Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger: Building AI Products From the Bottom Up

Drawing on his experience at Instagram, Mike Krieger discusses how AI product development requires a different approach—one that’s more bottoms-up and responsive to model capabilities. As Anthropic’s Chief Product Officer, he explains why compute allocation is a critical strategic decision, how the company thinks about balancing research and product development, and why the future may include subscription bundles for AI services. Krieger also shares insights on why making AI tools truly accessible to first-time users remains one of his biggest product challenges. Subscribe to our Substack, Inference, to stay on top of the latest developments in AI: https://inferencebysequoia.substack.com/