My guest today is Colin Matthews. Colin is a rockstar instructor who teaches a popular AI Prototyping for PMs course on building AI apps without coding skills. In our interview, Colin shared how to pick the right AI prototyping tool, what you should do before asking AI to code, and how to build a habit-tracking app step by step in just 20 minutes.

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Timestamps: (00:00) Do this before asking AI to code (01:13) How to pick the right AI prototyping tool (05:50) Choosing AI tools for client, server, and database (10:49) Building a habit-tracking app step by step(14:02) Always start with the data model (22:08) Top mistakes to avoid with AI prototyping (27:14) Should you still learn to be technical with AI? (32:13) Avoiding the 70% problem and getting stuck on bugs (33:59) How to learn to code through AI prototyping Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/the-number-one-hack-to-build-with-ai-without-getting-stuck Where to find Colin:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmatthews-pm/

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My guest today is Mikey Shulman. Mikey is the CEO and co-founder of Suno, the best AI music app available. I’ve had so much fun using it to make songs with my kids. In our chat, Mikey shares how music LLMs work, how Suno builds AI products, and the good and bad futures of music with AI. Timestamps: (00:00) The good and bad futures of AI in music

(03:41) How Suno's music AI actually works

(07:31) Building for personalization without losing humanity

(10:34) Turning text into actual songs

(14:06) Product iteration in uncharted territory

(20:37) Core principles for building AI products

(25:06) How streaming changed everything

(31:35) What's next for AI music in 2025

(32:51) Navigating product management in AI

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/inside-suno-the-ai-music-app-you-wont-stop-listening-to-product Where to find Mikey: X: https://x.com/MikeyShulmanWebsite: https://suno.ai/ 📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!

My guest today is Chris Pettigrew. Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Granola, an AI meeting notes app that has become indispensable to me. Granola has 70%+ weekly user retention, almost unheard of for consumer AI. In our interview, Chris shared five hard-won rules for building AI products that users love and explained why AI will fix meetings.

Timestamps:

(00:00) The #1 mistake you can make when building AI products

(01:35) The difference between big tech PM and startup founder

(06:22) Why Chris decided to use AI to solve meetings

(09:26) Don't solve problems that won't be problems soon

(12:44) How can you predict what LLMs can do in the future

(19:09) Why context is king for great AI products

(23:56) How to give your AI product a soul

(28:43) When to listen to user feedback and when to trust your gut(31:39) Closing advice for people who want to build AI apps Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/the-hidden-rules-behind-successful-ai-products-chris-pedregal Where to find Chris:

Website: https://www.granola.ai/

X: https://x.com/cjpedregal

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