Tanmay Pal

I've lost count of how many products I use where a "Summarize with AI" button just showed up one day, solving a problem I didn't have, next to a feature I've been asking for since 2023.

Not against AI in products at all, some of it's genuinely great. But it feels like it went from "does this make sense here" to "we need one for the changelog" pretty fast.

Curious how others are thinking about this, both as builders and as users. Do you actually use the AI features in the tools you pay for, or do you mostly ignore them?

Been thinking about this a lot. Two years ago, if I wanted to find or evaluate something, I'd Google it, skim a few links, maybe check a review site.

Now a good chunk of that happens in a chat window. I ask ChatGPT or Perplexity directly and just get an answer, sometimes with zero clicks to any actual website.

It feels like a pretty fundamental shift in how people find things, not just a new feature. Curious if others are noticing this in their own habits, or seeing it show up in how people find their products.

Curious if other founders/makers here are seeing this: a chunk of my own search behavior has quietly moved from typing something into Google to just asking ChatGPT or Perplexity directly, and getting an answer with no click to any website.

For anyone building a product with organic/SEO as a growth channel, has this shown up in your numbers yet? Or is it too early to tell?

Not trying to sell anything, genuinely curious how other builders here are thinking about it (if at all).