• Why keeping headcount intentionally lean is a strategic advantage
• Replacing traditional interviews with paid two to five-day projects
• Why PMs are the fastest-growing power users of agentic tools

Key takeaways:

• A small team is not a small business. Revenue, customers, and growth rate matter more than headcount.
• If you fully delegate your AI thinking, you lose your native understanding of how these products actually work
• Agentic workflows are now the default, not a feature. The companies that treat them that way will pull ahead.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Cristina Cordova

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Meaghan Choi, Head of Design for Claude Code and Cowork at Anthropic, was in that room. This conversation goes inside the operating model behind that growth.

What you'll learn:

• Claude Code's evolution from an internal feature into one of the fastest-growing revenue products in history
• Anthropic's secret sauce to shipping products at an incredibly high cadence while ensuring quality
• How product teams get structured into small pods of 5 AI Builders and a fleet of agents, where non-engineers ship code into production
• Driving enterprise adoption through PLG from technical teams
• How organizations can measure AI ROI beyond AI adoption and token usage
• Designing user interfaces for agentic capabilities, including CLI

Key takeaways:

• Titles and role boundaries matter less than contribution. At Anthropic, designers ship code and engineers design, and the pod owns the output collectively.
• Quality gates have moved downstream. The richest product learnings come from working software, not from reviewing mocks or PRDs.
• Managing a team now means managing both people and a fleet of AI agents. The skills are more similar than they appear.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Meaghan Choi

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• Why the forces destroying great companies are structural, not moral — and what that means for how you build
• How Saul Price built FedMart, and Costco's Jim Sinegal each solved half the problem, and why you need both halves
• How Anthropic used a purpose trust structure, the Long-Term Benefit Trust, to protect its safety mission from investor pressure
• Why values on the wall fail and what the Johnson & Johnson asbestos scandal reveals about how incentives quietly overwrite principles
• How builders at any level of an organization can start influencing governance without a title or authority

Key takeaways:

• Success makes you a target: the more valuable your company becomes, the more pressure it faces to betray the mission that made it valuable
• Ethos is the real moat: the intangible system of principles that makes a company trustworthy is harder to copy than any product or contract
• Governance is not a legal formality; it is the active, ongoing practice of protecting what you built from the forces that will try to extract it

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Eric Ries

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What you'll learn:

• Why our data isn't clean enough is a delay tactic — and the scoped approach to move past it
• What the semantic layer is and how it lets AI answer business questions accurately, not just fluently
• Why running AI next to data (instead of sending data to models) makes governance dramatically easier
• How Snowflake deployed AI internally: a CEO-level non-optional mandate combined with bottom-up access to their own Cortex coding agent
• Why context — not just data — is what agents need to operate reliably at enterprise scale

Key takeaways:

• Start with one scoped use case, build the semantic model around it, layer governance — don't wait for perfect data
• Context is a shared reality for agents: unified data + business semantics + codified workflows
• AI adoption compounds when leadership sets a hard mandate and simultaneously gives everyone a tool to experiment with

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Baris Gultekin

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• The 5-step PMF Engine: how to survey, segment, analyze, implement, and track your way to product-market fit with a numerical score
• Why you should ignore the not disappointed and most somewhat disappointed users — and which signals actually tell you who to build for
• How to use the High Expectation Customer (HXC) framework to narrow your market without changing your product
• Why PMF is a moving target and how to defend it against commoditization and copy-cat competition
• How Rahul operates as the editor of the product — using 20 verbatim quotes to push PMs and designers to sharper decisions

Key takeaways:

• If more than 40% of your users would be very disappointed without your product, you have an initial PMF — and you can measure your way there
• Changing your market is faster than changing your product — segmentation alone can jump your PMF score 10 points overnight
• Building for your highest-expectation customer is not the same as building for your ICP — confuse the two, and you'll optimize for the wrong signal

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Rahul Vohra

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• The three failure modes every marketplace must solve — cold start, imbalance failure, and false positive growth — and how to fix each one
• How GoFundMe is using AI agents to reduce friction for fundraisers, resulting in an expected $125 million in additional funds raised
• Why AI is driving revenue growth at GoFundMe, not just developer productivity — and how they sequenced that deliberately
• The real trade-offs of the CPTO model: what you gain in speed, and what you have to mitigate through hiring
• How GoFundMe is building demand-side and matching mechanisms to grow donation volume beyond viral sharing

Key takeaways:

• Marketplace liquidity isn't just about having enough supply — it's about designing the right matching and demand mechanisms at every stage of scale
• AI unlocks revenue opportunities that were previously uneconomical to pursue, especially when the customer is already in a vulnerable, high-friction state
• The CPTO structure enables faster decision-making, but requires consciously strong functional leaders underneath to offset the natural lean toward one side

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Arnie Katz

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• How Robinhood uses two leading indicators, net deposits and Gold subscriptions, to measure long-term customer commitment before revenue shows up
• Why treating legal and compliance partners as product owners, not blockers, is the unlock for shipping fast in a regulated market
• The "barbell strategy" for UX: design for the newest user and the most advanced user simultaneously, and let the middle take care of itself
• How the early-stage ideation sprint has compressed from 4–5 weeks to 2–3 days with AI tools
• Why Robinhood Social is built on verified identity and real trades — and what that unlocks for the future of retail investor relations

Key takeaways:

• Paid subscriptions aren't just a revenue line — they're the connective tissue that drives multi-product adoption across a platform
• Pride is a scalable quality standard: when teams enforce it themselves, quality and speed stop being in conflict
• AI embedded into workflows moves faster than AI bolted on as a standalone feature

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Abhishek Fatehpuria

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• How Zoom tripled headcount in under a year during COVID and what breaks at that scale
• Why expanding into mail, calendar, and documents was never about copying Google or Microsoft — it was about owning the full work lifecycle around meetings
• How AI Companion 3.0 performs agentic retrieval across first- and third-party tools to surface insights and produce work product from a single prompt
• Why MCP and open integrations are non-negotiable when you can't afford to be siloed
• How to move from personal AI productivity gains to real, measurable business outcomes

Key takeaways:

• When engineering velocity is abundant, strategic direction becomes the scarce resource
• The right engagement metric isn't more meetings — it's whether users produced something valuable as a result
• Agentic AI is the first real opportunity to disrupt entrenched productivity tools that switching costs have protected for decades

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Jeff Smith

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In this episode, Carlos González de Villaumbrosia, CEO at Product School, sits down with David Kaufman, Vice President of Product at TikTok, to go deep on the platform's transformation into a full end-to-end commerce engine. David breaks down how TikTok is using AI to automate everything from creative generation to affiliate-based promotion — so merchants can upload a catalog and let the platform handle the rest.

If you want to understand where social commerce is heading, this one is essential listening.

What you'll learn:

• Why removing steps from the purchase funnel is the single biggest growth lever for modern product teams.
• How TikTok's generative AI tools allow merchants to produce high-performing video creative at scale without a production team.
• The shift from spontaneous live streams to scheduled commercial events driving $1M per hour in sales.
• How TikTok balances feed, commerce, search, and messaging as four distinct monetization pillars.

Key takeaways:

• The most successful products in the AI era put the user directly at the point of transaction.
• Organic creator content consistently outperforms traditional high-production advertising.
• A long-tail creator ecosystem can promote a 100,000-item catalog automatically through affiliate-based commission.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: David Kaufman

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• Step-by-step demo: Moving from a code component in Codex to a live Figma design.
• How the round-trip workflow eliminates lossy handoffs between designers and devs.
• Strategies for using AI agents to update design libraries autonomously.
• The impact of Model Context Protocol (MCP) on product team interoperability.

Key takeaways:

• Velocity as a Moat: How AI-native tools are accelerating the speed of prototyping.
• The Evolving PM Role: Why curiosity is now more critical than technical hurdles.
• Human Judgment: Why AI increases the premium on high-level design taste.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guests: Ed Bayes and Matt Colyer

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• How Xero built an agentic AI platform that orchestrates multiple agents across payroll, payments, and bank reconciliation workflows.
• The strategy for implementing strict guardrails to ensure accuracy in highly regulated, AI-driven accounting processes.
• How to design a global product that scales common services while adapting to hyper-local tax and payment requirements.
• The two-way door framework for accelerating product decisions and course-correcting with imperfect data.

Key takeaways:

• Why the future of SaaS interfaces is conversational, transitioning users away from static dashboards into review and insight roles.
• The strategic advantage of combining product and technology leadership into a single CPTO role to drive tighter cross-functional alignment.
• Why deeply serving the SMB market requires specialized product design that balances consumer-grade simplicity with enterprise-grade workflow depth.

Credits:

Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Diya Jolly

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• AI-Native Playbook: How Shopify transitioned from traditional SaaS to agent-led commerce.
• Internal AI Evals: How to use LLM-based judges to grade and ensure product quality.
• Technical Product Leadership: Why staying involved in API details and technical cohesion is critical for senior roles.
• The Versioning Framework: The strategy Vanessa used to successfully push back and convince her CEO to version Shopify's API.

Key Takeaways:

• Beyond the PRD: Shifting focus from rigid specs to training AI models for non-deterministic outcomes.
• Courage as a Service: How to leverage deep domain expertise to find your screw it moment and drive organizational change.
• The Founder Mindset: Maintaining autonomy and an experimental spirit within a 10,000-person global organization.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Vanessa Lee

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• Building Like a Startup: How to maintain crazy speed and focus on zero-to-one initiatives while protecting a massive core business.
• True Product-Market Fit: Why flat or J-curve retention in early cohorts is the only reliable indicator that a product is actually working.
• The Value of Colossal Disasters: The untold story of how early failures with Instagram Reels and Close Friends were necessary steps to global success.
• Agentic Search: How Google is moving beyond providing links to executing complex, multi-step tasks by deeply understanding personal context.

Key takeaways:

• Start Small to Win Big: Even at Google's scale, massive AI products begin with just 500 trusted testers and a focus on solving specific user complaints.
• Look for the Golf Shot: When building AI, look for that rare moment when the whole system works perfectly to build the conviction needed to keep iterating.
• Leaders Must Co-Create: To move fast in a large org, leaders shouldn't just approve from the top; they need to form working groups and operate in the details.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Robby Stein

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• Agentic vs. Deterministic: Why standard workflows follow a set path, while agents can reason, access knowledge, and change course to solve problems.
• The Orchestration Layer: How to hire and onboard AI agents using Context Engineering and Model Context Protocols (MCPs).
• Adoption vs. Transformation: Why adoption is just doing old tasks faster, while transformation unlocks business models that were previously impossible.
• Building a Moat: How Zapier uses its vast data on user intent to stay ahead of commodity LLM features.

Key takeaways:

• Treat Agents Like Employees: You can't just deploy an agent; you must onboard it with specific context and tools to be effective.
• Lead by Building: Transformation fails if leaders don't use the tools. Zapier’s execs do show-and-tell sessions to prove they are hands-on.
• AI Governance is Key: To move up-market to the enterprise, you must solve for Observability (who sent what data) and Access Control.

Credits:

Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Chris Geoghegan 

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• The Orchestrator Strategy: How to build AI systems where project manager agents coordinate tasks for maximum efficiency.
• Global vs. Local: A framework for building core platforms that scale while allowing for hyper-local customization.
• The ROI of AI: How Walmart tracks adoption and accuracy, not just productivity.
• Human in the Loop: Why keeping humans involved in AI workflows actually makes the models smarter over time.
  
  

Key takeaways:

• Complexity is Data: The more you expose AI to your organization's complexity, the more resilient and accurate it becomes.
• Trust Through Nuance: Successful localization isn't just word-for-word translation; it's about capturing intent to build customer trust.
• Platform Discipline: Moving from bespoke builds to multi-tenant codebases is essential for scaling innovation globally.

Credits:

Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Tim Simmons

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• How Vercel’s Team of One philosophy maximizes developer leverage.
• Why shipping imperfect products early is crucial for AI strategy.
• The mechanics of Hybrid Pricing to balance AI costs and value.
• How to use internal dogfooding to accelerate product quality.

Key takeaways:

• Speed is Survival: In the AI era, waiting for perfection means falling behind.
• Agency over Hierarchy: Small, autonomous teams outperform large structures.
• Price for Value: Align AI pricing with user outcomes, not just compute costs.

Credits:

Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Aparna Sinha

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• How to pivot from managing a backlog to owning a P&L as a GM.
• The Compound Startup framework for consolidating enterprise categories.
• How to build high-performing teams by hiring for "founder-level" curiosity.
• Strategies for proving ROI to enterprise customers to drive platform adoption.
  
  

Key takeaways:

• Go and See: Why leaders must personally investigate customer issues to set the bar for quality.
• Singular Obsession: How to organize teams to maintain focus and velocity as you scale.
• Automating ROI: How Rippling uses product efficiency to justify headcount reduction for clients.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Anique Drumright

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• How to apply day one thinking to constantly reinvent your product strategy.
• Why speed of learning is the only true competitive moat in the AI era.
• How to navigate the tension between market consolidation and AI experimentation.
• The role of acquisitions in scaling a product team to 1,600 people.

Key Takeaways:

• Reinvention is Mandatory: Why you must risk short-term revenue to secure long-term relevance.
• AI as a Teammate: Moving beyond features to humans and AI working together to solve problems.
• Fast Fashion Software: How to build a Lovemark brand to survive rapid commoditization.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Andrey Khusid 

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• The ICCPO Framework: Why modern leaders must remain patient zero and use their own tools to understand the systems they build.
• From SEO to AEO: Why Product Managers must now own Answer Engine Optimization as a primary distribution channel.
• AppGen Strategy: How to move beyond simple wrappers to generate full-stack, on-brand web apps directly from prompts.

Key Takeaways👇:

• Build Your Own Leverage: How Rachel built her own Chief of Staff AI agents to automate research and scale her output.
• Production-Ready AI: Why the real opportunity lies in making AI outputs secure and brand-consistent for enterprise use.
• New Distribution: Adapting product strategy for a world where discovery happens through AI agents, not just search engines.

Credits:

Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Rachel Wolan

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• Speed as a Principle: How to move from an approvals-based culture to a "vetoes-based" culture.
• The "Full Stack" Team: Why the most effective teams have designers and PMs who ship their own PRs.
• Prototype to Production: Strategies for closing the gap between AI prototypes and production-ready applications.

Key takeaways👇

• Impact Over Hours: Why the "996" culture is wrong and how to measure true team impact.
• Eliminating Handoffs: How to reduce coordination costs by empowering individuals to make product decisions.
• Broadening Literacy: Why the future of workflows is about more people understanding code, not just using client-side overrides.

Credits:

Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Zeb Hermann

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• How Lovable ships at record speed, with daily product updates and a 3-tier launch model.
• How AI-native products redefine activation, retention, and monetization.
• Why product teams must now own brand experience—not just features
• How Elena designs feedback, education, and referral loops that turn users into growth engines.
• The evolving role of activation, retention, and monetization in AI-native PLG.

Key Takeaways 👇

• Velocity as a Moat: Why rapid shipping is a survival strategy in AI-first companies.
• Always-Evolving PMF: How Lovable redefines product-market fit weekly in a category shaped by fast-moving LLMs.
• Product-Led Brand: Why every product touchpoint must be “lovable”—and how that standard powers word-of-mouth loops.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Elena Verna 

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At Hims & Hers, Dheerja is building the future of preventative care by combining diagnostics, clinical guidance, and personalized treatments—all delivered through a consumer-grade digital experience. From healthcare to fintech, Dheerja breaks down how PMs can master regulatory nuance without sacrificing speed or UX, why pairing product with clinical and compliance experts is a superpower, and how to turn constraints into differentiation through org design, platform thinking, and data. 

What you’ll learn:

• Why product leadership in regulated industries requires a different kind of PM muscle.
• How Hims & Hers is expanding from transactional treatments to full-stack preventative care.
• The rationale behind maintaining two separate apps—and how that unlocks personalization at scale.
• How AI is powering internal tools, treatment plans, and personalized health journeys.
  
  

Key Takeaways 👇

•  Building for Impact, Not Just Efficiency: Why Dheerja prefers mission-driven industries that improve lives over “fun” products.
• Product Meets Clinical: How Hims & Hers pairs PMs with in-house physicians to co-create treatment and diagnostic experiences.
• From Health Stack to Health Loop: Why continuous testing, personalized treatments, and AI-powered insights are the future of digital health.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Dheerja Kaur

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• How AI is transforming the cybersecurity landscape and the enterprise software industry.
• Frameworks for balancing innovation and security at scale.
• The role of trust, privacy, and responsible AI design in product development.

Key Takeaways 👇

• AI in Cybersecurity: How Cisco is leveraging AI to build next-gen security products that adapt to emerging threats.
• Building Secure Innovation: Practical approaches for ensuring scalable, secure innovation in a rapidly changing landscape.
• The Future of Responsible AI: Why Jeetu believes privacy and ethical AI practices are critical for maintaining trust in an AI-powered world.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Jeetu Patel

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• How Dylan shaped Figma into a multi-product platform that merges code, design, and collaboration.
• Why FigJam's “fun” factor was a deliberate strategic decision—and how it saved the product.
• How Figma is integrating with ChatGPT and third-party data tools to redefine surface area and workflow.
• The case for design-led thinking across every function of a modern product team.

Key Takeaways 👇

• Design as Strategy: Why Dylan believes design is at the top of the software value stack—and how product leaders can use it to differentiate and win.
• From Prompt to Platform: Figma’s vision for bridging AI-native workflows, intuitive UX, and agent-powered collaboration.
• Org Design for Multi-Product Teams: Lessons in org structure, adoption measurement, and how to know when a feature becomes a standalone product.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Dylan Field

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A veteran product executive, Meredith shares how Salesforce is redefining workforce transformation through free, AI-driven learning and peer-to-peer community engagement. She explains how her team measures success not in revenue, but in customer adoption and ROI—bridging the gap between skilling, real-world application, and business value. From internal dashboards that track AI tool usage to gamified certifications like Agent Blazer Champion, Meredith reveals what it takes to drive enterprise-wide AI adoption at scale and sustain a true culture of continuous learning.

What you’ll learn:

• How Salesforce is preparing every employee—and customer—for the agentic enterprise.
• The metrics and dashboards that connect AI adoption to business impact.
• Why community-led learning drives faster enterprise transformation than traditional training.
• How to create scalable, human-centered AI upskilling programs in your own organization.

Key Takeaways

• AI Transformation at Scale: Salesforce’s playbook for skilling millions through Trailhead.
• Adoption Meets ROI: How AI literacy translates into measurable customer success.
• The Future is Agentic: Why the next frontier of product leadership blends human creativity with AI collaboration.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Meredith Brown

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Under Anneka's leadership since 2021, Rubrik has undergone one of tech's most impressive product transformations, evolving from an IT backup solution into a comprehensive cybersecurity platform. This transformation has driven remarkable growth, with subscription ARR crossing $1.09 billion and the company successfully going public in 2024.

In this episode, we explore Rubrik's journey through three major transformations: shifting from perpetual licenses to a SaaS-first model, expanding from a single product to a multi-product platform (with two new product lines approaching $100M in ARR), and repositioning as a cybersecurity-first company. We'll dive deep into the challenges and strategies behind managing such significant organizational change at scale.

What you'll learn:

• How to successfully transition a business model from perpetual licenses to subscription
• Strategies for expanding from single-product to multi-product portfolio
• Methods for structuring teams around strategic pillars rather than just product lines
• Approaches to maintaining growth while managing significant organizational change
• Techniques for leveraging existing customer relationships to validate new products
• Frameworks for creating clear career progression during transformation

Key Takeaways👇:

• Business Model Transformation
• Successfully managed parallel tracks of maintaining core business while building new capabilities, growing from $100M to $1.1B ARR in 4 years.
• Portfolio Expansion Strategy
• Created specialized go-to-market teams for new product lines while leveraging existing customer base for validation and early adoption.
• Organizational Design
• Structured teams around strategic pillars (core business, public cloud, security, AI) with a dedicated platform team for cross-functional needs.
• Change Management
• Implemented transparent communication and clear career frameworks while setting firm deadlines for business model transition.
• Customer-Centric Innovation
• Used existing customer relationships to validate new product opportunities and guide portfolio expansion into cybersecurity.
  
  

This episode is essential listening for any product leader managing large-scale business transformation or considering major strategic shifts in their organization.

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Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Anneka Gupta

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• Vijaye’s journey from Facebook’s internal tools to OpenAI’s CTO of Applications.
• How Statsig evolved from an experimentation engine into a full decision-making stack.
• Why large enterprises are ditching homegrown tools for best-in-class platforms.
• How AI is powering everything from feature flagging to self-healing products.
  
  

Key Takeaways 👇

• From Startup to OpenAI: Why StatSig’s platform and customer base made it one of OpenAI’s largest acquisitions yet.
• AI as an Operating Layer: How Vijaye is thinking about AI-native observability, prompt evaluation, and synthetic user data.
• Scaling with Product-Led Growth: Lessons in going enterprise while keeping experimentation at the core.

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Vijaye Raji

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Inbal is a trailblazer in AI-first product development. Before joining Twilio, she led the launch of GitHub Copilot—one of the most transformative AI tools for developers, reshaping how engineers write code. Now at Twilio, she’s steering a product portfolio that infuses AI into the heart of customer communications, helping companies unlock smarter, more personalized digital experiences at scale.
In this conversation, Inbal shares why successful AI adoption goes far beyond adding models to features—it requires a rethinking of product strategy itself. She also dives into how Twilio measures real business impact from AI, why PMs need technical fluency more than ever, and what it takes to lead a product org into the AI-native future.

What you’ll learn:

• How GitHub Copilot shaped Inbal’s approach to building AI-native products.
• Why AI adoption alone is not a product strategy—and what to focus on instead.
• The metrics Twilio uses to evaluate AI’s business impact.
• The evolving technical skill set required for PMs in the age of AI.
  
  

Key Takeaways👇:

• Beyond the Hype: Inbal’s perspective on what truly makes AI transformative for end users.
• AI as Strategy, Not Feature: How to align AI capabilities with customer outcomes.
• PMs in the AI Era: The must-have technical skills that will define tomorrow’s product leaders.

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Whether you work at a startup or large enterprise, you can get started for free here:  https://withpersona.com/productschool

Credits:
Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Inbal Shani 

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Grammarly began as a trusted writing assistant, but it’s now redefining productivity at scale. With the recent acquisitions of Superhuman, the lightning-fast AI-powered email client ($825M), and Coda, the flexible doc-based workspace tool, Grammarly is evolving into a full-stack AI productivity platform. This expansion signals a bold product vision—one that positions Grammarly at the center of modern knowledge work.

Noam leads Grammarly’s product organization with a focus on combining human expertise with AI agents to unlock next-level collaboration. In this episode, he unpacks the strategy behind Grammarly’s product evolution, how they’re designing extensible systems for third-party developers, and why the future of work is not just AI-assisted—but AI-augmented. He also shares how his teams balance speed and scale, and what it takes to build high-performing product orgs around a radically expanding vision.

What you’ll learn:

• Why Grammarly is moving beyond writing to become a full AI-native productivity suite.
• The product rationale behind acquiring Superhuman and Coda—and what’s next.
• How Grammarly’s extensibility strategy is creating a powerful product moat.
• Noam’s approach to building teams that combine human judgment with AI agents.
  
  

Key Takeaways 👇

• AI-Native Productivity: How Grammarly is leveraging agents and integrations to expand beyond writing into email, docs, and more.
• Product Strategy in Action: Noam’s thinking behind major acquisitions and platform expansion.
• Scaling Great Teams: Why high-impact teams need both principled thinking and flexible systems to thrive in fast-moving environments.

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Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Noam Lovinsky

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Shopify is one of the world’s leading commerce platforms, powering millions of businesses and helping entrepreneurs sell online and offline with ease. Since launching in 2006, it has become a global e-commerce giant and the second-largest online retailer in the U.S., with over $8 billion in annual revenue and 8,000+ employees working fully remotely.

Glen leads Shopify’s Core Product organization, overseeing the storefront, checkout, back office, marketing, analytics tools, and the core developer platform. He also drives Shopify’s thriving partner ecosystem, which offers merchants access to over 10,000 apps. From video game developer to B2B ecommerce founder to product leader at scale, Glen brings a rare blend of technical depth and entrepreneurial vision.

In this episode, he shares how his unconventional path shaped his approach to product leadership, the principles behind Shopify’s fast-moving strategy, and how the company stays ahead with AI and deep product focus. He also explains his org design for scale, why every product leader must “know everything down to the details,” and how the team keeps the experience polished with the “Boring Edition.”

What you’ll learn:
-Glen’s journey from game development to leading Shopify’s core platform.
- How Shopify’s viral “AI memo” raised the bar for PMs and engineers to build faster.
- The Outcomes, Assumptions & Principles framework behind better product decisions.
- Why focusing on fundamentals keeps Shopify nimble and merchants competitive.

Key Takeaways 👇
- Entrepreneurial Product Leadership: How building Handshake prepared Glen to tackle real commerce pain points at Shopify.
-Future-Proof Commerce: How Shopify uses its rich data and AI to help millions of merchants grow.
-Decision-Making at Scale: Glen’s practical frameworks for aligning thousands of people to deliver seamless, high-quality products.

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- Redefining Digital Transformation: Ariel argues that real change starts with culture, not tech—and shares how to lead with clarity at scale.
- Artist-Centric Product Thinking: Empowering creators through data requires more than just tools; it requires trust, transparency, and a proud product experience.
- From MVP to MPP: His “Minimum Proud Product” philosophy offers a sharp critique of default startup practices and a new way to drive quality and impact.

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• Virtual Economy Management: Manuel emphasizes the importance of building systems that can scale while maintaining trust and safety, particularly in managing a virtual economy with real monetary value.
• Leadership Principles: Focus on building fast and learning faster, using first principles thinking, and implementing radical simplification to solve complex problems.
• Platform Dynamics: Understanding the unique challenges of managing a platform that serves both creators and users, requiring different approaches to engagement and monetization.
• Scaling Culture: Manuel shares strategies for maintaining startup-like innovation and execution speed while growing into a major platform.
• Systems Thinking: The importance of designing scalable systems from the start, particularly when dealing with user-generated content and virtual economies.

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Guest: Manuel Bronstein

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- How to implement a 70/20/10 framework for product roadmap prioritization
- Strategies for building and scaling R&D teams across hardware and software
- Methods for creating effective customer feedback loops combining data and field visits
- Approaches to balancing customer requests with innovation initiatives

Key Takeaways 👇:
- Product Strategy Framework
- Uses 70/20/10 model to balance core product development, growth initiatives, and innovation
- Focuses on horizontal solutions that work across multiple industries
- Emphasizes three main themes: safety, efficiency, and sustainability

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As Head of Product at TED, Tricia leads the product organization overseeing ted.com, mobile apps, events products, and backend platforms. Her team manages a complex ecosystem that delivers TED's mission of spreading ideas across borders and languages, with content translated into over 100 languages and distributed across multiple platforms.

We explore how TED balances being both a legacy institution and a startup-like organization, diving deep into their approach to AI implementation, content distribution strategy, and measuring success in a mission-driven environment. We'll discuss how TED leverages technology to make its content more accessible globally while maintaining its high standards and editorial vision.

What you'll learn:
 • What it’s like to be a product leader at a nonprofit with global digital reach
 • How TED uses AI to improve accessibility—including voice-cloned dubbing and translation workflows
 • How Tricia balances mission-driven goals with the need for sustainable revenue
 • How TED is evolving content formats beyond the classic 18-minute talk and maintains high-quality content while scaling across platforms
 • How data-driven personalization is blended with editorial curation
 • The key metrics TED focuses on—including engagement, retention, and impact
 • How Tricia structures her team and prioritizes projects to drive maximum impact

Key Takeaways 👇:
Tricia emphasizes how being mission-driven shapes every product decision while maintaining business sustainability. The organization's unique hybrid model demonstrates how to balance innovation with established brand value.
TED's careful implementation of AI technology, particularly in translation and dubbing, shows how to introduce innovative solutions while preserving valuable human contributions and maintaining quality standards.
The combination of traditional KPIs with mission impact metrics provides a comprehensive framework for measuring success in a mission-driven organization, balancing quantitative metrics with qualitative impact assessment.
TED's effective use of functional teams combined with squad-based execution demonstrates how to maintain expertise while enabling rapid project delivery and focused business objectives.

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Guest: Tricia Maia

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Originally launched as a taxi-hailing service in Malaysia, Grab has evolved into a comprehensive platform offering ride-hailing, food delivery, financial services, and more. After acquiring Uber's Southeast Asia operations in 2018, Grab went public in 2021 and is now valued at approximately $20 billion, generating $2.8 billion in revenue with 19% year-over-year growth.

We explore Grab's transformation from a single-service app to a super app powerhouse, diving into their hyperlocal approach to product development, organizational structure, and how they leverage technology to solve unique challenges in Southeast Asia.

What you'll learn:

• How Grab evolved from a taxi-hailing service to a super app by following user needs
• Strategies for competing with global players through hyperlocal solutions
• How to structure product teams for both platform and business innovation
• The role of user immersion in improving driver and consumer experiences
• Ways to balance growth with profitability in emerging markets

Key Takeaways👇:

• Super App Evolution: Success came from following user needs rather than copying global models, expanding naturally from transport to food delivery to financial services
• Organizational Structure: "Tech families" structure splits teams between platform infrastructure and business verticals, enabling both innovation and efficiency
• Hyperlocal Focus: Custom solutions like GrabMaps and cash payment systems were developed specifically for Southeast Asian market needs
• User Understanding: Direct field experience through "shadow shifts" leads to better product decisions and feature development
• Technical Innovation: Built custom solutions to address unique challenges like multiple languages, poor connectivity, and diverse payment systems

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As CPO at Carta, Vrushali has been instrumental in driving the company's evolution from a single-product focus to a comprehensive platform serving various stakeholders in the private capital ecosystem. Her unique background, including experience at Rocket Lawyer and an interesting hobby as an amateur florist, brings a fresh perspective to product leadership in fintech.

In this episode, we'll explore Carta's transformation from a cap table management tool to a comprehensive platform for private capital, diving into organizational structure changes, international expansion strategies, and innovative approaches to product development.

What you'll learn:

• How Carta expanded from cap table management to fund administration by deeply understanding customer needs
• Strategies for restructuring product teams from a business unit model to a modular approach
• Insights into different approaches for international expansion (organic vs. acquisition)
• The role of micromanagement as a temporary coaching tool in product development
• How to balance platform ambitions with focused execution

Key Takeaways👇:

• Carta's shift from a business unit-based structure to a modular approach has enabled better scalability and reduced duplicate work across teams. This restructuring has been crucial for maintaining consistency while expanding product offerings.
• Starting with cap table management, Carta identified larger market opportunities through their existing customer base, leading to strategic expansion into fund administration and positioning as the "ERP of private capital."
• Different markets require different approaches—exemplified by Carta's organic expansion in Singapore versus acquisition-based entry into the UK/EU market, highlighting the importance of adaptable go-to-market strategies.
• Vrushali brings a unique perspective on micromanagement, viewing it as a potential coaching tool when used temporarily and situationally to help teams understand quality standards.

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• Leveraging generative AI to create personalized, one-to-one conversations that drive revenue.
• How AI agents are outperforming human customer support in certain areas.
• Key revenue leading indicators in SMS marketing and setting up effective attribution models.
• Overcoming challenges in scaling infrastructure to achieve $100M in Annual Recurring Revenue.
• The benefits of focusing exclusively on Shopify.
• The "Horizon Strategy" approach to building teams tailored for Horizon 1 (cash cow), Horizon 2 (growth), and Horizon 3 (moonshots), balancing short-term wins with long-term ambitious goals in product development.

In this episode, we'll explore how Postscript is leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver personalized customer experiences, driving revenue and redefining e-commerce marketing. We'll discuss leveraging generative AI to create personalized, one-to-one conversations that drive revenue, how AI agents are outperforming human customer support in certain areas, overcoming challenges in scaling infrastructure to achieve $100M in Annual Recurring Revenue, and the benefits of focusing exclusively on Shopify.

 What you'll learn:

• Chiara's journey to becoming CPO at Postscript and her insights on the power of SMS marketing.
• How generative AI enables personalized, one-to-one conversations that drive revenue.
• Key strategies for SMS marketing, including compliance, personalization, and integration with other channels.
• How to structure product teams using the "Horizon Strategy" to balance short-term wins with long-term innovation.
   

Key Takeaways:

• Personalized Conversations: Chiara emphasizes the importance of leveraging generative AI to create personalized, one-to-one conversations that drive revenue.
• Focus on Shopify: Chiara highlights the company's strategic decision to focus exclusively on Shopify, and the impact it had on business outcomes.
• Horizon Strategy: Chiara shares the benefits of the "Horizon Strategy" approach to building product teams tailored for different stages of growth and innovation.

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Guest: Chiara McPhee

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• Tanya's journey to becoming CPO at Motorway and her insights on building global product teams.
• The challenges and strategies involved in creating a C2B marketplace in the used car industry.
• How to prioritize features and innovations in a fast-paced, two-sided marketplace environment.
• The future of automotive technology, including AI-assisted processes and marketplace efficiencies.
  
  

Key Takeaways:

• Marketplace Efficiency: Tanya emphasizes the importance of understanding and optimizing both sides of the marketplace to create value for sellers and dealers.
• Innovative User Experiences: Motorway is pushing boundaries with features like AI Image Assist and weather-based reminders to reduce friction in the car-selling process.
• Data-Driven Product Development: Tanya highlights the use of specific KPIs and user behavior analysis to guide product decisions and improvements, focusing on key moments in the user journey.
  
  

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• Karen's journey to becoming SVP of Product and Partnerships at HubSpot and her insights on the company's AI transformation.
• The challenges and strategies involved in creating a global, multi-product platform for businesses.
• How to prioritize features and innovations in a fast-paced, customer-centric environment.
• The future of business technology, including AI-powered tools and self-service products.

Key Takeaways👇:

• AI-Driven Product Development: Karen emphasizes the importance of integrating AI across HubSpot's product suite to enhance customer value and streamline operations.
• Innovative Organizational Structure: HubSpot is pushing boundaries with a hybrid approach to product teams, combining functional structures and pod-based teams for agility and ownership.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Karen highlights the use of OGPs (Objectives, Goals, and Plays) and customer feedback to guide product decisions and improvements.

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Host: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Guest: Karen Ng

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• How Yelp is leveraging AI to enhance user experience and business connections
• The impact of AI on product development and organizational structure at Yelp
• Yelp's journey in developing AI-powered features like the Yelp Assistant and AI-generated video reviews
• Strategies for maintaining trust and authenticity in an AI-enhanced review ecosystem
• Challenges and opportunities in integrating AI into an established platform like Yelp
  
  

Key Takeaways:

• AI Integration: Craig discusses Yelp's innovative use of AI in features like the Yelp Assistant and AI-generated video reviews
• Organizational Structure: He explains how Yelp organizes its product teams around consumers and local businesses to drive value for both sides of the marketplace
• Trust and Authenticity: Craig emphasizes the importance of maintaining trust in reviews while leveraging AI to enhance the user experience
• Content Distribution: He introduces Yelp's strategy to distribute its valuable content through partnerships and APIs in the AI era
• Product Frameworks: Craig highlights the importance of robust decision-making frameworks and a culture of experimentation in product development

As a fun fact, Craig shares his experience using Yelp to plan his first date with his now-wife!

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• Karandeep's approach to evolving Brex from a startup-focused company to serving enterprise customers.
• How AI is integrated into financial products in a highly regulated environment.
• Strategies for restructuring product teams to drive efficiency and innovation.
• The importance of PMs spending more time on customer calls and listening to customers.
• A third go-to-market motion mixing PLG and SLG: Assisted Product-led growth.
• Why product-market fit is a journey, not a destination, and the importance of continuous innovation.

Key Takeaways:

• AI Integration: Karandeep highlights the use of AI not just in products, but also to reduce change management costs for customers.
• Product Team Restructuring: He discusses the transformation of Brex's product team, emphasizing the role of PMs as ""mini-CEOs"" for their product lines.
• Customer-Centric Approach: Karandeep stresses the importance of PMs being directly involved in sales calls and customer interactions.
• Continuous Innovation: He argues that product-market fit is not a static goal but a continuous journey in today's rapidly changing market.
• Go-to-Market Strategy: Karandeep introduces the concept of "assisted PLG" as a hybrid approach between product-led and sales-led growth.

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• Drew's approach to balancing physical and digital experiences in fitness.
• SoulCycle's adaptation during the pandemic, the strategy for blending physical and digital experiences, and the future of connected fitness technology. 
• How SoulCycle has built such a strong customer community and how they're using data and AI to personalize each rider's fitness journey.
• The future of connected fitness technology and SoulCycle's positioning in this evolving landscape.

Key Takeaways👇:

• Blending Physical and Digital: Drew emphasizes the importance of making digital experiences additive to the in-studio experience, rather than replacing it.
• Data-Driven Personalization: He highlights how SoulCycle uses data on instructor styles, music, and user preferences to create hyper-personalized recommendations for riders.
• Adapting Business Models: Drew shares insights on how SoulCycle evolved its business model, including the introduction of subscription plans and the At-Home Bike.
• Customer Retention Strategies: He discusses the importance of the first five rides in customer retention and how SoulCycle focuses on guiding new riders through this crucial period.
• AI in Fitness: Drew outlines how SoulCycle is leveraging AI to enhance customer experiences, from personalized class recommendations to improved customer service.

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MongoDB is the most used modern database, powering some of the largest companies across industries like financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing. Originally launched as a free open-source project in 2009, MongoDB went public in 2017 and has grown into a $20Billion dollar enterprise data platform. 

In this episode, we’ll discuss how to incentivize team members to grow within the same company for a long period of time, the key product milestones in MongoDB’s transformation, nurturing a developer ecosystem, using AI to accelerate code deployment and scaling in the cloud, building 3rd-party integrations with over 100 partners, and allowing companies to integrate with MongoDB as they create their own data stack.

Key Takeaways👇:
- Empowering Developers with AI: Andrew emphasizes that leveraging AI can significantly enhance developers' productivity, enabling them to manage complexity more effectively and build applications faster.
- The Importance of Open Core Models: He advocates for maintaining an open-source version of MongoDB, ensuring accessibility for developers while adding value through premium features.
- Continuous Learning Culture: Andrew highlights the necessity of fostering a growth mindset within teams, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive innovation.

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• Hardware Meets Software: Mario shares the groundbreaking journey behind Google Chromecast and how integrating software into hardware can create game-changing products.
• AI in Healthcare: Learn how AI is reshaping healthcare through personalized treatment at Hinge Health, blending technology with human care for better outcomes.
• Cross-Industry Expertise: Mario reflects on navigating product management in multiple industries, emphasizing the importance of blending product expertise with deep domain knowledge.
• Building Cross-Functional Teams: Insights into how Mario led cross-functional teams to drive innovation, focusing on both business needs and user experiences.

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• Learn from predecessors: Vine's influence on platforms like Instagram Reels and TikTok underscores the importance of studying and understanding past products. This can provide valuable insights and guide the development of new features or products.
• Focus on community: Jeremy's role in evolving Twitch highlights the significance of fostering a strong community. Product people should prioritize features that help users build and sustain their own communities.
• Utilize machine learning for personalization: Implementing personalized recommendations can significantly enhance user engagement. Additionally, features like polls and channel points can create interactive and engaging user experiences, emphasizing the need for continuous innovation in user engagement strategies.

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