A new take says OpenAI’s PM-heavy culture makes it feel behind despite frontier progress
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-25
Commentator says OpenAI’s “PMification” explains why it feels behind
A reposted take argues that OpenAI’s PMification helps explain why the company can feel behind even while staying close to the frontier.
The implication is that increasing product-management-driven structure may be improving coordination, but also making the organization feel slower or less decisive than its technical position would suggest.
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