Product Talk

Episodes

Terrament Co-Founder on Leveraging Existing Technologies to Scale Long Term Energy Storage

February 18, 2026

Terrament leverages proven mining tech for gravity-based energy storage, offering a cheaper, scalable alternative to pumped hydro for grid stability.

Apollo.io CPO on Why What Got You to $40M Won't Get You to $200M

January 30, 2026

Apollo.io's CPO reveals the playbook for scaling from $40M to $200M ARR, focusing on mindset shifts, fighting silos, and evolving strategy.

Inside An AI Acquisition: How Yana Welinder Built & Sold Kraftful To Amplitude

January 26, 2026

Kraftful founder Yana Welinder on building an AI product, the acquisition by Amplitude, and scaling AI innovation from within a large company.

Meta Product Leader on Driving Clarity in Complex Product Organizations

January 19, 2026

Meta product leader Rick Sanchez argues a PM's sole job is driving clarity. Learn how transferable skills and risk-taking trump tech expertise.

American Express VP of Product on Building a Scalable B2C Growth Engine

January 14, 2026

Amex VP of Product shares how to build a B2C growth engine by differentiating aspirational vision from actionable strategy and grounding it in data.

Datycs CEO on Transforming Unstructured Clinical Data into Real-Time Healthcare Intelligence

January 12, 2026

Datycs CEO Srini Rawl on transforming messy clinical data into real-time intelligence using NLP, FHIR, and navigating the rise of GenAI.

Calcetra CEO & Co-Founder on Decarbonizing Manufacturing with Thermal Battery and Sustainable Heat

January 9, 2026

Calcetra's CEO on decarbonizing heavy industry with a thermal battery that delivers cheaper, cleaner, high-temperature heat up to 1600°C.

Cognizant Senior Director on Building Responsible AI Gateways for Healthcare at Scale

January 7, 2026

Cognizant's Elliot Papadakis on the TriZeto AI Gateway, building responsible AI for healthcare, fostering intrapreneurship, and scaling innovation.

The 3-Part Framework That Made Grammarly a Great Product | Grammarly & Superhuman CPO

January 5, 2026

Grammarly's CPO unveils the strategy for building a high-retention AI suite by creating invisible, proactive, and connected user workflows.

Walmart Fmr CPO on Transforming Retail with AI

January 2, 2026

Ex-Walmart tech lead John Alphanis discusses how AI enables hyper-personalization and massive scale, urging leaders to adopt 'moonshot' thinking.

Walmart Fmr CPO on Thinking Big in the AI Era

December 30, 2025

Ex-Google CPO John Alphanis shares his playbook for massive scale: balancing moonshots with core focus, de-risking big bets, and driving alignment.

Nutanix VP & GM on Building Differentiated Infrastructure Products

December 29, 2025

Dan Cirulli on B2B infrastructure PM: Know your user vs. buyer, navigate hyperscalers, and respect the enduring longevity of legacy tech.

Microsoft Senior Product Lead on Transforming Enterprise Portfolio Systems

December 22, 2025

Award-winning PM Sanjita Raj discusses her journey from engineering to product leadership and how she transformed an internal tool into a strategic asset.

Google Product Lead on Building AI Products That Actually Work

December 19, 2025

Building AI products: Overcome the 'magic' myth by focusing on user needs, ROI, and the new skills required for probabilistic systems.

Pendo CPO on What the Best CPOs Get Right When Scaling Enterprise Software

December 17, 2025

Pendo CPO Trisha Price on scaling B2B SaaS: balancing vertical vs. horizontal products, driving outcome-focused teams, and post-IPO growth.

Retool Head of Technical Customer Experience on Enabling Highly Complex Products and Driving Adoption and Expansion.

December 15, 2025

Bridge the gap between product and customer success. Chris Harry explains how to build customer-centricity at scale for technical B2B products.

Outshift by Cisco CPO & VP of Product on Building Breakthroughs Inside a $60B Enterprise

December 12, 2025

Cisco's innovation lead discusses driving growth in a $60B giant by creating strategic optionality through bets on agentic AI and quantum tech.

How to Build an AI Startup on Easy Mode (Moonshot AI's CEO Reveals How)

December 10, 2025

Aviv Frankel, CEO of Moonshot AI, on using generative AI to automate e-commerce conversion optimization and drive real business outcomes.

Propel VP of Product Marketing on Building Products for High-Stakes Industries

December 10, 2025

Propel's Tom Shoemaker discusses pragmatic AI, learning from losses, and strategic product marketing for high-stakes enterprise software.

GoodRx Fmr VP of Product on Leading and Thriving as a Product Leader in the Age of AI

December 8, 2025

In the age of AI, timeless product skills like people sense, disciplined discovery, and sharp judgment separate great leaders from the rest.

Elysian Aircraft Co-Founder on Decarbonizing Aviation with EV Batteries

December 2, 2025

Elysian Aircraft's co-founder on building a 90-passenger electric plane, tackling the massive short-haul market, and navigating deep tech.

CPO Rising Series: How a Government CPO is Disrupting Public Sector Tech with Product Thinking

December 1, 2025

Maryland's CPO, Sheetal Agarwal, discusses transforming GovTech by applying private-sector product principles, focusing on customer value & AI.

Iru CTO on Building Better B2B Product Alignment

November 28, 2025

CTO Jimmy Acosta on aligning Engineering and Product through a customer-centric mindset, unified roadmaps, and transparent communication.

Favor Delivery CPO on Building a Nonlinear Path to Product Leadership

November 26, 2025

From poet to CPO: Rachel Losh shows how non-linear career moves in sales & publishing build the essential skills for product leadership.

CPO Rising Series: ChatPRD Founder on Redefining Product Leadership in the Age of AI

November 24, 2025

LaunchDarkly CPTO Claire Bow on the CPO as a business leader, building high-agency teams, and why AI is forcing product management to evolve.

Reddit Director of Product on Scaling the Future of Ads with GenAI

November 19, 2025

Reddit's Amit Gauravar on 10x-ing YouTube's TV ads to $10B+. Learn his strategies for scaling, team structure, and leveraging AI in ads.

Atelio SVP of Product on Transforming Product Strategy with North Star Focus and AI Insight

November 18, 2025

SVP of Product John Eisenstein shares how to anchor product strategy with a North Star Metric and why treating product is like running a business.

Journey from PM to GM: How to Go from Running a Product to Running a Business | Inside Yahoo Mail GM's Journey from PM to GM

November 17, 2025

Yahoo Mail GM Kyle Miller on the PM to GM leap, revitalizing legacy products with user-centric data, and why high agency trumps talent.

The Five-Tool Product Leader: Navigating Ambiguity, Building Trust, and Driving Innovation

November 14, 2025

Product leader Telsey Dharmarajan explains how to thrive in ambiguity by acting as a 'chief liaison officer' and leveraging empathy in M&As.

Velox Health Metadata CEO on Transforming Healthcare Data Interoperability

November 13, 2025

Velox CEO Michael Klotz discusses leveraging metadata to fix interoperability, reduce costs, and close data gaps without touching PHI.

Designing Products in the AI Era with Handshake AI

November 12, 2025

Handshake AI's design head on pivoting to train LLMs, designing for trust, and navigating hyper-growth in the new AI product era.

Smartling VP of Product on AI's Revolutionary Impact on Global Communication

November 10, 2025

Smartling's Andrew Sachs on AI's revolution in translation, cutting costs by 50%, and lessons from a 15-year product leadership journey.

CPO Rising Series: AI-Driven Digital Transformation in Legal Tech

November 7, 2025

CPO Amira Yousaf on digitalizing legal tech, navigating the startup world from big tech, and leveraging AI to drive product innovation.

Appfire Fmr CPO on Strategic Vision and Team Building

November 6, 2025

From IC to CPO: CPO Andy Boyd shares the skills pyramid, mindset shifts, and strategic actions needed to climb the product leader ladder.

CPO Rising Series: ADT SVP & CPO on Transforming Home Security Through Innovative Product Design

October 31, 2025

ADT's CPO on shifting from 'speed & feed' to user delight. Learn how deep problem-solving, AI, and strategic partnerships create trust & engagement.

Amazon Sr Technical Product Lead on Scaling SaaS Products and Navigating Post-IPO Innovation

October 30, 2025

Amazon PM Subarsha Ray on the shift to ROI-driven product management post-IPO, structuring customer insights, and adapting to AI's influence.

CPO Rising Series: Berkadia Fmr CPO on the Evolution of Product Management

October 29, 2025

CPO Egla Rekia discusses how product management fundamentals like empathy and judgment endure despite evolving tools and agile methodologies.

Cengage Group SVP of Product on Ethical AI and Value-Driven Product Development in EdTech

October 28, 2025

Lead GenAI product development with a value-first approach. Prioritize customer problems, align teams, and use zero-based thinking over tech hype.

CPO Rising Series: Caribou CPO on How a CPO Transforms Caregiver Recognition with Product Innovation

October 27, 2025

Caribou CPO Christine Dupley on her journey from math to Google, the CPO's strategic voice, and building customer-driven products.