MY FAVORITE POST TO WRITE 🙌

Everybody's been asking me “Who do you follow to stay up-to-date in a rapidly evolving industry like AI?”

I actually follow a bunch of voices to stay current, at the intersection of AI, Product + Coaching.

Here are just some of the leading voices who helped shape my career + mindset 👇

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✅ Marty Cagan — Author of Inspired, the book that literally changed my life by 'inspiring' me to make the transition from DS to AI PM.

The de facto Godfather of PM'ing 🤌

✅ Aakash Gupta — 'The Product Growth Guy' + Former Product VP at Apollo.io

His “AI Product Manager Job Guide” is a must-read for effective PM upskilling with AI.

(Beyond the superfluous advice in the ether)

✅ Vin Vashishta — Author of From Data to Profit / CEO of V-Squared.

I've taken his DataCamp course Monetizing AI (which is excellent btw)

Known for his AI insights without the ‘fluff’ 💭

✅ Rob Dial — Founder of Business Breakthrough + the Mindset Mentor podcast.

The Coach's Coach.

Rob inspired me to become a coach, plus his mindset tips are great when you need a Push 💨

✅ Andrew Ng — They OG AI Scientist ~ Founder of Google Brain. Need I say more?

His DeepLearning.ai courses are Fantastic 👌

And did I mention that they’re FREE ?

✅ Alex Rechevskiy — Former Google Group PM + Founder of the Product Career Accelerator.

Known for his actionable tips on coaching PMs through career pivots.

✅ Paweł Huryn — Founder of The Product Compass, Pawel shares practical knowledge on AI PM playbooks + Agentic AI daily.

Some of the best I've ever seen 👏 👏 No Joke.

✅ Armand Ruiz — VP of AI Platform, IBM.

Armand's platform (no pun) is great for understanding how enterprise orgs are deploying AI responsibly, at scale.

✅ Marily Nika, Ph.D — Google AI PM; Marily leads AI Product Academy + TedAI Robots 🦾

✅ Aishwarya Srinivasan — Head of AI Dev Relations at Fireworks.ai, empowering AI ENGs with clear, practical frameworks.

✅ Lucienne Lacle — Helping Leaders position their brands effectively on LinkedIn + Lead Fintech PM.

✅ Elizaveta Zabrodskaya — GTM Sales Coach + Former AE at Rippling~ Follow for Sales efficiency.

✅ Hugo Bowne-Anderson — One of my first DS instructors on DataCamp 🙌

✅ Moe Ali — Founder of Product Faculty. I’ve taken their Crystal Training which is excellent 🔥

✅ Irena Palamani Xhurxhi Ph.D. — DS Leader at Walmart ~ one of the leading voices on Ph.D impact in the business world.

✅ Thomas Wolf — Architect of Hugging Face’s Transformers library + OSS AI trailblazer 🤖

✅ Alinnette Casiano — UX Researcher at AWS. Alinette posts regularly on Emotionally Intelligent Leadership.

✅ Aman Khan — Director of AI Product for Arize AI, which is amongst my favorite packages for AI evals.

These folks have made a profound impact on my career :)

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