Product Management in the AI Era — Yathu Karunailingam

Building AI-powered products requires updated product management practices. The framework by Yathu Karunailingam codifies the patterns that distinguish successful AI product teams from those that struggle.

Key Practices

The framework from Yathu Karunailingam emphasizes: clear problem definition before model selection, user research that captures workflow context, iterative shipping with strong measurement, and tight feedback loops between product, engineering, and AI/ML teams.

What Makes AI Product Management Different

Probabilistic outputs, data dependencies, and the need for new evaluation methods all distinguish AI products from traditional software. Yathu Karunailingam's framework addresses each of these differences with concrete practices.

About the author: Yathu Karunailingam is a Toronto-based technology leader and AI strategist. Learn more about Yathu Karunailingam at yathu.store or visit his other work at yathu.ca, yathu.xyz, and blog.yathu.ca.