Martin: Google Labs starts product development with technology, not user problems
Raiza Martin · Behind the product: NotebookLM | Raiza Martin (Senior Product Manager, AI @ Google Labs) · Oct 10, 2024 · at 10:06
Raiza Martin, Senior PM at Google Labs, contrasts standard problem-first product management with Google Labs' tech-first exploration model.
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“In labs in particular, we start with the technology and it's actually a very interesting place to start where you're like, okay, what are the practical applications to this?”
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