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Listen: Not all AI agents are created equal

Prioritizing AI agent initiatives requires moving beyond generic impact-versus-effort matrices by categorizing projects based on their underlying architecture. Most agent opportunities fall into one of three distinct tiers: deterministic automation, reasoning-and-acting agents, and multi-agent networks. Deterministic a...

Listen: A visual guide to getting out of a creative slump

Listen: OpenClaw: A power-user's guide to the most powerful personal AI tool since ChatGPT

State of the product job market in early 2026

How I built LennyRPG

A guide to advanced B2B positioning

How to debug a team that isn’t working: the Waterline Model

How to use AI for your next job interview

How to do AI analysis you can actually trust

AI's use in customer data analysis is often unreliable due to outputs filled with errors, invented evidence, and generic insights. Caitlin Sullivan shares techniques for extracting trustworthy user insights from LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The core issue lies in AI's tendency to generate plausible but often ...

Building AI product sense, part 2

Product Pass drop: Canva, ElevenLabs, Manus, Factory, Amp, Railway, Framer—now free with your paid subscription

ChatGPT apps are about to be the next big distribution channel: Here’s how to build one

AI tools are overdelivering: results from our large-scale AI productivity survey

In this episode of Lenny's Reads, Lenny Rachitsky shares insights from an independent survey, conducted with Noam Segal, on the impact of AI on tech worker productivity. The survey, involving 1,750 respondents across various roles like product managers, engineers, designers, and founders, reveals that AI is generally e...

How to build your PM second brain with ChatGPT

In this episode of Lenny's Reads, Lenny narrates Amir Klein's guide on leveraging AI as a "second brain," particularly for product managers. Amir shares his experience at monday.com, where he used ChatGPT projects to manage information overload and enhance productivity. The guide outlines a three-step process: creating...

How to spot a 1% startup early

In this episode of Lenny's Reads, Lenny Rachitsky narrates a post by Terrence Rohan, exploring the traits that define generational companies by interviewing five individuals (Bob McGrew, Christina Cordova, Sean Rose, Soleo, and Rasmus Andersson) who joined remarkable companies early in their development. The analysis i...

Ecosystem is the next big growth channel

The podcast explores the increasing importance of ecosystem strategies for growth in today's competitive, AI-driven landscape. It argues that traditional B2B channels are becoming less effective due to saturation and derivative content. Instead, companies should focus on building ecosystems by leveraging intermediaries...

Part 2 of how to get the most out of your product pass—and welcome, Stripe Atlas, to the bundle!

A builder’s guide to living a long and healthy life

Everyone should be using Claude Code more

Claude Code functions as a powerful, locally-hosted AI agent that extends beyond traditional coding tasks to serve as a versatile productivity tool for non-technical users. By running directly on a local machine, it bypasses the limitations of cloud-based chatbots, enabling the processing of massive files and the execu...