There’s a story I often share with the product teams across Africa that I work with. A factory’s critical machine breaks down, halting production. After multiple engineers fail, a veteran technician studies the machine, taps once with a small hammer on a specific component, and it roars back to life. His invoice reads: “$10,000 for

Klarna is experimenting with one of the more uncommon uses of generative AI we’ve seen in product as of late: letting customers speak directly to an AI-powered version of its CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski. The new feature allows customers to call a dedicated phone line and speak to the AI CEO to share feedback, ideas, or

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week unveiled a £2 billion AI-focused initiative as a core element of her 2025 Spending Review. The AI Action Plan will support home-grown AI – it aims to drive public-sector transformation, boost the UK’s tech sector and affirm the country’s role as a global leader in AI and advanced technologies.

Talk to any hiring manager and they’ll tell you how difficult it is to hire a product person. It’s something that should be straightforward on the face of it: the job market for PMs has been in the doldrums and all the tech layoffs and hiring freezes of recent times mean there are lots of

Recently, I picked up Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Gathering Moss, a profound exploration of the natural world. Early in the book, she shares a piece of wisdom passed down from an elder: “The best way to find something is not to go looking for it.” Instead, we’re told to watch out of the corner of

French AI startup Mistral is taking the fight to its US and Chinese rivals with the launch of Europe’s first AI reasoning model. Mistral, recognised as Europe’s best homegrown prospect in the generative AI race, introduced two models: Magistral Small, an open-source model available for download on Hugging Face, and Magistral Medium, a more powerful