Why Claude can’t be your PM (yet) | Anthropic CPO Panel
Anthropic product leaders Ami Vora and Mike Krieger join Dan Shipper at the Lenny and Friends Summit to discuss the evolving role of product management in the AI era. They explain why human PMs remain indispensable as organizational convenors and decision-makers, how software is shifting toward malleable agent-native architectures, and how Anthropic runs parallel product bets while parking frontier ideas in eval harnesses.
- Software has moved past the era of bolted-on AI sidebars and mini-windows that answer isolated support questions. Read →
- Mike Krieger saw a strict power law at Instagram, where 80% of user activity remained on the main feed and all Explore tab improvements only shifted engagement from 10% to 15%. Read →
- Anthropic runs multiple parallel product tracks instead of forcing teams to pick a single theoretical product roadmap upfront. Read →
- Mike Krieger built Anthropic's first computer-use prototype in 2024, but the models were too weak to support reliable automation or user education. Read →
- Mike Krieger tested running projects without a PM at Anthropic, assuming Claude could handle technical coordination, but discovered critical handoffs immediately started dropping. Read →