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Newsletter · By Vicky Li Horst · English · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    The impact of AI on product management and development | Eli Pollock (Co-Founder, Morat AI) (opens the original)

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    Eli and I worked together when he was the Chief Product Officer at Ontologic, a company that built a data platform for biotech. Now he has cofounded another company called Morat AI, an esports analytics platform. In our conversation, we discuss how AI lowers the cost of implementation, but it increases the cost of poor product judgment.We highlighted the importance of disciplined decision-making and understanding customer needs in the age of AI, including:What was software development like pre-A

  2. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Busy PMs and Dissatisfied Stakeholders: When AI Helps Teams Build the Wrong Things Faster (opens the original)

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    What’s a feature factory?Have you noticed your product managers are constantly busy, while stakeholders still feel dissatisfied?Often, PMs are working hard to deliver features, but aren’t always stepping back to ask the bigger questions: What customer problem are we solving? (not just what the feature does.)Why is this problem worth solving now?What outcome are we trying to achieve? (what customer behavior, business result, or operational improvement should change if we are successful?)(Check ou

  3. Issue · Jul 28, 2026

    When Product Teams Get Stuck in the Delivery-Only Loop (opens the original)

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    A stakeholder asks for a feature.The request seems reasonable. Leadership wants to know when it can ship. So the team does what product teams often do:They write it down → refine it → estimate it → plan it → add it to the roadmap → ship it.Everyone was busy. And the feature was shipped by the deadline. A job well done, right?But was that good product management, where the team made a real product decision that made an impact? Or did the work simply move through the delivery system?Many teams con

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