Tomer Cohen

Why LinkedIn is turning PMs into AI-powered \

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Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:00): I think it's so underappreciated, the turnaround that has happened within LinkedIn. I check it at least 10 times a day. What was the strategy behind it? Tomer Cohen (00:00:06): I start backwards. It's like what is the potential here? If you start from the premise that LinkedIn ultimately is a platform for economic opportunity that sits on top of a very strong social graph. Almost every aspect of economic transaction is possible....

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title: "Why LinkedIn is turning PMs into AI-powered \"full stack builders” | Tomer Cohen (LinkedIn CPO)" date: "2025-12-04" type: "podcast" guest: "Tomer Cohen"...

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Tomer Cohen (00:02:27): Thank you for having me. Lenny Rachitsky (00:02:28): Absolutely, my pleasure. So as I was preparing for this podcast, I...

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it. So I don't get attached to what did not work in the past. That's not, I don't know, maybe it's a mistake sometimes, but that doesn't stop me from thinking about the future. Lenny Rachitsky...

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Lenny Rachitsky (01:07:55): I'm excited and scared at the same time. Tomer, thank you so much for being here. This was amazing. You're awesome. Two final questions. Where can folks check out stuff that...

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