The EU has unveiled the AI Act, setting new global standards for safe and ethical AI development. It takes a risk-based approach with tailored compliance for different AI applications. While promoting transparency, it presents significant implementation challenges for businesses. Non-compliance risks severe penalties up to 6% of global turnover. To navigate this, AI companies must invest in ethical AI practices, engage regulators, and potentially establish compliance teams. The Act is an opportunity to lead responsibly in AI while building user trust.

In this episode of the Product Pioneers Podcast, Sebastian, a philosopher and senior lecturer for Science, Technology, and Society program at CODE University, delved deep into the world of artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on ChatGPT and generative AI. Sebastian detailed the societal and individual impacts of ChatGPT, particularly its potential in education, referencing his ongoing seminar that encourages students to utilize ChatGPT for essay writing. Sebastian provided an overview of AI's history, highlighting the significant role natural language processing (NLP) has played due to the language being fundamental to human interaction. He explained how generative AI, particularly in NLP, brings us closer to machines that can understand and generate human-like language. Discussing AI's cultural significance, Sebastian pointed out that fascination with intelligent machines isn't a new phenomenon and predates the invention of the computer. He spoke of the human propensity to project human-like understanding or consciousness onto AI, and he discussed the risks and ethical challenges that come with this, such as the potential for misuse or the perpetuation of biases. Sebastian touched on how the rise of AI and automation can significantly impact employment, noting that while some jobs may disappear, new jobs that don't yet exist will be created. He emphasized that while AI like ChatGPT can automate tasks, freeing humans for more creative work, constant learning, and adaptation will be key to navigating these changes. The podcast explored the legal and ethical implications of AI, with Sebastian advocating for a balance between privacy, innovation, and the equitable distribution of wealth generated by AI. The conversation moved on to the impact of AI on education, discussing the need for a shift in the skills we teach, from rote learning to digital skills, including understanding AI tools and their potential societal impact. The importance of transparency in AI development was also highlighted. In academia, Sebastian noted how ChatGPT could be used to simplify academic language and draft texts, while in the working world, it could serve as a virtual assistant, manage customer service, or assist creatives. Discussing the future of AI, Sebastian emphasized the role of generative AI as an augmentation tool, rather than a replacement for human effort. He also speculated on more specialized applications of AI and the need for robust ethical guidelines to govern AI usage. Concluding the podcast, Sebastian stressed the importance of focusing not just on what AI can do, but on the human intelligence behind these technological advancements. Rather than merely learning from machines, he encouraged listeners to learn from the wealth of human knowledge, creativity, and diverse experiences.

In this episode, entrepreneur Henri reflects on his journey in the generative AI era, discussing his AI-powered publishing house and Mailwrite, a company inspired by ChatGPT. He explores the importance of business models, the challenges of building moats and network effects, and the open vs. closed-source debate. Henri delves into the realities of AI as an assistant rather than a creator and highlights its strength in niche expertise fields. He underscores the importance of customer understanding, business model robustness, and API use for product development. The episode also presents various business model design tools, pricing strategies, and the potential of monetizing different relationships. It provides a comprehensive look at the opportunities and challenges of entrepreneurship in the era of generative AI.

We kick off the first episode of season 3 with an exciting conversation with our guest Raphael from Calmar.ai. Together, we explore the history and future development of human-computer interaction. We discover how neuroscience and artificial intelligence can come together to shape the future of work. Last but not least, we learn more about our guest's company. Calmar.ai is an automation tool that utilizes the power of AI to streamline digital professionals' workflow and supercharge their productivity. Calmar combines visually appealing interfaces, seamless integrations, and powerful AI-driven features to revolutionize the way we interact with software in our computers.

**Welcome to this very special episode.** + Our guest is Patrick Haede, the head of product from Gorillas the 10 Minute Grocery delivery app (Europes fasted ever unicornI) + We celebrate the last episode of season 2🙏 + We are live on Product Hunt today🚀 We appreciate your support: 👉https://b.link/phe **More about our guest+ the episode :** Our guest today is Patrick, the head of product from Gorillas - The 10 Minute grocery delivery app (Europes fasted ever Unicorn). He started at Gorillas as one out of two product people about a year ago and built, together with Barbara, head of design, the product organisation to about 30 people today and more than 10.000 employees. Before that he founded and sold Mapify. A travel app that allows you share your travel experiences, get inspired for your next trip and easily book these complex roundtrips. We will briefly talk about mapify and his exit but mainly focus on the the insane growth that he witnessed at Gorillas. We talk about, hiring, building great teams how he built the product organisation, and generally about the all the different moving pieces that are needed to create a service like Gorillas. Visit the shownotes here:https://b.link/shownotes_gorillas **About Season 2 and the Product Hunt Launch: ** This episode will mark one of the last episodes of season 2. As you know this podcast is run by a team of CODE University students and now has a total of 34 episodes with 13 episodes in Season 2. Simon, our host, will need to focus on his bachelor thesis in the coming months and also wants to pass this incredible opportunity of podcasting on to new students, so they can take it to new heights! To celebrate it we are live on Product hunt today. Product hunt is a platform where people can vote for products. The more people vote the more people see it and have the chance to get value out of each episode. If you liked and got value out of at least one of our episodes we would highly appreciate your support. 🚀 If you want to show some love and dont already have an account on Product Hunt you can create one in under 5 minutes with Apple, Google, Twitter or Facebook sign-in. Please upvote Product Pioneers https://b.link/phe), it would mean allot to everyone on the team! And of course you can also support us on LinkedIn or Instagram. 🙏 Huge thanks to Patrick our guest today, all guests that have been on the show and made each episode possible, the entire team from Season 1 and Season 2, and of course our dear listeners! If anyone from the CODE students listening are interested to join the fun for Season 3 please get in touch. Thanks for being on the ride with us! Follow us here: **Instagram**: https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers **LinkedIn:**: https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers **Our Website with Shownotes:** productpioneerspodcast.com **Support us on Product Hunt today:** https://b.link/phe

For the last episode of the year we open a new category on this podcast: Solo entrepreneurship, bootstrapping and indie-hacking. Our guest today is Noah Bragg the founder of Potion.so a Notion powered website builder.

This episode covers allot off ground, because our Guest today no other than Tom Kendall, Director of hardware engineering at IronOx. IronOx is a US based indoor farming startup "solving global climate through our food, grown renewably, using technology". They use greenhouses, robotics, automation and AI to optimise everything about the plant growth process including energy consumption. Tom Kendall is the director of hardware engineering at IronOx. He oversees multiple teams at IronOx and has over 10 years of experience building/managing hardware. He also worked as a process engineer at Apple. In this episode we talk about: - IronOx and what makes them unique in their farming approach. - The development process of their new farm robot Grover. - The daily life of a director of hardware engineering & how to manage multiple teams. - What it was like to work at Apple as a process engineer on the Iphone. - Advice to build hardware at different scales & more. Tune in to get all the details Jump to major sections: Apple: Minute 0. IronOx and his role: Minute 20 Developing robot Grover: Minute 39 Managing Teams & General learnings: 108. Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers_/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers Website: http://productpioneerspodcast.com

In this episode we take a closer look at what is needed for a successful crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter or Indigogo and look at the different steps needed if you want to bring your hardware product to life. Our guest is Joshua Fairbairn CEO MorphpMFG, a turnkey solution provider offering a start-to-finish product experience including prototyping, sourcing, mass manufacturing, IP protection, and more for production in China. We also look at how he started the company and their secret for success - the Component Control Method. This episode is special because it adds insights into the later product development cycle especially when it comes to hardware based products. If you want to work with them, make sure to use this email and subject line to get a discount: bryant@morphomfg.com | Subject-line: CodeBerlinXMorphoMFG21. Let's tune in together. **Follow us on:** **Instagram** https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers_/ **LinkedIn** https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers **Our Website:** productpioneerspodcast.com

Our guest in this Episode is Christina Lange from Metro Digital. Metro Digital is the is the software provider for the wholesale company Metro which operates in 23 countries around the world. Christina has a background in HR and was previously a Agile Coach and an OKR Master. In this episode we talk about the role of a product coach. What is a product coach, how is it different from a Agile Coach or an OKR master. We also discuss how a product coach helps Metro Digital to transition from a software provider to a true product organisation. Tune in to learn more!

In this episode we have the Head of Product from Treecard Jessica Carta on the show. TreeCard is a debit card that puts 80% of profits directly to responsible reforestation projects through the help of Ecosia. By 2026, they aim to plant one billion trees. Jessica is a passionate payments and fintech product professional with **10+ years creating, building, and launching fintech products across the globe.** In this episode we look at the story of Treecard, why they choose treeplanting as a mean to tackle climate change, talk about Human Centered Design and how Treecard uses it to build the leading green finance brand. Tune in to learn more. Follow us on: Instagram: www.instagram.com/productpioneers Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers Website: productpioneerspodcast.com

Mirela Mus is the founder of Product People a Product Management community and consultancy firm. **Product People** helps companies to discover and deliver great products faster. They do all the hands-on and unglamorous work of a Product Manager/Owner on an Interim* basis (3-36 months). We onboard fast, align teams, and deliver outcomes. Product People is also a product community with 7k+ members with the goal to share knowledge generously. They are on track to become one of the biggest product communities in Germany. **Mirela** is a Technical and creative product leader who built and scaled customer-centric products, experiences, and teams. On behalf of product people she gained experience at: Tier, Zalando, Scout24, DrSmile, Omio, & HeyCar to name only a few. In this episode we talk about how Mirela started Product People, what it is about, how they work internally and what makes a good Product Manager and how to hire them. Tune in to get all the details! Follow us on:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers_/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers  Our Website: productpioneerspodcast.com

In this Episode we have another CODE Startup on the show. Our guests are Vincent Amm (Co-Founder) and Daniel Reichhart (Lead Front-End Engineer) from Tokenstreet. Tokenstreet is an investment app that allows the general public to invest in opportunities that were previously only available to the ultra wealthy (e.g. Venture Capital, Private Equity, Real Estate). The founding team, Daniel and other team members are all CODE University students. We talk about their journey so far, how they approach product development, why they launched a waiting list, how they got funding and what their future plans are. Tune in to get all the details.

This episode is all about NFT´s (non-fungible tokens)and three PM frameworks you probably haven´t heard of. Our guest today is Daud Zulfacar, the founder of License Rocks. He breathes blockchain and decentralized technology and has founded numerous startups before. License Rocks uses NFT´s for licensing software and currently develops a new product sweet (listen to learn more). In this episode we cover the basics of NFT´s understand what the hype is about and how License Rocks fits into the picture. We also cover three PM frameworks that Daud developed and uses himself: - Treppenstrategie: A Roadmapping/ product validation and financing method. - Cacha Days - A Team Empowerment Method - DEFF Concept - A design and product development approach. If you want to learn all about NFT´s and the above frameworks, give it listen! You can contact Daud on: Email:daud@licenserocks Twitter:twitter.com/zulfacar Factory Slack: Daud Zulfacar Book recommendation: Start With Why - Simon Sinek Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers_/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers Our Website: productpioneerspodcast.com

Our guest in this Episode is Stuart Johnson. He is the Senior Product Manager for Search at Ecosia, our favourite planet friendly search engine that plants trees. He is an open source developer by heart and was a physics teacher before he built two startups of his own in the Ed Tech space. In this Episode we talked about the similarities of being a teacher, a physicist and a product manager, the influence of a purpose company on the product management role, dove deep into the development of Ecosia´s Green Leaf feature and how search can nudge people into more sustainable behaviours. If you want to become a product manager in a purpose/sustainability company you don´t want to miss it. Let us tune in.

Our guest in this episode is Lorena Mata Garcia. She was one of the first product managers at Infarm which is now the biggest vertical farming company in the world. Until a month ago of recording this episode, Lorena worked at Infarm as an internal product manager. She built the software infrastructure that took Infarm from a single warehouse with no software, to a global corporation in 10 countries in less than 3 years. Using a mix of off-the-rack and custom-built software, she implemented the processes and tools to power production, operations, sales, inventory. In other words, she built software and mobile apps for internal users. She leads a team of off-shore developers, consultants, and in-house PMs, and helped Infarm become the world's largest vertical farming company, with a growth of over 1,000% percent during her tenancy. As some of you know indoor farming is also the passion topic for our Host Simon. He is also the co-founder of an indoor farming startup, building indoor farms for offices. This episode provides pure gold in terms of learning more about the scale-up phase of an indoor farming/hardware startup, therefore definitely give it a listen. Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers_/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers Our Website: productpioneerspodcast.com

In this episode, we talked about the life at consulting and venture firms like BCG and Rocket internet, how they differ from founding your own startup and what we can learn from them. Nina Zavrieva is our very own Senior Lecturer and Startup Coach for the product management department at CODE University. Previously she worked at BCG - Boston Consulting Group for example building a material sourcing platform a.o, and at rocket internet building Lamoda the biggest online fashion brand in Russia as part of the managing team. She also worked at her own startup channel kit and at CEO of Ventures Lab - a venture builder Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers_/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers Our Website: productpioneerspodcast.com

Manosai Eerabathini is a product manager at google, working on Google map and is based out of Boston. He Previously, built music tech at vevo and enterprise email products at Microsoft. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Networked and Social Systems Engineering. He has over 7 years of hands-on product experience in a wide range of domains. He has a passion for new product development on 0 to 1 projects, whether enterprise or consumer-focused. In his spare time, he enjoys playing basketball and traveling. We will talk about how he got into product management, the importance of soft skills, and his thoughts on early-stage vs later-stage product development. Please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Manosai Eerabathini. Follow Manosai on Twitter: https://twitter.com/manosaie?lang=en Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/productpioneers_/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/product-pioneers Our Website: productpioneerspodcast.com

Welcome to a new Episode and a new Season celebrating 1 year Birthday of the Product Pioneers Podcast. Our Guest today is Tetiana Boliukh. She is the founder and idea originator of this podcast and a Product Management student at CODE. We talk about how she started this podcast, what went into it and what makes a great podcast. Additionally, we talk about the new direction of the Product Pioneers Podcast, Season 2, and our new Host Simon Heuschkel. Simon is a Product Management Student at CODE and the co-founder of Susteyn.io, a young indoor farming startup. Visit our brand new website: productpioneerspodcast.com Follow Tetiana on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tetiana-boliukh/

Being in a product management role demands a lot from you as a PM, it requires you to wear many hats, and deal with many stakeholders. Your role also changes depending on the industry you’re in, and changes as you grow within the organization you’re part of. In today’s episode, we focus particularly on fintech as an industry. We opened a discussion on how to prepare ourselves to get into fintech as a non-technical PM, how to work with different departments that share similar roles or tasks, the importance of emotional intelligence, and many more!Our guest today has a massive experience from both the business and technical development areas. this is why she is the perfect guest to talk about this particular topic. Chiedza Muguti is the Head of product at PENTA, the digital platform for business banking aimed at SMEs and startups. Their vision is to build a platform of connected services around a bank account which would allow business owners to use one platform for all their financial needs. It is designed to let business owners save time and money on banking so that they can focus more on their core business.

What are the outcome goals? And what’s the difference between being outcome-driven and output-driven? How does that affect PMs, teams, and management? These are some of the questions we asked Product management expert Tim Herbig on today’s episode! We also talked about the reality of working with the popular methods used by PMs today and the importance of choosing ways that fit the team, company vision, and the product we’re working on. Check TIm's website for more https://herbig.co/