🚨 AI is an innovation trap that leads to product homogeny.

AI is the most powerful technology of our lifetime, but the way most product teams are using it is quietly killing real innovation.

AI-powered product management tools are incredible at one thing: compressing and synthesizing massive amounts of existing data into clean, logical recommendations.

This is the trap.

When teams rely too heavily on AI‑driven insights, they slide into feature parity, “me too” roadmaps, and incremental innovation – playing a game the biggest incumbents are already built to win.

Will the LLMs transition from Models to Marketplaces? 

Not only do I think they are capable of being the intermediary of most of our commerce, I believe this is their end game.

This post dives into the reasons why and what that means for future business.

Gamma's rise from near-failure to $100M ARR and a $2.1B valuation – doing so profitably and with just 50 employees – is a textbook-worthy example of PLG discipline and GTM execution. But is it enough to survive formidable competitors?

In this Market Relevancy Report we dive into Gamma’s go-to-market strategy to determine how well positioned they are to overcome a sub-1% paid conversion and a 1.7 TrustPilot rating.

I explore their distribution strategies, including the recent Anthropic/Claude partnership and influencer-led marketing, their freemium model and paid conversion strategy, and much more.

They've earned their success. The question is whether they can move beyond a great first draft solution and establish a market-winning product.