Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

Lenny Rachitsky

Product Management

Distraction

Technology

Focus

Habit Formation

Productivity

Crossing the Chasm

Airbnb

Doordash

Benchmark

Etsy

Evernote

Gelt

Psychological Safety

Emotional Regulation

Go-To-Market Strategy

B2B Marketing

Bowling Pin Strategy

Innovation

Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover concrete, actionable, and tactical advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.

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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	331	Founded	4 years ago
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The most successful AI company you’ve never heard of | Qasar Younis

Qasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a $15 billion AI company that adds intelligence to cars, tractors, planes, submarines, and other vehicles—essentially, Tesla or Waymo without the hardware. He was previously COO of Y Combin... more

Yesterday • 1 hr 24 min

The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude)

Jenny Wen leads design for Claude at Anthropic. Prior to this, she was Director of Design at Figma, where she led the teams behind FigJam and Slides. Before that, she was a designer at Dropbox, Square, and Shopify.

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1. Why the classic... more

1 Mar 2026 • 1 hr 17 min

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AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel

Jeetu Patel is the president and chief product officer at Cisco, where he leads a team of 30,000 people and is playing a central role in the massive AI infrastructure buildout happening right now. Previously, he spent five years as CPO at Box and 17 ... more

26 Feb 2026 • 1 hr 27 min

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Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny

Boris Cherny is the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic. What began as a simple terminal-based prototype just a year ago has transformed the role of software engineering and is increasingly transforming all professional work.

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19 Feb 2026 • 1 hr 27 min

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Recent Guests

Jenny Wen

Head of design at Claude and Claude Cowork; former director of design at Figma

Anthropic/Claude

Episode: The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude)

Jeetu Patel

Chief Product Officer and President at Cisco

Cisco

Episode: AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel

Brian Halligan

Co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot, now in-house CEO coach at Sequoia.

Sequoia

Episode: Sequoia CEO coach: Why it’s never been easier to start a company, and never been harder to scale one | Brian Halligan (co-founder, HubSpot)

Lazar Jovanovic

Professional Vibe Coder

Lovable

Episode: The rise of the professional vibe coder (a new AI-era job) | Lazar Jovanovic (Professional Vibe Coder)

Dr. Becky Kennedy

Clinical psychologist, author, and CEO of Good Inside

Good Inside

Episode: A child psychologist’s guide to working with difficult adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy

Jason Cohen

A four-time founder, including two unicorns, and an expert in product and growth.

WP Engine

Episode: 5 questions to ask when your product stops growing | Jason Cohen (2x unicorn founder)

Zevi Arnovitz

Associate Product Manager at Meta

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Lenny Rachitsky

Host of insightful discussions focused on product management and growth strategies, engaging experts from various sectors to highlight practical insights.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 7.8k ratings

Disgruntling
It’s all good but the entire premise is just a terrible glorification of the problem we’re facing which is soulless hyper acceleration and fetishization of product.
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Ned341
Germany2 months ago
AI
This show used to be so informative and interesting. Now it just becomes an ad channel for AI companies to promote their products. What happened to the hard questions? Are tech people this basic nowadays?
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dennievn
Canada3 months ago
Some nuggets but a lot of filler
There are one or two great episodes but sadly too many episodes are way too long. And to be frank too many episodes should have been killed before releasing. E.g. the recent episode with Nicole Forsgren, it was 1 hour of waffle I don’t think anyone can have learnt anything from it. Never lower the bar on quality! To take another recent example the episode with Shreya and Hamel about evals: the useful information in this episode was excellent but could have been communicated in less than 5 minute... more
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Ajrbrflwrjciwtbrkd
United Kingdom3 months ago
All AI buzzwords and hype now
This podcast used to be a really valuable source of info and advice for Product Managers, but over the past year it’s degraded to just be shilling AI products and inviting the snake oil salespeople to sell their products. Lenny’s lost the plot with all the AI hype—go back to fundamentals, talk about AI only when it’s relevant, and stop inviting unrelatable corporate execs to build their brands.
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johnkemnetz
United States6 months ago
Great production, energy, guests
Cutting edge and actionable content
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Abundance Minded
United States6 months ago

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Spotify	#9	United States/Technology
Spotify	#96	United States/Trending
Apple Podcasts	#13	United States/Technology
Spotify	#8	United Kingdom/Technology
Spotify	#104	Canada/Trending
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Talking Points

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The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude)

Q: What is the role of a design manager in this AI-driven era?

Management should blend leadership and hands-on work, staying closely connected to the engineering and product process, and sometimes rotating through IC work to stay grounded in the actual design challenges. The goal is to guide teams with direction while remaining deeply involved in the craft and product outcomes.

The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude)

Q: What does Jenny look for when hiring designers in this new world?

She values strong generalists who can flex across disciplines, deep specialists who can contribute unique, high-skill work, and craft-focused new grads who are eager to learn and adapt quickly. She emphasizes resilience, willingness to try new tools, and the ability to build and ship as indicators of success in a fast-changing environment.

The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude)

Q: How is the design process changing with the rise of AI?

The process is shifting from long, research-heavy cycles to a model that emphasizes rapid prototyping, collaboration with engineers, and navigating a landscape where AI models drive non-deterministic outcomes. Design now often guides execution and creates direction in shorter timeframes, while still focusing on craft and coherent product experiences.

AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel

Q: What is Cisco's role in the AI infrastructure buildup and what does Cisco do these days?

Cisco is positioned as the critical infrastructure company for the AI era, focusing on networking, optics, safety and security, observability, and data platforms to enable large-scale AI across multiple data centers.

Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny

Q: What are some common pitfalls in using AI tools?

Boris advises not to box the model in, but to give it the freedom to figure out how to reach a goal.

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