AI Engineering
Why Most AI Products Fail at the Last Mile: The Integration Problem | AI PM Portfolio Why Most AI Products Fail at the Last Mile: The Integration Problem June 20, 2024 · 14 min read · Contrarian Take Most AI products die not because the model is bad but because production integration is
AI Engineering
The AI PM's Year in Review: From Hype to Production in 2023 | AI PM Portfolio The AI PM's Year in Review: From Hype to Production in 2023 December 15, 2023 · 14 min read · Year in Review 2023 was the year AI went from demos to deployments.
User Research
25,000 AI Interactions Later: What Users Actually Want From AI | AI Product Manager Blog 25,000 AI Interactions Later: What Users Actually Want From AI By Dinesh · November 18, 2023 · 13 min read Last updated: November 2023 After analyzing 25,500 AI-assisted interactions at an AI-first tax platform, we
Startup
The YC Playbook Meets Regulated Industries: What Changes | AI Product Manager Blog The YC Playbook Meets Regulated Industries: What Changes By Dinesh · October 10, 2023 · 12 min read Last updated: October 2023 The standard YC advice is to move fast, talk to users, and iterate relentlessly. That advice is correct
Prompt Engineering
Prompt Engineering Is Product Design: A PM's Framework | AI Product Manager Blog Prompt Engineering Is Product Design: A PM's Framework By Dinesh · September 22, 2023 · 13 min read Last updated: September 2023 Prompt engineering is not an engineering task. It is product design. The prompt is
AI Engineering
15,000 Automated Assignments: Building Trust in AI Decision-Making | AI Product Manager Blog 15,000 Automated Assignments: Building Trust in AI Decision-Making By Dinesh · August 15, 2023 · 12 min read Last updated: August 2023 Users trust AI decisions more when they see the reasoning behind them, not just the outcome.
AI Engineering
The Expert Matching Problem: When AI Confidence Meets Human Expertise | AI PM Portfolio The Expert Matching Problem: When AI Confidence Meets Human Expertise May 18, 2023 · 15 min read · System Design Case Study At a YC-backed tax-tech startup, we needed to match 16,000 users with the right tax expert
Career
From 6,000 Offices to a 5-Person Startup: Why I Chose Speed Over Scale | AI PM Portfolio From 6,000 Offices to a 5-Person Startup: Why I Chose Speed Over Scale January 12, 2023 · 14 min read · Career / Decision Framework I left a role managing AI systems across a national
AI Engineering
Processing Efficiency vs User Experience: The False Tradeoff in Enterprise AI | AI PM Portfolio Processing Efficiency vs User Experience: The False Tradeoff in Enterprise AI November 8, 2022 · 15 min read · Framework / Case Study At a national tax services company, everyone assumed our AI system faced a fundamental tradeoff: faster
Compliance
Compliance-First Product Development: A Framework for Regulated Industries | AI PM Portfolio Compliance-First Product Development: A Framework for Regulated Industries April 28, 2022 · 14 min read · Framework / Case Study In regulated industries, compliance is not an obstacle to good product development -- it is a design constraint that produces better products.
0-to-1
From Zero to Launch: Building an Intelligence Platform for Field Operations | AI PM Portfolio From Zero to Launch: Building an Intelligence Platform for Field Operations September 12, 2021 · 12 min read · Case Study Building a product from zero to one means compressing years of learning into months. I joined a
Product Strategy
Predictive Alerts That Nobody Used: A PM's Guide to Adoption Failure | Dinesh Sanikommu Last updated: April 20, 2021 Predictive Alerts That Nobody Used: A PM's Guide to Adoption Failure Product adoption fails when teams optimize for technical accuracy instead of workflow integration. We built a predictive