What AI practice best accelerates product prototyping?
Most answers emphasize rapid, low-cost prototyping and frequent iteration enabled by AI or new tools, though approaches range from leveraging specific platforms to fostering a culture of experimentation and feedback.
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Katie Dill
Head of Design · Stripe
Room to Explore
Katie Dill says to give teams room to explore, not just tell them to use AI, because AI lowers the cost to create and only using it to speed up existing work misses the most interesting part.
Lenny's Podcast · Watch on YouTube

Ben Celebicic
Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO) · Hinge
AI Rapid Prototyping
Ben Celebicic says the biggest value of AI at Hinge is a faster feedback loop: he can prototype an idea without engineering support, close to final product, and learn from users whether it is worth building.
Product School · Watch on YouTube

Jason Giles
VP of Product Design · UserTesting
Using Glott
Jason Giles says he uses Glott a ton for prototyping, generating lots of code, and it makes his craft better because he sees it in context and feeds it real data.
Insights Unlocked · Insights Unlocked · Listen at 8:51

Jeff Chow
Chief Product and Technology Officer · Miro
Visual Prototypes
Jeff Chow says to go fast, his product managers share visual prototypes—bringing an idea to life and telling its story—because it helps people understand requirements and alignment better than clinically written requirements.
LaunchPod · LaunchPod · Listen at 6:49

Ian Silber
Head of Product Design · Openai
Extend Existing Components
Ian Silber says his team often tries to do less by extending existing components instead of starting from scratch.
AI Podcast Summaries from Transcripted.ai (VIDEO) · AI Podcast Summaries from Transcripted.ai (VIDEO) · Listen at 2:07

Blaine Billingsley
Member of Design Staff · Openai
Throwaway Prototypes
Blaine Billingsley says the point is to make a ton of throwaway stuff; with something every 10 or 15 minutes, people get less precious and more relaxed about giving feedback and iterating.
Mind the Product · Watch on YouTube
Todd Olson
CEO / Founder · Pendo.Io
Engineering Mindset
Todd Olson says an engineering mindset drives results: using a new technology to solve problems and iterating to improve it when it doesn't work out of the box.
DataFramed · DataFramed · Listen at 34:45
Faith Forster
Chief Maker · Discoveree For Product Leaders & Managers
Real-Time User Monitoring
Faith Forster says she sits and watches users use her product, makes an update, and asks them to refresh so the update is there instantly, which she contrasts with writing a brief and waiting months in the backlog.
The Product Experience · The Product Experience · Listen at 21:58
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