Lenny Rachitsky
Writer of Lenny's Newsletter and host of Lenny's Podcast, covering product, growth and career in tech. Previously a product lead at Airbnb. Also an angel investor and advisor.
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There is a huge need right now for curated in-person events.
There’s a huge need for (curated) IRL events right now
x.comSaid 29 Sept 2026This on korrents
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The best personal websites keep updating themselves automatically rather than being static one-time builds.
The best personal website is one that keeps updating itself.
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From one piece @lennysan on X 6 beliefs · x.com
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This is especially important now that AI allows us (and forces us) to be a lot more ambitious.
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Instead of the PM, eng, and design circles of the Venn diagram collapsing into one “builder,” each role is instead evolving and expanding.
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As building gets easier, choosing the right thing to build, knowing what good looks like, and caring enough to fix it are becoming increasingly important for successful product teams.
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Nobody has figured out how to build products in the AI era yet, and there is no one way to do it.Their words
But what everyone agreed on is that there’s no one way to do it. My takeaway is we’re all still figuring it out, and the best way to do that is together.
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Working with agents seems to make the work lonelier, which raises the need to connect with other humans.Their words
My sense is that the more time we spend working with agents, the lonelier the work becomes, and the more we need to find a place to connect with other humans.
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There’s a huge need for (curated) IRL events right now
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From one piece 🎙️ How I AI: How two SpaceXAI designers use Grok Bot to do their jobs 3 beliefs · lennysnewsletter.com
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The most effective AI bots are narrowly scoped to a single, clearly defined responsibility.Their words
The most useful bots have narrow, clearly defined responsibilities.
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People no longer need to know exactly what they are building before they begin.
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The best personal websites keep updating themselves automatically rather than being static one-time builds.Their words
The best personal website is one that keeps updating itself.
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There is a huge need right now for curated in-person events.
There’s a huge need for (curated) IRL events right now
@lennysan on X Said 29 Sept 2026
Working with agents seems to make the work lonelier, which raises the need to connect with other humans.
My sense is that the more time we spend working with agents, the lonelier the work becomes, and the more we need to find a place to connect with other humans.
@lennysan on X Said 29 Sept 2026
Nobody has figured out how to build products in the AI era yet, and there is no one way to do it.
But what everyone agreed on is that there’s no one way to do it. My takeaway is we’re all still figuring it out, and the best way to do that is together.
@lennysan on X Said 29 Sept 2026
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As building gets easier, choosing the right thing to build and knowing what good looks like matter more for product teams.
As building gets easier, choosing the right thing to build, knowing what good looks like, and caring enough to fix it are becoming increasingly important for successful product teams.
@lennysan on X Said 29 Sept 2026
The PM job is expanding, not disappearing: PM, engineering and design are each widening rather than collapsing into one "builder".
Instead of the PM, eng, and design circles of the Venn diagram collapsing into one “builder,” each role is instead evolving and expanding.
@lennysan on X Said 29 Sept 2026
AI both allows and forces product people to be a lot more ambitious.
This is especially important now that AI allows us (and forces us) to be a lot more ambitious.
@lennysan on X Said 29 Sept 2026
The best personal websites keep updating themselves automatically rather than being static one-time builds.
The best personal website is one that keeps updating itself.
🎙️ How I AI: How two SpaceXAI designers use Grok Bot to do their jobs Said 14 Sept 2026
People don't need to know exactly what they're building before they start creating it.
People no longer need to know exactly what they are building before they begin.
🎙️ How I AI: How two SpaceXAI designers use Grok Bot to do their jobs Said 14 Sept 2026
The most effective AI bots are narrowly scoped to a single, clearly defined responsibility.
The most useful bots have narrow, clearly defined responsibilities.
🎙️ How I AI: How two SpaceXAI designers use Grok Bot to do their jobs Said 14 Sept 2026
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Keyboard: Logitech K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard
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Camera: Canon EOS M50 Mark II
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I ended up sticking with this as part of my more sophisticated light setup
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Loved Opal
I love this camera (disclaimer: I’m an investor) and it got me a long way, but eventually I upgraded
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Uses Sony MDR7506
Uses BILIONE Portable Foldable Tripod
ended up using the BILIONE Portable Foldable Tripod
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Liked Shure MV7 USB
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I also occasionally use Podcastle
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- 🎙️ How I AI: Meta Muse Wonder + How Brooke Lacey is scaling video with AI 19 Oct 2026 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny's Podcast Network
- Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic) 18 Oct 2026 Listen now (72 mins) | Emmanuel Ameisen of Anthropic explains what looking inside language models reveals about planning, consciousness, and AI safety
- 🎙️ How I AI: How Meta designed Muse with Alex Cornell 12 Oct 2026 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny's Podcast Network
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- Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio) 11 Oct 2026 Listen now (62 mins) | Josh Woodward of Google Labs on where great ideas come from, knowing when to kill them, and building for a world where what’s possible changes every week
- 🎙️ How I AI: 8 real Jev use cases + How OpenAI uses ChatGPT Sites (live at DevDay!) + Claire’s DevDay recap 5 Oct 2026 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny’s Podcast Network
- OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux 4 Oct 2026 Listen now (37 mins) | Tibo Sottiaux on why Dots is OpenAI’s biggest bet, why agents will dominate internet traffic, and what builders are still getting wrong
- All of the Lenny & Friends Summit talks are now online! 29 Sept 2026 Plus, some reflections and takeaways from the day
- 🎙️ How I AI: Jev for beginners + I left Claude for months, Opus 5.5 brought me back + Opus 5.5 vs. GPT-6 Sol bench 28 Sept 2026 Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny's Podcast Network
- The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now | Molly Graham 27 Sept 2026 Listen now (94 mins) | Molly Graham revisits her famous career advice for the AI era, and explains why delegating to a robot is nothing like delegating to a human
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- "There are some people in your org who are doing way more exploring than others. They are your early adopters. They're running Astra and Fable on the weekends on personal projects, to find things they might bring to work. The problem is that they can be a massive f*cking distraction. So the key question to ask yourself if you're running a product org is: how do I harness these early adopters without distracting everybody else?" @danshipper 17 Oct 2026
- "Refuse to confuse done with good." @lil_dill 16 Oct 2026
- Head of Design at Stripe on how to stop creating zombie UIs 16 Oct 2026
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- Katie Dill (@lil_dill)'s talk from the Lenny & Friends Summit is now my third most viewed YT video of all-time 👏👏👏 15 Oct 2026
- The only four real moats btw 15 Oct 2026
- There’s way too much AI hype right now. So @noamseg and I are launching "Hype(less)," a research project to showcase the most genuine, impactful, and repeatable AI workflows that have created real value for you and your teams in product, design, and engineering. We’ll showcase the best in a special three-part newsletter series in the coming months. Here's our ask: If you're a PM, engineer, or designer, please share your most valuable AI workflow here: https://t.co/yKNLfSq7HY (by 10/23). By sharing your workflow, you'll help others cut through the AI hype, and share what you've learned with th… 14 Oct 2026
- Here it is: Benchmarks to measure a given company's moat Image 1: KPIs to look at, by potential moat. Image 2: What "good" and "great" looks like. Note, these are rough and meant to be interpreted directionally, because there is so much variance by industry and business model. For a deeper exploration, see links in the PDF here: https://t.co/kbxEnO5fzU And for a lot more context and advice, don't miss @danhockenmaier's full post: 14 Oct 2026 lennysnewsletter.com
- Head of @GoogleLabs: "Great ideas rarely from design sprints, or brainstorms, or the time you set aside on a calendar. You can't microwave good ideas." 13 Oct 2026
- Hot off the presses: A plug-and-play moat check skill Share the company you're considering joining, it'll help you understand if they have a moat. Get it here: https://t.co/amx1RTf5XU Here's me asking about @tryramp 👇 13 Oct 2026
- Head of Google Labs, Gemini app, and AI Studio on the skill he's hiring for right now: 1. "Unlearning" rate 2. Explosive endurance Full conversation: 13 Oct 2026
- "Look at people's eyes. That's the metric. When you're showing people early prototypes to see if we have PMF, what I'm always doing is looking at people's eyes. It is not about DAU, or DAU/MAU. It's none of that. It's literally like, hey, Lenny, did you see this? What do you think about this? If your eyes light up, if you lean in, these are the signals you're looking for." Full conversation: 13 Oct 2026 youtu.be
- .@JoshWoodward: "Watch this space. We hear you loud and clear.” 13 Oct 2026
- Distribution is not a moat. Execution is not a moat. Brand is not a moat. 13 Oct 2026
- Moats! Does anyone have one anymore? Yes. Yes, they do. But only a small subset of what people call moats create real long-term value and defensibility. Not actually a moat: 1. Distribution: This does matter more than ever. Building products has gotten easier, but getting them to customers has not. Distribution, however, does not create durable defensibility. It helps create the raw ingredients for one, but it is not itself a moat. 2. Execution: Yes, speed is critical for startups. But a company that has to sprint forever is not a good business. Ultimately, it will misstep, slow down, and com… 13 Oct 2026 lennysnewsletter.com
- "The team almost always knows a project is dead before the leader does." — @JoshWoodward (Head of Google Labs, Gemini App, Google AI Studio) 13 Oct 2026
- .@joshwoodward: "Every company right now needs a set of people who's job is to be at the frontier. You want people plugged into the hive mind. They're the people who have eight $200/month subscriptions on everything. You have to architect your organization where this can exist." 12 Oct 2026
- My biggest takeaways from @JoshWoodward (Head of @Google Labs, the Gemini App, and Google AI Studio) 1. The best ideas almost never come from a design sprint or brainstorm. At Google Labs, the ideas that became NotebookLM, Google Flow, Google Beam, and AI Studio all started with small groups of people who were obsessed with an insight and couldn’t stop themselves from building. These ideas surfaced in the shower, over a weekend, in a hallway. The implication for teams everywhere is that the environment matters more than the process. “You cannot microwave a good idea.” 2. Fall in love with the… 12 Oct 2026
- Every company needs to think and operate like a labs team now. What’s possible changes every few months, and to stay ahead, you need to be experimenting at the frontier. Here's my conversation with @JoshWoodward, Head of @GoogleLabs, the @GeminiApp, and @GoogleAIStudio. We discuss: 🔸 What skills are rising fastest in value right now 🔸 Where the best ideas actually come from 🔸 How to recognize PMF early 🔸 Why you should keep a list of what’s ‘almost possible’ 🔸 Three rules for standing up an internal labs team Listen now 👇 11 Oct 2026 youtu.be
- Emerging playbook for PMs at big companies exploring zero-to-one ideas: row, then steer. 1. Row: PM + designer vibe-code a working alpha 2. Once it shows pull, bring on engineers 3. Steer: Step back from coding to align, prioritize, and unblock Great story from @Atlassian CPO @TYehoshua 👇 10 Oct 2026
- Tired: Two-pizza teams Wired: Two-slice teams @danshipper on the best team structure in the AI-era 9 Oct 2026
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- Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic) 18 Oct 2026
- Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio) 11 Oct 2026
- OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux 4 Oct 2026
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- The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now | Molly Graham 27 Sept 2026
- 90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord’s product chief | Peter Sellis 20 Sept 2026
- How we built Grok Bot in a month | Roman Ugarte (SpaceXAI) 8 Sept 2026
- Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z) 6 Sept 2026
- AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (Product Lead ChatGPT Work) 30 Aug 2026
- How to close $100K+ enterprise deals, step by step | Jen Abel 23 Aug 2026
- OpenAI’s Head of Design: This is the best time in history to be a designer | Ian Silber 16 Aug 2026
- The playbook for building high-talent-density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor 9 Aug 2026
- This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot) 2 Aug 2026
- Anthropic’s first technical PM on token maxing, the jagged edge, and living in the future | Dianne Penn 26 Jul 2026
- Why Netflix is betting on systems thinkers—not specialists—in the AI era | Elizabeth Stone (CPTO) 19 Jul 2026
- How tech workers actually feel about AI in 2026 | Annual AI sentiment survey (Noam Segal) 12 Jul 2026
- Adam Mosseri: AI is a tailwind for authenticity 9 Jul 2026
- OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino 28 Jun 2026
- What happens after coding is solved? | Fiona Fung (Manager of the Claude Code and Cowork Teams) 21 Jun 2026
- The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga) 14 Jun 2026
- Father of the iPod and iPhone on building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era | Tony Fadell 7 Jun 2026
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