Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Episodes

• Anthropic’s CPO on what comes next | Mike Krieger (co-founder of Instagram)

  Jun 5, 2025

  AI is revolutionizing code generation, with 90-95% of Anthropic's code now being AI-generated, leading to new challenges in product development.

• Why Uber’s CPO delivers food on weekends | Sachin Kansal

  Jun 1, 2025

  'Dogfooding'—using your own product—is essential for understanding user experience and identifying areas for improvement.

• Growth tactics from OpenAI and Stripe’s first marketer | Krithika Shankarraman

  May 25, 2025

  Marketing should start with a deep understanding of customer needs rather than relying solely on established frameworks or vanity metrics.

• Unconventional product lessons from Binance, N26, Google, more | Mayur Kamat (CPO at N26, ex-Binance Head of Product)

  May 22, 2025

  Focus on high-leverage problems to maximize impact in product management.

• Microsoft CPO: If you aren’t prototyping with AI, you’re doing it wrong | Aparna Chennapragada

  May 18, 2025

  Prototyping is essential in product development—especially with AI; prompt sets have become the new PRDs.

• How Revolut trains world-class product managers: The “local CEO” model, raw intellect over experience, and a cultural obsession with building wow products | Dmitry Zlokazov (Head of Product)

  May 15, 2025

  Revolut empowers product owners with significant ownership, fostering a culture of responsibleness and commitment to product quality.

• How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

  May 11, 2025

  Palantir's hiring process focuses on finding independent-minded and competitive individuals who can challenge the status quo.

• How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want? | Jerry Colonna (CEO of Reboot, executive coach, former VC)

  May 8, 2025

  Engaging in radical self-inquiry enhances self-awareness and unlocks personal agency.

• Inside Devin: The world’s first autonomous AI engineer that's set to write 50% of its company’s code by end of year | Scott Wu (CEO and co-founder of Cognition)

  May 4, 2025

  Devon currently generates around 25% of Cognition's pull requests, expected to rise to over 50% by year-end.

• The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can’t stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO)

  May 1, 2025

  Cursor has quickly established itself as a leader in the AI coding tool market, reaching $300 million in ARR in just two years.

• Inside monday.com’s transformation: radical transparency, impact over output, and their path to $1B ARR | Daniel Lereya (Chief Product and Technology Officer)

  Apr 27, 2025

  Recognizing competitive pressure led to ambitious goal-setting, prompting transformative changes in the company's approach.

• Announcing a brand-new podcast: “How I AI” with Claire Vo 🔥

  Apr 22, 2025

  AI is revolutionizing how we approach work and can significantly enhance productivity if embraced.

• Building a magical AI code editor used by over 1 million developers in four months: The untold story of Windsurf | Varun Mohan (co-founder and CEO)

  Apr 20, 2025

  Windsurf’s evolution showcases the importance of adaptability in tech startups, especially in the rapidly changing AI landscape.

• Everyone’s an engineer now: Inside v0’s mission to create a hundred million builders | Guillermo Rauch (founder and CEO of Vercel, creators of v0 and Next.js)

  Apr 13, 2025

  V0 aims to democratize product creation, expanding the pool of builders drastically.

• OpenAI’s CPO on how AI changes must-have skills, moats, coding, startup playbooks, more | Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI, ex-Instagram, Twitter)

  Apr 10, 2025

  AI is evolving at a rapid pace, and developers are encouraged to keep pushing boundaries as models become more capable.

• Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor)

  Apr 6, 2025

  Effective communication is a vital skill for leaders, requiring self-reflection and a focus on clarity.

• A better way to plan, build, and ship products | Ryan Singer (creator of “Shape Up,” early employee at 37signals)

  Mar 30, 2025

  Shape Up provides a structured method for product development, focusing on time-bound cycles and collaborative definition of projects.

• How to win in the AI era: Ship a feature every week, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope, and create magic your competitors can't copy | Gaurav Misra (CEO and co-founder of Captions)

  Mar 27, 2025

  The era of AI is filled with opportunities for new startups; current technology simplifies the process of building unique products.

• Superhuman's secret to success: Ignoring most customer feedback, manually onboarding every new user, obsessing over every detail, and positioning around a single attribute: speed | Rahul Vohra (CEO)

  Mar 23, 2025

  Understanding product market fit requires filtering customer feedback to focus on the core users who resonate most with the product.

• The hidden power of introverts: How to thrive without changing who you are | Susan Cain (author of "Quiet")

  Mar 16, 2025

  Introversion and extroversion exist on a spectrum and understanding where you fall can inform your personal and professional approach.