Linear’s Secret to Building Powerful AI Products | Nan Yu, VP of Product (Linear)

Today, we’re joined again by Nan Yu, Head of Product at Linear.

In this episode, Nan shares:

• Why you’re wrong to think of AI as a way to reduce costs -- and why the real value is in enabling new work that was previously impossible
• The 3 must-haves he’s deduced from across the most successful AI products to produce consistently great outcomes for users
• The behind-the-scenes details of Linear’s new Agent Interaction Guidelines

Links

Nan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thenanyu/
Nan's X: https://x.com/thenanyu?lang=en
Linear: https://linear.app/
Linear's previous episode of LaunchPod: https://youtu.be/7ISWLoQtNOc?si=dNKmSdQ98eqis_JW

Resources

Linear's Agent Interaction Guidelines: https://linear.app/developers/aig
Granola.ai: https://www.granola.ai/
Cursor: https://cursor.com/

Chapters

00:00: Intro
03:24: Using AI as a harness, the systems and context layers that make AI tools repeatable and useful at scale
07:54: Scaling AI tools to ensure consistency and quality
14:14: Analyzing user interaction, tweak time, and feedback
18:29: Linear's new Agent Interaction Guidelines
22:14: How AI is changing the role of engineers
27:42: AI's impact on junior roles
30:10: Conclusion

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Special Guest: Nan Yu.