Grammarly CPO on Product Expansion through Acquisitions | Noam Lovinsky | E271

At Grammarly, we saw our future as building like an AI native productivity suite. Every PM is a growth PM. Every PM should be thinking about, like, GTM from day one. We're gonna turn that into an agent platform, not only for our agent, but also for our customers, agent, but also for our customers, agents, also for third party developers. I would say, like, the best managers are trying to figure out how they can get out of management and how someone on their team can replace them. Before, I just I would call it, like, a benevolent micromanager. Right? I think I am hopefully a benevolent, but definitely a bit of a micromanager. I really think that for the first little while, maybe six months, twelve months, you should really be trying to run Hey. This is Carlos, CEO of Product School and your host on the Product Podcast. This episode is special because we recorded it live at product.com AI, our online conference for product leaders passionate about building better products with AI. Today's guest is Noam Lovinski, the chief product officer at Grammarly. Grammarly is the AI native productivity platform with over 40,000,000 daily active users and over 700,000,000 in annual revenue. Grabberly is making a bold expansion beyond their email driving assistant with the recent acquisition of two companies, Superhuman and Koda. Superhuman is an AI powered email platform they recently bought for $825 a year. Coda is the all in one workspace tool they bought earlier in the year for an undisclosed amount. During our conversation, no one shares insights on the product strategy behind Grammarly's expansion into a full AI productivity platform, how they've created a moat by allowing third party applications to integrate with Grammarly, and how he's building a high performing product team of humans and agents. Let's dive in. This episode is brought to you by Persona, the adaptable identity platform that helps businesses fight fraud, meet compliance requirements, and build trust. For example, how can you know you're really listening to me, Carlos, and not my AI voice clone? These days, it's easier than ever for fraudsters to steal voices, faces, and identities. That's where Persona comes in. Helping leading companies such as LinkedIn, OpenAI, Etsy, and Twilio to securely verify individuals and businesses worldwide, going far beyond traditional identity checks. Of course, every company has different needs depending on its industry, use cases, risk tolerance, and user demographics. That's why Persona provides flexible building blocks that allow you to build tailored verification flows that maximize conversion while minimizing risk automatically. Whether you work at a start up or large enterprise, listeners to the product podcast can get start for free by visiting withpersona.com/productschool. That's with persona.com/productschool. Welcome to the product podcast, Noam. Thank you. Thanks for having me. It's hard to get to know things about you from the Internet because, I couldn't find much, so I'm happy and honored to have you on the product podcast. That's …