How to Redesign Product Teams in the AI Era (feat. Boris Cherny)

Anthropic’s Boris Cherny breaks product-team work into five archetypes: prototyper, builder, sweeper, grower, and maintainer.

He argues that AI is blurring the lines between PMs, designers, and engineers, pushing teams to rethink role boundaries.

The piece weighs multiple examples and counterarguments, but lands on a simple idea: team design should match the product’s stage.

In an AI era, hiring and org design need to shift from job titles to role mix and workflow fit.