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Your product builder's Product Pass just got even better. In this episode, we introduce the seven new premium partners joining the Product Pass, bringing the total value of a paid newsletter subscription to over $25,000. We cover all the new products, what they do, how people are using them, and the key details you need to know before subscribing.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Key features of each of the seven new products
• Applicable, real-world examples of how people are using them
• Which products are exclusive to Insider subscribers

References:
• Affinity
• Amp
• Canva Business
• Duolingo
• ElevenLabs
• Every
• Factory
• Flourish
• Framer
• Harvey
• Kernel
• Leonardo.Ai
• Lovable
• Manus
• Meta
• Metabase
• Mozart AI
• n8n
• Nvidia
• Perplexity
• Product Pass codes
• Railway
• Sentry


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Colin Matthews, shares how ChatGPT apps are emerging as a powerful new distribution channel. In this episode, Colin shares how discovery will become contextual inside ChatGPT, what the architecture looks like, and why ChatGPT apps represent a rare distribution opportunity. He also covers two fast paths you can take to build and deploy your first ChatGPT app.

In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why chat-native apps could change the tech ecosystem
• How users will discover apps contextually inside ChatGPT
• The three UI modes for ChatGPT apps
• The “one widget per message” constraint
• How tools, widgets, and MCP fit together
• Two build paths: Replit and Chippy

References:
• Adobe
• AllTrails
• Anthropic
• Apple
• Booking.com
• Bolt
• Canva
• ChatPRD
• Chippy
• Colin Matthews
• Coursera
• Datavant
• Descript
• Devin
• DoorDash
• Expedia
• Figma
• Gamma
• GitHub
• Granola
• Instacart
• Linear
• LinkedIn
• Lovable
• Magic Patterns
• Maven
• Mobbin
• n8n
• OpenAI
• Perplexity
• PostHog
• Railway
• Raycast
• Replit
• Shopify
• Spotify
• Stripe Atlas
• Substack
• Superhuman
• Vercel
• Warp
• Wispr Flow
• Zillow

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Noam Segal, AI Insights Manager at Figma, shares the results from our comprehensive survey of 1,750 product managers, engineers, designers, and founders on how AI is reshaping their work. The findings are striking: more than half of respondents are saving at least half a day per week on their most important tasks. Since the quality of AI tools are improving at breakneck speed, Noam reveals we're watching the early innings of a compounding productivity revolution.
In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why 55% say AI has exceeded expectations and how it's improving work quality
• Which roles are winning with AI (and which are struggling)
• Where the biggest opportunities are
• Which AI tools have product-market fit
• Which AI tool dominates for most roles
• Why engineers prefer specialized tools
• Why 92% report significant downsides to AI tools
• What AI agents need to take off
References:
• Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/
• Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/
• Build your personal AI copilot: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/build-your-personal-ai-copilot
• ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
• Claude: https://claude.ai/
• Cursor: https://cursor.com/
• Figma: https://www.figma.com/
• Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/
• Granola: https://www.granola.ai/
• How to build your second brain with ChatGPT: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-build-your-pm-second-brain
• Intercom: https://www.intercom.com/
• Lindy: https://www.lindy.ai/
• Lovable: https://lovable.dev/
• Manus: https://manus.im/
• Microsoft Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/
• Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/home
• Monday.com: https://www.monday.com
• n8n: https://n8n.io/
• Noam Segal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noamsegal/
• Notion: https://www.notion.com/
• Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/
• Replit: https://replit.com/
• v0: https://v0.app/
• Zapier: https://zapier.com/
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In this episode, Amir Klein, from monday.com, shares a practical, battle-tested system for building a PM “second brain”. In this episode, Amir explains exactly how to set up a ChatGPT Project with a clear personality, feed it the messy context scattered across your tools, and then put it to work—drafting sign-up forms, spinning up prototypes, and tailoring comms for every audience.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why context is the PM’s heaviest mental load
• How to build a second brain that challenges you and mirrors your taste
• The wealth of information your second brain can absorb
• A simple loop to keep your second brain fresh
• Three end-to-end use case examples

References
• Amir Klein
• Build your personal AI copilot
• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Figma
• Gemini
• Google Docs
• Lovable
• monday.com
• Notion
• Reddit
• Slack
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If you’re a premium subscriber, add the private feed to your podcast app at add.lennysreads.comHow do certain early employees keep picking generational companies—again and again—before the rest of the world catches on? In this episode, we distill lessons from five such super-spotters whose resumes include Palantir, OpenAI, Facebook, Stripe, Linear, Figma, Notion, Slack, Box, Spotify, and Dropbox. You’ll learn the three rare traits they all look for, and how you can apply these signals to your own career and company-building.In this episode, you’ll learn:• How “ludicrous” ambition shows up• The underrated signs of founder greatness• How to evaluate an early product• What a “Jurassic Park” moment in startups means• How to think about risk as an early employee• Tactics to “optimize for serendipity” when breaking into rocket shipsReferences:• Alex Karp: https://x.com/PalantirTech• Bob McGrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmcgrew/• Box: https://www.box.com/• Christina Cordova: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristinajcordova/• Daniel Ek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ek-1b52093a/• Dylan Field: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanfield/• Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/• Figma: https://www.figma.com/• Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/• Ivan Zhao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanhzhao/• Linear: https://linear.app/• Meter: https://www.meter.com/• Notion: https://www.notion.so/• OpenAI: https://openai.com/• Palantir: https://www.palantir.com/• Patrick Collison: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison/• PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/• Rasmus Andersson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasmusandersson/• Sean Rose: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-a-rose/• Slack: https://slack.com/• Soleio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soleio/• Spotify: https://www.spotify.com/• Stewart Butterfield: https://www.linkedin.com/in/butterfield/• Stripe: https://stripe.com/• Terrence Rohan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrencerohan/Read the newsletter:• https://open.substack.com/pub/lenny/p/how-to-spot-a-top-1-startup-earlySubscribe to Lenny’s Newsletter:• https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribeSubscribe:• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lennysreads• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lennys-reads/id1810314693• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IIunA06qMtrcQLfypTooj• Substack: https://lennysreads.com/Follow Lenny:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/• Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@lennyspodcastAbout:Welcome to Lenny's Reads, where every week you’ll find a fresh audio version of my newsletter about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career, read to you by the soothing voice of Lennybot.


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