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Read this korrent: The product role remains essential in the AI era, whatever the tools become.
The product role remains essential in the AI era, whatever the tools become.
Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
MC
Marty Cagan — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Thanks to AI, the principles of the product model, product strategy and product discovery have never been more important. — tap to centre the map on it
Thanks to AI, the principles of the product model, product strategy and product discovery have never been more important.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
MC
Marty Cagan — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Product roles in the AI era are not only overlapping; they are expanding. — tap to centre the map on it
Product roles in the AI era are not only overlapping; they are expanding.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
TY
Tamar Yehoshua — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The product manager's playbook in the AI era is mostly the same work, made possible in a new light by AI. — tap to centre the map on it
The product manager's playbook in the AI era is mostly the same work, made possible in a new light by AI.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Robby Stein — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One product will probably be the best form factor for both work and personal AI assistants. — tap to centre the map on it
One product will probably be the best form factor for both work and personal AI assistants.
Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
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Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers working on AI products should maybe not be precious about a design until the technology underneath it has settled. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers working on AI products should maybe not be precious about a design until the technology underneath it has settled.
Last stated 2 months ago
16 Aug 2026
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Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An AI product company that cannot completely reinvent itself every six months is going to lose. — tap to centre the map on it
An AI product company that cannot completely reinvent itself every six months is going to lose.
Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
RU
Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Product teams still need a tastemaker who does what AI cannot and holds the bar for great product. — tap to centre the map on it
Product teams still need a tastemaker who does what AI cannot and holds the bar for great product.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
GC
Geoff Charles — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI both allows and forces product people to be a lot more ambitious. — tap to centre the map on it
AI both allows and forces product people to be a lot more ambitious.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
29 Sept 2026
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Lenny Rachitsky — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now. — tap to centre the map on it
“Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now.
Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
BS
Blake Scholl — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero. — tap to centre the map on it
A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero.
Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it
A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it.
Last stated 15 years ago
23 Jan 2012
PM
Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort — tap to centre the map on it
A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Mar 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
AT
Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
LM
Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
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The product role remains essential in the AI era, whatever the tools become.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Marty Cagan
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Thanks to AI, the principles of the product model, product strategy and product discovery have never been more important.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Marty Cagan
Similar wording
Product roles in the AI era are not only overlapping; they are expanding.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Tamar Yehoshua
Similar wording
The product manager's playbook in the AI era is mostly the same work, made possible in a new light by AI.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Robby Stein
Similar wording
One product will probably be the best form factor for both work and personal AI assistants.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Roman Ugarte
Similar wording
Designers working on AI products should maybe not be precious about a design until the technology underneath it has settled.
Last stated 16 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ian Silber
Similar wording
An AI product company that cannot completely reinvent itself every six months is going to lose.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Roman Ugarte
Similar wording
Product teams still need a tastemaker who does what AI cannot and holds the bar for great product.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Geoff Charles
Similar wording
AI both allows and forces product people to be a lot more ambitious.
Last stated 29 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Lenny Rachitsky
Same subject: startups
“Why now?” is the wrong question to make a founder answer — the honest answer can simply be that you started now.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Blake Scholl
Same subject: startups
A belief nobody else shares is a warning, and a belief everybody shares is also a warning; the right number of people who agree with you is small but not zero.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: startups
A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Justin Jackson
Same subject: hiring
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Last stated 17 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Charity Majors
Same subject: hiring
A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it.
Last stated 23 Jan 2012 · 15 years ago
Holds Patrick McKenzie
Same subject: hiring
A company needs someone who cares about the outcome above the effort
Last stated 19 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Scott Rao
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Lincoln Michel