#45: How top PMs leverage AI-powered prototyping tools | Colin Matthews (Founder & Author @ Tech For Product)

Welcome to another episode of Supra Insider. This time, Marc and Ben sat down with Colin Matthews, instructor of two popular AI prototyping courses on Maven. Colin shared his insights on the evolving landscape of AI-powered prototyping tools and how product managers can leverage them to build and test more impactful features faster.

The discussion explored different categories of AI prototyping tools, when to use them, and how they’re changing the way teams collaborate. Colin also walked us through a live demo, showing how to prototype and test a new hypothetical AI LinkedIn feature in real time. If you’re a PM looking to move faster and validate ideas more efficiently, this episode is for you.

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In this episode, we covered the following topics:

* The landscape of AI-powered prototyping tools and their differences

* When and how PMs should use these tools to test ideas

* A live demo of AI prototyping in action—building a LinkedIn analytics feature from scratch

* How AI-generated prototypes can improve communication between PMs, engineers, and designers

* Best practices for refining AI-generated prototypes to better match design systems

* Using analytics tools like PostHog to gather real-world user feedback on prototypes

* How AI is lowering the barrier to building software and what it means for PMs

* The future of AI-powered product development

* And much more!

If you’d like to watch the video of our conversation, you can catch that on YouTube:

Links:

* Colin Matthews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmatthews-pm/

* AI Prototyping for Product Managers: https://maven.com/tech-for-product/ai-prototyping-for-product-managers

* Technical Foundations for Product Managers: https://maven.com/tech-for-product/tech-fundamentals

* Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benerez/

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