đ§§ đ Whatâs in your 2025 product fortune cookie?

We asked the experts, "What is your boldest product prediction for 2025?" đŽ
From the minds of Product and PLG pros, one thing is clear. If 2023 was the year everyone slapped an "AI-powered" sticker on their homepage, and 2024 was the year we all realized chatbots alone wouldnât save us, 2025 is the year AI actually starts doing the work.
Like a snake shedding its skin, product teams are evolving. PMs are building, designers are coding, and engineers are refining AI-generated products instead of creating them from scratch. Meanwhile, the PLG sales motion may find itself coiling under pressure as enterprise buyers demand more hands-on, high-touch sales experiences.
AI is rewriting the playbook. The way we work, build, and buy products will never be the same. May your strategy be as calculated as a snakeâs strike. đâ¨

"The PM-Designer-Engineer trifecta will collapse. AI is making it easier for designers to code and PMs to prototype, so weâll see fewer people wearing more hats. Teams that embrace this shift will move faster, while those who hold on to the old way might get left behind."
Will designers become the new developers?
We asked our followers and friends: Which role will change fastest as AI reshapes product teams?
- Designers coding front-ends won big. With AI tools taking over repetitive tasks, designers are leveling up into hybrid coder-creators. The future is sleek, and itâs code-friendly.
- PMs creating designs came in second. Turns out, product managers are embracing their inner designer, AIâs making that a whole lot easier (and faster).
- Engineers doing product management? A smaller slice of the pie. Looks like AIâs not turning engineers into PMs just yet.

âWe'll see the rise of the builder PM, as they move beyond specs and start to build. The line between PM and founder is blurring.â

âAI is going to kill the PLG sales motion because the early AI market demands complex, high-touch sales approaches with C-suite involvement, unpredictable proof-of-concepts, and continuous security reviews that make simple, self-service purchasing impossible.â

âEngineers won't be spending as much time coding early versions anymore. Instead, they'll be focusing on really understanding the problem and refining the AI-built prototypes once theyâre ready to scale.â

âWe'll see the end of the multi-step product tour. That's a spicy take from an onboarding company, I know, but I think embedded and interactive experiences will steer the way. Users expect onboarding to not feel like onboarding.â

âButtons are dead, UI/UX is dead too. Operating a CRM/ERP will be agentic. As long as you can communicate effectively with your agent, you will no longer need to be trained to use your vertical software.â

âVoice becomes a dominant interface for humans with AI as speech models are pushed on device & the accuracy/latency astounds. Itâs the start of a generation of people who will never learn to type on a keyboardâ
