Andrew Ng says bottleneck in AI startups isn't coding – it's product management
14 days ago
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- AI has accelerated coding, making product management the new challenge for startups.
- Andrew Ng highlights the pain of waiting a week for user feedback when prototypes can be built in a day.
- Teams are increasingly relying on intuition ('gut') for faster product decisions.
- Effective product managers need deep customer empathy and the ability to synthesize signals quickly.
- Debate exists in the startup world about the value and role of product managers.
- Some leaders see product managers as crucial for AI feedback loops, while others question their early-stage value.
- Companies like Microsoft and Snap are adjusting their ratios of engineers to product managers to speed up decision-making.