Capability-First Discovery

Classical PM starts at pain points. AI PM adds a second input: the capability frontier. Every few months the set of 'newly feasible' products shifts — models learn to see, use tools, hold longer contexts.

Capability-first discovery: map what the frontier does well now — summarize long context cheaply, extract structure from mess, classify at scale — then find the painful workflow it's suddenly feasible for. Many of the best AI products weren't invented; they were waiting for the capability.