Building and launching an AI-powered Product Strategy tool, or; a story of nights and weekends

Speaking to peers in the software development sphere I learned of one constant that we had all personally experienced throughout our careers: a bloated product development process that feels like work for the sake of work, centred around the highest-paid person's opinion instead of its customers.

We didn't like how current tools assume AI will provide the perfect answer on the first run. Instead, we wanted a tool that allows for manual refining and editing AI suggestions, keeping all previous ideas in context. This way, we can develop a solution step by step, instead of trying to get it perfect on the first try. An approach more similar to how you'd typically approach product discovery as a human. AI is then used to help save time and reduce admin, instead of replace the expert

So, we got together and asked over 100 Product Managers questions about it, brought all that feedback goodness together, and started building Squad. We think we've created something really cool and hope you think so too.

The ELI5 on what Squad does:

1. Creates alignment that empowers bottom up software development whilst keeping executive in the loop
2. Increases confidence that what you're building is what people actually want - data driven by default
3. Speeds up the time from idea --> execution by ideating with you on an experimentation approach
4. Helps gives PMs time back to focus on strategy (currently stats show they spend 75% of their time on admin, 25% on strategy)

The team hustled hard on this as a passion project while working day jobs, and today have launched on Product Hunt. Check it out and see if the mission resonates with you, we'd appreciate the love!

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/squad-8b75e29c-d767-4a8f-a60a-fd162e141a72

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