EpisodesLenny's Podcast
AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers Tara Seshan (Product Lead ChatGPT Work)
Your call as Product / PM
Must-listen
Written for Product / PM. Worth the full hour, and the brief points you to the segments that carry it.
- Must-listen for Product / PM
- Must-listen for AI / ML
- Skim for Founder / Startup
- Skim for Leadership
Pick your field
The three internal memes OpenAI's product team uses instead of roadmaps, and the one writing rule Tara refuses to let AI touch.
OpenAI's product lead for Codex and ChatGPT Work explains why building for models "two to three months out" is the only viable strategy, how PM craft is shifting from docs to prototypes, and why persistent AI coworkers are coming next.
/01
6 key moments
3 min brief- 06:49 Why empirical beats theoretical in fast-moving markets
- 11:23 Steering versus rowing, the future of working with agents
+4 more, unlocked with the full audio brief in the app.