Unsolicited Feedback
Andrew Chen’s (a16z) 2024 Predictions: The Future of Product, Growth, and AI
Dec 26, 2023
Andrew Chen, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, predicts the future of product, growth, and AI in this Season Finale of Unsolicited Feedback. Topics include the challenges and growth of AI experiences, predictions for 2024 including IPOs and AI breakthroughs, the changing landscape of product management, and the potential of AI companions as new growth channels.
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- The podcast predicts the inevitable commercialization of non-commercial search engine results and speculates on the potential growth channels of AI companions and AI-generated video content.
- A potential shift in the engineer-to-product manager ratio is anticipated, with a greater emphasis on engineers and designers, and the rise of senior individual contributor principal product manager roles. The lines between product, engineering, and other functions may become more blurred with the incorporation of AI and the growth of the no-code movement.
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The Evolution of Search Engine Results and Commercialization
The speaker discusses the pre-Google ads era when search engine results were ad-free and focused on providing the best results. They predict that the current phase of non-commercialized responses will inevitably be commercialized, with the question of how they will be commercialized remaining. The potential emergence of AI companions is considered a growth channel, where text-based companions could recommend and commercialize products. Furthermore, the use of AI-generated video content is seen as a compelling growth channel. The speaker also mentions the potential increase in AI-generated models for media types, such as music and 3D assets.
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