AI tools could compress the PM role by automating team coordination work
Few-Garlic2725 · reddit · 2026-07-25
The author argues that much of startup PM work is really operational glue: chasing updates, rewriting vague tickets, summarizing Slack threads, preserving decisions, and keeping roadmaps from disappearing.
They frame tools like Clade as software that can remember context, coordinate tasks, write updates, and hold the team together — which makes mediocre PM roles look fragile, while great PMs shift toward stronger judgment, prioritization, and customer taste.
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