Tarun Jain’s Blog

The AI Moat Has Moved

Why the next decade of AI won’t be won by the company with the smartest model

Jul 6 • Tarun Jain

June 2026

The Best Model Stopped Being the Point

Last week Microsoft stood on stage at Build and did something its own customers had spent two years being told was irrational.

Jun 15 • Tarun Jain

Your First 90 Days as a Product Leader

Build the Operating System, Not the Org Chart

Jun 13 • Tarun Jain

February 2026

Super Bowl Is Not a Developer Conference

From AI as the product… to AI as the storyline… to AI being used to actually create the ads, Super Bowl LX marked a cultural shift. The real question…

Feb 13 • Tarun Jain

I Read Less News Than I Used To

And That Says Something

Feb 3 • Tarun Jain

January 2026

October 2025

The Product Leader’s Real Operating System: Your Calendar

It is the operating system of leadership. It decides where attention goes. It decides whether judgment is sharp or fragmented. It decides whether a…

Oct 11, 2025 • Tarun Jain

The Patterns We Stop Seeing

Experience makes us efficient. Curiosity makes us innovative. In between lies the space where most leaders stop looking. A reflection on why kids solve…

Oct 6, 2025 • Tarun Jain

September 2025

Key Metrics for an AI-Driven 2025

This essay breaks down the key metrics product leaders must track from adoption and trust to revenue, efficiency, and responsible AI.

Sep 29, 2025 • Tarun Jain

August 2025

The New Energy + AI Industrial Complex

The future of AI hinges on a new Energy–AI Industrial Complex where tech companies must become energy experts to secure reliable power. With the U.S…

Aug 12, 2025 • Tarun Jain

May 2025

Not Every Problem is THE Problem

In a world flooded with ideas, great product managers succeed not by chasing novelty, but by filtering ruthlessly, asking sharper questions, and staying…

May 12, 2025 • Tarun Jain

April 2025

Product Leadership in the new era

It’s not just 10X faster. It’s 10X more adaptive

Apr 23, 2025 • Tarun Jain