<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Gaurav Srivastava — Writing</title><description>AI-first product leader with 18 years of experience turning ambiguous business problems into shipped AI products. I prototype before I pitch — and scale what works, from ₹15cr to ₹100cr ARR.</description><link>https://gauravsrivastava.in/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Discovery is the real AI bottleneck — not engineering</title><link>https://gauravsrivastava.in/blog/discovery-is-the-real-ai-bottleneck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://gauravsrivastava.in/blog/discovery-is-the-real-ai-bottleneck/</guid><description>Teams obsess over shipping AI faster while the 60-day discovery cycle in front of it goes unexamined. Here&apos;s how we cut ours to 40 days, and what broke along the way.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI Product Management</category><category>Product Discovery</category><category>Operating Model</category><author>srivastav.17@gmail.com</author></item><item><title>Your AI roadmap is a hype document until it survives unit economics</title><link>https://gauravsrivastava.in/blog/ai-roadmap-unit-economics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://gauravsrivastava.in/blog/ai-roadmap-unit-economics/</guid><description>Most AI feature lists are prioritised by novelty. Here&apos;s the filter I run a $100M+ portfolio through instead — and the four questions that kill most AI ideas before they reach a sprint.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI Product Management</category><category>Product Strategy</category><category>Unit Economics</category><author>srivastav.17@gmail.com</author></item><item><title>Vibe coding isn&apos;t a shortcut. It&apos;s a new form of product evidence.</title><link>https://gauravsrivastava.in/blog/vibe-coding-is-product-evidence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://gauravsrivastava.in/blog/vibe-coding-is-product-evidence/</guid><description>Product managers who prototype with AI tools stop arguing from opinion and start arguing from artefacts. That changes who wins the roadmap conversation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI Product Management</category><category>Prototyping</category><category>Vibe Coding</category><author>srivastav.17@gmail.com</author></item></channel></rss>