Lenny Rachitsky publishes Lenny's Newsletter on Substack, an advice column about building products, driving growth, and careers for product leaders, founders, and builders. Lenny Rachitsky also hosts Lenny's Podcast, which interviews product leaders and growth experts about building, launching, and growing products. The publication's site also carries a How I AI section.1234
At a glance
- Current roles
- Author and publisher +1 more
- Companies
- Lenny's Newsletter, Lenny's Podcast
- Sector
- Independent
- Fields
- Teaching and writing
- Work listed
- 3
- Sources cited
- 8
- Profile reviewed
Career
Lenny Rachitsky joined Airbnb in 2012, shortly after Airbnb acquired the startup Lenny worked at. Lenny started there as an engineer and then became one of the first members of the company's product management team, staying for about seven years.5
After leaving Airbnb in 2019, Lenny wrote up lessons from that period on culture, focus on problems, and goal setting. A few months later Lenny relaunched the newsletter as an advice column answering readers' questions about growth, product, and leadership.56
Channel and publications
Lenny's Newsletter is an advice column on building products, driving growth, and advancing careers, written for product leaders, founders, and builders. The site also hosts a How I AI section alongside the newsletter and podcast.13
Lenny launched Lenny's Podcast in June 2022, with first episodes featuring Julie Zhuo and Shreyas Doshi. Each episode interviews a product leader or growth expert, with a focus on practical advice for building, launching, and growing products.42
Writing on AI
The newsletter also covers how product teams use AI. Examples include "How to use ChatGPT in your PM work" (2023), which gathered real prompts from product managers, and "An AI glossary" (2025), which explains common AI terms in plain language.78
Work and contributions
Lenny's Newsletter Show, channel or publication
Writes a researched advice newsletter on product, growth, and career topics.1
Lenny's Podcast Show, channel or publication
Hosts interviews with product leaders and growth experts about building and growing products.24
An AI glossary Show, channel or publication
Wrote a newsletter edition explaining 20+ common AI terms in plain language for product builders.8
Timeline
- Joined Airbnb after it acquired Lenny's startup, starting as an engineer before moving into product management.5
- Published "What Seven Years at Airbnb Taught Me About Building a Business" after leaving Airbnb.5
- Relaunched the newsletter as an advice column answering readers' questions on growth, product, and leadership.6
- Launched Lenny's Podcast with first episodes featuring Julie Zhuo and Shreyas Doshi.4
- Published "How to use ChatGPT in your PM work," collecting real examples from product managers.7
- Published "An AI glossary," plain-language definitions of common AI terms.8
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.
- Engineer, then product manager (about seven years, until 2019), Airbnb5
Where they work
- Lenny's Newsletter 1 person in the wiki
- Lenny's Podcast 1 person in the wiki
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