Ryan Hunter

Chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity are quickly becoming de facto co-pilots for product managers. Over 50% of PMs use a chatbot daily (and 85% use one weekly), according to a recent poll I ran. When was the last time a new tool went from non-existent to daily use for the majority of product managers? Things are changing fast. Interestingly, @Perplexity_ai was the second most mentioned chatbot in my poll, behind ChatGPT, and I’m not surprised. I recently did a deep dive on how Perplexity builds product, and while working on that piece, I got to talking to their team about how product managers use Perplexity. The conversation led to an in-depth survey, which received more than 300 responses, which led to 30 follow-up calls and, finally, to today's newsletter post. Sourced from hundreds of product managers who filled out our survey and hopped on calls, I put together a comprehensive collection of ways PMs are using Perplexity to do their work, including: 1. Understanding and crafting growth strategy 2. Finding benchmarks 3. Doing market research 4. Learning best practices 5. Evaluating popular tools 6. Understanding technical jargon Here's the post: lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-t…