you're using chatgpt to write prds.

v0 or replit for prototypes claude for competitive analysis. does it make you ai ready?

that's like saying

i can use excel so i am ready to be a cfo.

i am watching this play out.

pms with good experience at tier 1 companies. they use ai tools daily for everything. specs, analysis, user research synthesis. they apply to 15 ai roles. get zero callbacks. of course.

and then there young folks

who are 22-25. built one focused ai proof of work over 10 days. solved a specific token optimization problem. three offers, including one from an ai first company.

the difference?

one was using ai. the other was building with ai.

confused about this distinction?

using ai tools for your daily work isn't proof of ai capability. it's proof you can follow a tutorial. real proof means solving business problems with ai systems. building products where ai is the core value prop. understanding when models fail and designing around it.

but here's where it gets messier.

there are two completely different games being played.

internet first vs ai first

1/ internet first companies

zomato, razorpay, cred, swiggy. these companies existed before chatgpt. ai augments their existing products. makes them faster, smarter, more efficient.

when zomato adds ai powered food recommendations, they're enhancing an existing loop. the core business model hasn't changed. they still make money on delivery fees, ads and commissions.

their pms need to show they can use ai to 10x existing metrics. not create new ones.

2/ ai first companies

sarvam ai, krutrim, cursor, lovable, bolt etc. ai isn't a feature. it IS the product. no ai, no company.

when an ai company sells conversational ai, the model quality directly determines revenue. token costs impact gross margins. latency affects user retention.

their pms need to understand transformer architectures. not to code them. but to make product decisions around them.

most pms build the wrong proof

they show a chatbot for an internet first company. or efficiency improvements for an ai first company. wrong game, wrong proof.

let me show you how.

follow this structure. it’s not easy, but it works. also, majority of you want to crack a role in internet first company. i’ll share how i would do that as well as cracking a ai pm role in a internet first company.

building proof that changes orbits

7 steps. let’s go.

1/ pick your targets