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Lenny's Podcast
364 episodes · by Lenny Rachitsky
About Lenny's Podcast
Lenny's Podcast is a podcast with 364 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. Lenny Rachitsky interviews world-class product leaders and growth experts about building products and growing careers. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Lenny's Podcast and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Lenny's Podcast
Funnel of Doom vs. Talent Density Scoping Roles with Precision Targeted Sourcing and Market Mapping Candidate Experience as a Weapon Work Samples and On-Sites Closing and Pre-Boarding What Makes a Great Recruiter AI Fear and Slow Takeoff
Notable Guests on Lenny's Podcast
Recent Episodes
OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again) | Tibo Sottiaux — October 04, 2026The grief, loneliness, and burnout sweeping through the tech industry right now | Molly Graham — September 27, 202690 minutes of unfiltered product advice from Snap and Discord’s product chief | Peter Sellis — September 20, 2026How we built Grok Bot in a month | Roman Ugarte (SpaceXAI) — September 08, 2026Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z) — September 06, 2026AI’s third era: the rise of persistent AI coworkers | Tara Seshan (Product Lead ChatGPT Work) — August 30, 2026How to close $100K+ enterprise deals, step by step | Jen Abel — August 23, 2026OpenAI’s Head of Design: This is the best time in history to be a designer | Ian Silber — August 16, 2026The playbook for building high-talent-density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor — August 09, 2026This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot) — August 02, 2026Anthropic’s first technical PM on token maxing, the jagged edge, and living in the future | Dianne Penn — July 26, 2026Why Netflix is betting on systems thinkers—not specialists—in the AI era | Elizabeth Stone (CPTO) — July 19, 2026How tech workers actually feel about AI in 2026 | Annual AI sentiment survey (Noam Segal) — July 12, 2026Adam Mosseri: AI is a tailwind for authenticity — July 09, 2026OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino — June 28, 2026What happens after coding is solved? | Fiona Fung (Manager of the Claude Code and Cowork Teams) — June 21, 2026The hidden pattern behind successful products | Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga) — June 14, 2026Father of the iPod and iPhone on building taste, judgment, and creativity in the AI era | Tony Fadell — June 07, 2026A rational conversation on where AI is actually going | Benedict Evans — May 31, 2026The AI paradox: More automation, more humans, more work | Dan Shipper — May 24, 2026Why we’re at the beginning of the AI hardware boom | Caitlin Kalinowski (ex–OpenAI, Meta, Apple) — May 17, 2026How to build a company that withstands any era | Eric Ries, Lean Startup author — May 10, 2026Why cultivating agency matters more than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max Schoening (Head of Product, Notion) — May 03, 2026Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the most important moat | Evan Spiegel — April 26, 2026How Anthropic’s product team moves faster than anyone else | Cat Wu (Head of Product, Claude Code) — April 23, 2026Why half of product managers are in trouble | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google) — April 19, 2026Hard truths about building in the AI era | Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures) — April 12, 2026Head of Growth (Anthropic): “Claude is growing itself at this point” | Amol Avasare — April 05, 2026An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point, dark factories are coming, and automation timelines | Simon Willison — April 02, 2026From skeptic to true believer: How OpenClaw changed my life | Claire Vo — March 29, 2026The art of influence: The single most important skill that AI can’t replace | Jessica Fain (Webflow, ex-Slack) — March 22, 2026The tactical playbook for getting 20-40% more comp (without sounding greedy) | Jacob Warwick (Executive Negotiator) — March 15, 2026How I built a 1M+ subscriber newsletter and top 10 tech podcast | Lenny Rachitsky — March 12, 2026The most successful AI company you’ve never heard of | Qasar Younis — March 08, 2026The design process is dead. Here’s what’s replacing it. | Jenny Wen (head of design at Claude) — March 01, 2026AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel — February 26, 2026Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny — February 19, 2026Sequoia CEO coach: Why it’s never been easier to start a company, and never been harder to scale one | Brian Halligan (co-founder, HubSpot) — February 15, 2026“Engineers are becoming sorcerers” | The future of software development with OpenAI’s Sherwin Wu — February 12, 2026The rise of the professional vibe coder (a new AI-era job) | Lazar Jovanovic (Professional Vibe Coder) — February 08, 2026A child psychologist’s guide to working with difficult adults | Dr. Becky Kennedy — February 01, 2026Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn’t even started yet — January 29, 20265 questions to ask when your product stops growing | Jason Cohen (2x unicorn founder) — January 25, 2026The non-technical PM’s guide to building with Cursor | Zevi Arnovitz (Meta) — January 18, 2026How to show up in any room with a low heart rate: Silicon Valley’s missing etiquette playbook | Sam Lessin — January 15, 2026Why most AI products fail: Lessons from 50+ AI deployments at OpenAI, Google, and Amazon — January 11, 2026The high-growth handbook: Molly Graham’s frameworks for leading through chaos, change, and scale — January 04, 2026We replaced our sales team with 20 AI agents—here’s what happened | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) — January 01, 202610 contrarian leadership truths every leader needs to hear | Matt MacInnis (Rippling) — December 28, 2025The coming AI security crisis (and what to do about it) | Sander Schulhoff — December 21, 2025
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