Product Is the New Bottleneck
With AI agents like Cursor, Devin, and Codex accelerating development, engineering teams are moving faster than ever. The bottleneck has shifted upstream: deciding what to build and why it matters. Product teams now struggle to keep up. Requirements are scattered, context is tribal, and documentation is stale. This slows everyone down: people and AI alike.Engineering Outpacing Product
AI-powered development moves at unprecedented speed. Product definition
can’t keep pace, creating a new constraint on delivery.
Fragmented Product Context
Rationale and requirements live across tools and tribal knowledge, lacking
structure or a single source of truth.
Stale Documentation
Docs quickly become outdated, lack versioning, and don’t reflect changes,
making them unreliable for teams and AI.
The Cost of Fragmented Context
When product context is scattered and inconsistent, the consequences compound:- Misalignment: Teams and AI agents don’t know what matters, leading to wasted effort and conflicting priorities.
- Duplicated work: Without a source of truth, multiple people solve the same problems in different ways.
- Missed details: Critical requirements slip through the cracks when context lives in someone’s head.
- Slower onboarding: New team members and AI agents can’t ramp up quickly without structured, reliable documentation.
- Regressions and rework: Outdated specs lead to building the wrong thing, or rebuilding the right thing.
- Lost confidence: Without traceability and versioning, teams and AI can’t trust or act on product information.