Gil Edwards

Claire Vo (@clairvo) built @chatprd —on-demand chief product officer, powered by AI. It’s now used by over 10,000 product managers and is pulling in six figures in revenue. The best part? She built all of ChatPRD herself—over the weekend—with AI, while working a day job. Claire is the CPO at @launchdarkly and she originally built ChatPRD for herself—before realizing it would be valuable for her team and product managers everywhere. I sat down with her to talk about how ChatPrd works, how she built it as a side hustle using AI, and all of the ways she’s using AI tools to accelerate her work and life. We get into: - How she used AI to build ChatPRD over Thanksgiving break - The part of product management that Claire thinks AI will disrupt - Why the PMs of tomorrow will be “proto-managers” who create prototypes rather than just specs - How junior PMs can use AI to upskill faster - The ways in which ChatPRD is baked into her own workflow - How building ChatPRD is making Claire a better PM - How Claire uses AI as a tech-forward parent This is a must-watch for anyone interested in turning their side hustle into a thriving business or who works in product. Watch! — Timestamps: Introduction: 00:01:02 How the groundwork for ChatPRD was laid: 00:02:15 Why building solo—with AI—is faster and cheaper: 00:12:38 Claire demos ChatPRD live: 00:14:48 Testing the document editor feature in ChatPRD: 00:22:44 How ChatPRD is baked into Claire’s workflow: 00:26:13 Claire’s ability to build a side project—pre-AI v. post-AI: 00:33:13 The future of product management: 00:36:22 How Claire drafted a product strategy during her 22 minute commute: 00:43:50 Using AI as a tech-forward parent: 00:45:55