2026 Works in Anthropic Labs; co-founder of Instagram

And I think all that's happened now is that because we can move faster, that role is like you have to be operationally excellent in that role in a way that like even beyond what you had to be before. But it definitely has not gone away.

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↗Why Claude can’t be your PM (yet) | Anthropic CPO Panel (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com

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