Sahin Boydas
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Product Management AI

AI-assisted product management, user research automation, roadmap optimization

109 articles·6 content types
Audience

Product managers, product leaders, UX researchers

Pain Points

Feature prioritization, user research at scale, roadmap alignment, stakeholder management

Subtopics
product analyticsuser research AIroadmap toolsfeature prioritizationA/B testing
How-To2026-03-11

How to Hire Your First AI Product Manager (And What to Look For)

How the best AI product teams really operate: why generic frameworks fall short, and a practical playbook for launching AI products people use.

How-To2026-03-08

How to Use AI to Find Your Product's 'Aha!' Moment

Everyone in the AI space follows the same tired advice. We decided to question it. After analyzing over 1,000 AI product failures, we found a shocking pattern that conventional wisdom completely misses. The data points to one uncomfortable truth about why most AI products never find traction.

Opinion2026-03-04

Why I Killed Our Most Popular AI Feature (And What Happened Next)

I used to struggle with feature prioritization ai, thinking I had it all figured out. It led to burnout and a failed product. But after years of painful lessons, I discovered a counterintuitive approach to AI product development that changed everything. It wasn't about the tech, but about this one simple shift in perspective.

Guide2026-03-02

The Former Google PM's Playbook for AI Product-Market Fit

Seven lessons for AI product-market fit: solve a real problem, nail UX first, treat data as the moat, start with a Wizard of Oz MVP and plan distribution.

Guide2026-02-03

A Founder's Guide to Interpreting Confusing A/B Test Results for AI Products

How the best AI product teams really operate: why generic frameworks fall short, and a practical playbook for launching AI products people use.

Guide2026-01-26

We Threw Out Our AI Roadmap After One Painful User Interview

Everyone in the AI space follows the same tired advice. We decided to question it. After analyzing over 1,000 AI product failures, we found a shocking pattern that conventional wisdom completely misses. The data points to one uncomfortable truth about why most AI products never find traction.

Guide2026-01-05

My Notion Template for Managing an AI Product Roadmap

You've read all the blog posts about roadmap ai, but your product is still stuck. Why? Because most guides are generic and miss the point. This is the counterintuitive, step-by-step guide for founders who need to solve this problem, move fast, and get results without a massive data science team.

Opinion2025-12-29

I Thought We Had Product-Market Fit. I Was Dangerously Wrong.

Building an AI startup is anything but glamorous. I want to take you behind the curtain and share the unfiltered reality of our journey. From the heated debates over our roadmap to the bug that almost derailed our launch, this is the real story of what it takes to build and ship an AI product.

Opinion2025-12-28

From Idea to Launch: The Unfiltered Story of Our Latest AI Feature

The AI landscape shifts every six months. What worked yesterday is already becoming obsolete. Based on my research and conversations with industry leaders, here are the critical trends in feature prioritization ai that will separate the winners from the losers in the next 18-24 months. Ignore them at your peril.

Opinion2025-12-19

A Week Building an AI-First Product

A Monday-to-Friday look at building an AI-first product, with five lessons: act as strategist, embrace AI uncertainty, sell the story, invest in the team.

Opinion2025-12-14

The 3 Questions You Must Ask Before Adding Any New AI Feature

The AI landscape shifts every six months. What worked yesterday is already becoming obsolete. Based on my research and conversations with industry leaders, here are the critical trends in feature prioritization ai that will separate the winners from the losers in the next 18-24 months. Ignore them at your peril.

Case Study2025-12-13

What I Learned About AI User Research Inside Amazon's Secret Lab

You've read all the blog posts about user research ai, but your product is still stuck. Why? Because most guides are generic and miss the point. This is the counterintuitive, step-by-step guide for founders who need to solve this problem, move fast, and get results without a massive data science team.

List2025-12-08

7 Common Roadmap Mistakes That Are Silently Killing Your AI Startup

I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this, but it needs to be said: your approach to roadmap ai is fundamentally flawed. We're all chasing shiny AI objects and forgetting the first principles of building great products. Here's the unpopular opinion that might just save your startup.

Opinion2025-12-06

Why Your AI Product Needs a 'North Star' Metric (And How to Find It)

How the best AI product teams really operate: why generic frameworks fall short, and a practical playbook for launching AI products people use.

Opinion2025-12-02

How We Use a 'Pain-Gain Matrix' to Prioritize Our AI Features

The AI landscape shifts every six months. What worked yesterday is already becoming obsolete. Based on my research and conversations with industry leaders, here are the critical trends in feature prioritization ai that will separate the winners from the losers in the next 18-24 months. Ignore them at your peril.

How-To2025-11-23

How to Combine Jobs-to-be-Done and AI for Breakthrough Insights

Customers can't name the job they hire a product for. Christensen's milkshake story, NLP on support tickets and five steps to validated job stories.

How-To2025-11-18

A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing the RICE Framework for AI Features

How to score features with RICE (Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort): the formula, worked AI feature examples, and pitfalls like HIPPO and bad estimates.

Opinion2025-11-09

Why 'Ethical AI' Is a Product Management Problem, Not Just an Engineering One

I used to struggle with ai ethics, thinking I had it all figured out. It led to burnout and a failed product. But after years of painful lessons, I discovered a counterintuitive approach to AI product development that changed everything. It wasn't about the tech, but about this one simple shift in perspective.

How-To2025-11-05

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ambiguity of AI A/B Testing

I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this, but it needs to be said: your approach to a/b testing ai is fundamentally flawed. We're all chasing shiny AI objects and forgetting the first principles of building great products. Here's the unpopular opinion that might just save your startup.

How-To2025-11-02

How to Calculate the ROI of a New AI Feature (The Simple Way)

You've read all the blog posts about feature prioritization ai, but your product is still stuck. Why? Because most guides are generic and miss the point. This is the counterintuitive, step-by-step guide for founders who need to solve this problem, move fast, and get results without a massive data science team.