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Diane Penn

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Claude

“A lot of actually thinking process and writing process are tied together for me personally. And so I think there are ways where I use Claude to augment my thinking, but what I want to make sure, and maybe this is what you're describing, is Claude doesn't take over all of my thinking for me.”

Lenny's Podcast · 26 Jul 2026

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How to Raise an Adult

“One personal one, I really like How to Raise an Adult. So I'm a mom. I think a lot about what is the things that I want to instill in my kids.”

Lenny's Podcast · 26 Jul 2026

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01 / belief

One thing that I think I feel pretty strongly about is in order to be good managers of teams and PMs working with this technology, you have to be really hands-on yourself and have spent not just time tinkering, but actually shipping with this technology.

“One thing that I think I feel pretty strongly about is in order to be good managers of teams and PMs working with this technology, you have to be really hands-on yourself and have spent not just time tinkering, but actually shipping with this technology.”
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Diane Penn
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Lenny's Podcast

02 / belief

What does it mean then to have a discontinuous bet? And I think one approach that we're taking this year is you can be very strongly held opinion about the theme or the area, and then more weakly held about the exact prototype.

“What does it mean then to have a discontinuous bet? And I think one approach that we're taking this year is you can be very strongly held opinion about the theme or the area, and then more weakly held about the exact prototype.”
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Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

03 / belief

Now that that's improved a bit, then it's, well, now it's these other areas actually become more of the rough edges. And so I think we're in one of those moments worth writing where we need to actually just focus and prioritize on training the models to be great at this area.

“Now that that's improved a bit, then it's, well, now it's these other areas actually become more of the rough edges. And so I think we're in one of those moments worth writing where we need to actually just focus and prioritize on training the models to be great at this area.”
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Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

04 / belief

We know that the models could write great essays or could write long form writing, but individual pain points of what can you actually solve with that and bring it to a user level that people can use, I think is something that is more exploration or experimentation based.

“We know that the models could write great essays or could write long form writing, but individual pain points of what can you actually solve with that and bring it to a user level that people can use, I think is something that is more exploration or experimentation based.”
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Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

06 / belief

Most traders, I think, are in front of a terminal. They're much more doing analyses on their computers, but it's still very, I would say, male-dominated.

“Most traders, I think, are in front of a terminal. They're much more doing analyses on their computers, but it's still very, I would say, male-dominated.”
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Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

07 / belief

I think the role of people who are user-centric, who go into the details of understanding what users are trying to accomplish, bubbling that up in an actionable manner and doing the relentless work to do that, that, to me, is a core of a product person.

“I think the role of people who are user-centric, who go into the details of understanding what users are trying to accomplish, bubbling that up in an actionable manner and doing the relentless work to do that, that, to me, is a core of a product person.”
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Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

09 / belief

I think the folks that would be most successful, regardless of their level, are people who love working with AI and are exploring and experimenting. And carving out the time, not just for the experimentation, but actually hands-on shipping end-to-end, getting the user feedback, I think has to be fundamental for everyone.

“I think the folks that would be most successful, regardless of their level, are people who love working with AI and are exploring and experimenting. And carving out the time, not just for the experimentation, but actually hands-on shipping end-to-end, getting the user feedback, I think has to be fundamental for everyone.”
Speaker
Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

10 / belief

I think there's product overhang and user overhang, to maybe put it in our PM language, even on today's models. And I think there's a lot that we could be exploring on our current opuses and definitely with Fable, for example.

“I think there's product overhang and user overhang, to maybe put it in our PM language, even on today's models. And I think there's a lot that we could be exploring on our current opuses and definitely with Fable, for example.”
Speaker
Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

12 / belief

I think a lot of the most successful researchers and research leadership at Anthropic are folks who are really strong first principles thinkers about problems.

“I think a lot of the most successful researchers and research leadership at Anthropic are folks who are really strong first principles thinkers about problems.”
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Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

13 / belief

I think the best way to find my work, my team's work is really the Anthropic blog and when we're publishing new models, new product experiences.

“I think the best way to find my work, my team's work is really the Anthropic blog and when we're publishing new models, new product experiences.”
Speaker
Diane Penn
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast
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