AI PMs Emerge: Cracking OpenAI & Ditching the Feature Factory
The AI revolution is transforming product management. From building AI product managers to using AI to draft emails and automate workflows, the potential for increased efficiency is massive. New tools like Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and v0 are democratizing AI prototyping, enabling rapid experimentation without needing engineers. This shift demands a new skillset, with some PMs already leveraging AI for strategic advantage.
But challenges remain. Traditional Agile frameworks are facing criticism, and the dreaded "feature factory" threatens to burn out teams. There's a growing need to move beyond backlog management and embrace more innovative approaches. Meanwhile, landing a dream job at an AI giant like OpenAI requires understanding their specific interview process and company culture. The focus is shifting to value-driven product development rather than feature accumulation. Navigating this landscape requires choosing the right metrics to evaluate experiments and building a solid product strategy.
Why it matters: The rise of AI is not just automating tasks but redefining the entire product development process. PMs who adapt and learn how to leverage these new tools and frameworks will be best positioned to succeed. Those who cling to old methods risk being left behind in this rapidly evolving landscape.
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We Built an AI Product Manager in 58 mins (Claude, ChatGPT, Loom + Notion AI)
This isn’t surface-level advice like “use AI for this task.” We’re walking you through live, in-depth examples, showing exactly how to do it. So by the end, you’ll be ready to build your own AI PM
Source: Product Growth | 04:30 PM
How to Choose the Right Metrics to Evaluate Experiments
Choosing the right metrics is hard. Here's how to structure metrics evaluation frameworks for your experiments that helps you make trustworthy decisions.
Source: Product Growth | 02:59 PM
Amazon VP: The Magic Loop Framework to Get Promoted
Ethan Evans rose to VP at Amazon. In today's episode, he shares his Magic Loop framework so that you can follow his insane career trajectory, as well as how he now makes $950K/ year part time.
Source: Product Growth | 03:38 PM
7 Bold Moves to Defeat the Bloody Feature Factory Before It Burns You Out
It's time to overcome the enemy that crashes our souls. Shall we?
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 12:32 PM
How the Top 1% PMs Use AI
Understand the difference of those leveraging AI and those ignoring it
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 12:51 PM
Announcement: Crafting Product Strategy Beyond the Noise
Do you want to learn what most product people misunderstand?
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 10:49 AM
How to Avoid Massive Blows When Releasing New Features
Understanding how smoke testing can help you have peace of mind
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 12:11 PM
How PMs Can Use AI Beyond the Noise
Learn how to apply AI on your daily tasks to boost your potential
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 12:29 PM
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Are Agile Frameworks Doomed?
Agile is losing its popularity among tech people and C-level.
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 01:38 PM
Why Backlog Management Is Dangerous for Most Teams
The more items you have in the backlog, the less you can innovate.
Source: Untrapping Product Teams | 01:39 PM
Use AI To Draft Your Email and Slack Messages with MCP
Listen now (43 mins) | Zapier's CTO shows you how to turn AI models into real agents using MCP and Zapier to send Slack messages, draft emails, and automate workflows without writing a single line of code.
Source: Product Growth | 02:15 PM
500,000 Professionals Have Used His Book To Crack Interviews at Big Companies
If you're aiming for roles at big tech or high-growth startups, this episode is for you. We've got Lewis Lin, the author of Decode and Conquer, breaking down exactly how to crack interviews.
Source: Product Growth | 09:22 PM
Ultimate Guide to AI Prototyping Tools (Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0)
Here's what you need to know to use these tools in a forward-thinking product development process
Source: Product Growth | 03:00 PM
Bolt Tutorial from the CEO: We Live Build a Remote Job board
Well, this is crazy at this point! Eric Simons LIVE shares how to build a full-stack remote job board with Bolt handling the UI, backend, debugging, and more. No setup. No engineers. Just prompting.
Source: Product Growth | 03:59 PM
Inside the $300B AI Giant: How to Land Your Dream Job at OpenAI in 2025
Here's everything you need to know - jobs, interview questions, company history, company position, and more - to get interviews, and ace them, to break into the most important company of this decade.
Source: Product Growth | 07:58 PM