Lenny's Podcast

An 86-minute guide to finding PMF | Rob Snyder (Author, The Power of Pull)

55K views · 5d ago · 1:25:48

Guest: Rob Snyder

We discuss 1. The PULL framework: Project, Unavoidable, List of options, Limitations 2. Where the best startup ideas come from 3. Tactics for cold outreach and running your first sales call 4. Why Rob advises against design partners 5. Goblin mode: what to do when nothing is working 6. How to apply the PULL framework inside larger companies

Topics: The PULL framework: what makes customers buy · The “PULL” acronym · How Jump found pull with financial advisors · Why pull is discovered, not created · Selling to a person, not a company · Finding startup ideas through firsthand experience

Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic)

73K views · 1w ago · 1:12:13

Guest: Emmanuel Ameisen

Emmanuel Ameisen is an interpretability researcher at Anthropic, where he looks inside LLMs like Claude to understand how they think. Before joining Anthropic, he spent years in applied ML at Stripe and Insight, and is the author of Building Machine Learning Powered Applications.

Topics: Why AI models are grown, not built · Why next-token prediction is harder than it sounds · How models represent concepts and understand the world · How LLMs plan ahead · Could AI be conscious? · Scaling laws and the power of text

Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (VP Google Labs)

80K views · 2w ago · 1:02:12

Guest: Josh Woodward

Josh Woodward is the head of Google Labs, the Gemini app, and AI Studio. He has spent over 17 years at Google and oversees its longest-running and largest labs team, whose products include NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook), Project Genie, and Flow.

Topics: Why every company now needs to think like a labs team · Where great ideas come from · The “almost possible” framework · Finding product-market fit · Falling in love with the problem, not the solution · When to kill an idea

OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux

159K views · 3w ago · 37:23

Guest: Tibo Sottiaux

Tibo Sottiaux leads ChatGPT and Codex at OpenAI. Under his stewardship, OpenAI has shipped some of its most consequential consumer launches: Codex, ChatGPT Work, and most recently, the new Dots personal agent platform. He joined me at DevDay, hours after his team launched more than 20 new products, to talk about where things are heading.

Topics: How Tibo uses AI in his daily work · The vision for always-on AI agents · How AI will continue to change work · Bringing Codex, ChatGPT, and Dots together · The sci-fi inspiration behind the technology · Building AI with the community

Why Claude can’t be your PM (yet) | Anthropic CPO Panel

39K views · 1mo ago · 28:49

Guest: Anthropic CPO Panel

What does product management look like when AI changes what teams can build every few months? At the Lenny and Friends Summit, Anthropic’s Ami Vora and Mike Krieger join Dan Shipper to discuss why understanding users, making good decisions, and adapting quickly remain essential to the PM role. They also explore software designed for agents, running experiments in parallel, and bringing the ideas that work into a product people can use.

Context is now the product: Product leadership when software can build itself | Karri Saarinen

48K views · 1mo ago · 17:22

Guest: Karri Saarinen

AI can help teams ship more software, but are they learning enough to make better products? At the Lenny and Friends Summit, Linear’s Karri Saarinen argues that great products depend on the understanding teams build through customer conversations, shared critiques, and hands-on work. He shares how Linear uses AI customer briefings, weekly quality reviews, and candid feature feedback to strengthen the judgment of the whole team.

Stop planning for 2027: how OpenAI builds product 90 days at a time | Tara Sesha and Nan Yu (OpenAI)

32K views · 1mo ago · 29:09

How do you build AI products when the technology and users’ expectations are changing so quickly? At the Lenny and Friends Summit, OpenAI’s Tara Seshan and Nan Yu join Claire Vo to discuss shipping imperfect features, designing agents people can understand, and deciding how those agents should work with other tools. They explain why rapid testing, direct conversations with users, and completing the last mile of a task matter more than ever.

Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO)

19K views · 1mo ago · 21:31

Guest: Tamar Yehoshua

What does the “AI builder” era look like for product managers inside a large company? At the Lenny and Friends Summit, Atlassian’s Tamar Yehoshua shares examples from Confluence, a new product, and Jira to show how PMs can help teams move faster. She explains when it makes sense for PMs to write code and prototypes, when they should focus on steering the team, and how Atlassian is helping them build new AI skills.

The rise of HI-ICs | Elena Verna (Lovable)

27K views · 1mo ago · 19:23

Guest: Elena Verna

Recorded live at Lenny and Friends Summit on September 10, 2026, in San Francisco.

What it takes to be a top PM today | Robby Stein (Google Search)

40K views · 1mo ago · 19:13

Guest: Robby Stein

Recorded live at Lenny and Friends Summit on September 10, 2026, in San Francisco.

Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition

47K views · 1mo ago · 1:34:15

Guest: Molly Graham

In our in-depth conversation, we discuss 1. Why Molly’s famous “give away your Legos” career advice no longer holds true in an AI world 2. The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now 3. Why delegating to AI is fundamentally different from delegating to a human 4. The fear narrative around AI job displacement, and why it’s overblown 5. Which Legos you should never give to AI 6. What the best managers are doing right now

Topics: Molly Graham returns · What is “Give away your Legos”? · What still holds true in an AI world · Engineering’s identity shift: from rowing to steering · Loneliness and the collapse of team structure · The centaur and the reverse centaur

How to scale intent, quality, and artistry with Al | Katie Dill (Stripe)

533K views · 1mo ago · 21:48

Guest: Katie Dill

As AI makes it easier to build, how do we keep products from becoming generic “zombie UI”? At the Lenny and Friends Summit, Stripe’s Katie Dill explains why great design still depends on a clear point of view, an understanding of users, and care in the details. She shares how to build those standards into AI tools, edit beyond the first draft, and use AI to create more original products.