AI turns products from deterministic functions into probabilistic systems. That requires expanding old playbooks (SLOs, funnels, siloed finance), and reasoning in terms of trajectories, Minimum Viable Intelligence thresholds, and data as company operating system.
LukeW | The Evolution of AI Products
At this point, the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning models in software has a long history. But the past three years really accelerated the ev...
I am often wrong
[I shared this note with my team earlier this week, and am posting it here as well. I hope it is interesting or helpful for others working on building product in the age of AI.]
AI's Trillion-Dollar Opportunity: Sequoia AI Ascent 2025 Keynote
AI is Creating Peak Software, Media is the Best Analogy
Let's learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.
Business Models in the AI Era
MIT CISR anticipates that rapid advancements in AI will drive business model evolution over the next decade, and we propose that business models in the AI era will become increasingly outcome oriented and enabled by autonomous AI. In this briefing, we draw on our research from 2013 to 2025 involving 2,378 companies to describe how digital business models have developed over the last twelve years, and introduce a framework for AI-driven, real-time business models. We illustrate how companies have begun exploring these new business models with a case study of One New Zealand.
Building pro-worker AI | Brookings
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, and Simon Johnson ask: What is pro-worker AI, and how can we build it?
Google maps the future of AI agents: Five lessons for businesses
Google's groundbreaking white paper reveals how AI agents leverage advanced reasoning, real-time data access and autonomous decision-making.
Bring a Product Manager Mindset to Your Next Engineering Job
The age of AI demands strong ideas, data driven methods, and experimentation
How to Develop An AI Pricing Model | Salesforce Ventures
Your guide to developing an effective and scalable AI pricing strategy.
AI's Affordability Crisis
A year ago in The Back Of The AI Envelope I pointed out that the AI platforms were running the drug-dealer's algorithm, "the first one's fr...
A product modeling platform for AI-built software
The first version is magic. Auto turns product intent into a durable model your agent can build from as the product evolves.
What Would A Serious AI Product Look Like?
Every “AI” tool is missing critical features that you would need if you wanted to do real work with them. What would those look like, if they existed?
The Postman Drop: Introducing the AI Agent Builder
The AI world moves fast, and we’re now entering the era of AI agents. These sophisticated AI systems integrate reasoning and memory, enabling them to autonomously interact with tools, make decisions, execute tasks, and deliver real-time results. AI agents will play an increasingly central role in how organizations operate, which Abhinav Asthana, our co-founder and CEO, discussed in a recent blog post. But systems this powerful are extremely challenging to build—especially without a unified solut...
42 ways you should be using AI right now - Fast Company
Agentic AI can make life—and work—easier. You know this. But are you doing anything about it? Time to get off the sidelines and into the game.
After automation: Software will work for you, not on you
Alex Komoroske, CEO and cofounder, Common Tools — AI promises “infinite software”—endless tools tailored to every need—but funneled through today's app stores, that abundance just means more silos, more trapped data, and more to orchestr...
