The AI boom is energizing and exhausting tech product managers at once
- Apr 23
- 1 min read

AOL — Product managers are both exhausted and energized in the AI boom — a paradox defining tech right now, says former Meta VP of product Nikhyl Singhal.
"It's smiling exhaustion — I see it in my community, everyone," he said in an episode of "Lenny's Podcast," released Sunday.
On the one hand, AI is making the product manager role more engaging by enabling them to build and test ideas directly with tools like Claude and by simplifying parts of the coordination process. But that upside comes with a catch: the pace of change is relentless, to the point that workers are struggling to keep up, Singhal said.
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