Techstrategy

The Illusion of Speed The allure of the “Buy” option (using foundational model APIs like GPT-4, Claude, or Gemini) is intoxicating. As a Product Manager, you can prototype a magical feature in a weekend. You can launch in a month. You don’t need an army of data scientists. The TTV (Time to Value) is incredible. It feels like a no-brainer. Why do the heavy lifting when Sam Altman has already done it for you? ...

The Commodity Trap We are living in the Golden Age of AI models. But for Product Managers, this is a trap. If you build a feature that relies solely on a public model (like a generic “Summarize this PDF” wrapper around OpenAI), you have no Moat. Any developer can clone your product in a weekend. To win, you need to move from a Linear Product to a Flywheel Product. What is a Data Flywheel? A Data Flywheel is a system where the product gets smarter the more people use it. It converts usage into intelligence. ...