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I invest in the Product Pass because a gap is widening between people who are having the most fun and success of their entire careers thanks to AI, and people who are feeling confused, stressed, and destabilized—and curation plus a full free year bridge that gap.
Lenny explains his motivation for investing in Product Pass: he sees a split between people thriving with AI and people feeling overwhelmed, and he believes curated recommendations with full-year free access are the solution. ✦ AI generated
Lenny · Lenny's Newsletter · 2026-07-28 · original ↗
I continue to invest in the Product Pass because I've been watching a gap widen between people who are having the most fun and success of their entire careers thanks to AI, and people who are feeling confused, stressed, and destabilized. For over seven years, I've been sharing practical advice, building community, and capturing insights from industry leaders, but for many people, access is often the trickiest part. These tools are expensive, and there are so many of them. It's hard to know where to invest your time and money. That's why the curation—only including products I genuinely love and recommend—and pushing every partner to offer a full free year are so important.
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- ·Some people having the most fun and success of their careers thanks to AI
- ·Others feeling confused, stressed, and destabilized
- ·Gap motivated Lenny's investment in Product Pass
- ·Too many expensive tools—hard to know where to invest time and money
- ·Curation includes only products Lenny genuinely loves
- ·Every partner pushed to offer a full free year
- ·Bridges the gap between thriving and overwhelmed
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