From Roadmaps to R&D: How AI Is Changing Product Development - with Richard White, Founder of Fathom AI

From Roadmaps to R&D: How AI Is Changing Product Development - with Richard White, Founder of Fathom AI

February 18, 2026 · 57 min · Episode 65

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Richard White discusses how generative AI is transforming product development and the challenges it poses to traditional methods.

Richard White, founder and CEO of Fathom AI, joins Beyond the Prompt to discuss how generative AI is changing the way product teams plan and build. As model capabilities improve quickly, estimating effort and impact becomes harder, challenging traditional roadmap driven development. Richard explains why his team operates more like an R&D function, how they experiment with different models and use cases, and what it takes to build in a world where the underlying technology keeps evolving.

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Hosts: Jeremy Utley, Henrik Werdelin

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