Podcast

Make product management fun again with AI agents

Lenny's Podcast (Hamza Farooq, Jaya Rajwani) · lennysnewsletter.com

Lays out the six behaviors that separate a real agent from an ordinary AI tool.

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It answers 2 questions

  1. Why would a founder use agents instead of a chatbot or automation?
  2. Should I put an AI agent in my product, or is a simple workflow enough?

Read with it

  1. Anthropic's honest advice on when NOT to build an agent is the best filter you will find. anthropic.com Guide Building Effective AI Agents (workflows vs agents) Anthropic
  2. Video What's next for AI agentic workflows Sequoia Capital / Andrew Ng
  3. The thread that made agentic the word of the year, with the reasoning attached. x.com Thread Andrew Ng: agentic workflows will drive massive AI progress Andrew Ng
  4. Explains the shift from chat to action: AI stops being something you ask and starts doing. podcasts.apple.com Podcast Big Ideas 2026: The Agentic Interface a16z
  5. A concrete before-and-after of chatbots vs agents in the function founders know best. a16z.com Podcast Can AI Agents Finally Fix Customer Support? a16z
  6. Lemkin explains why agents, not email automation, changed SaaStr's economics. therevenueleadershippodcast.com Podcast Replacing Your Sales Team with AI Agents The Revenue Leadership Podcast (Jason Lemkin)
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