Lenny Rachitsky
Lenny Rachitsky is a creator focused on product, growth and careers: he writes Lenny’s Newsletter and hosts the interview podcast Lenny’s Podcast. In product circles he is usually just called Lenny.
Background and notable work
- Lenny’s Newsletter: per its about page, it is a deeply researched advice column about building product, driving growth, and advancing your career, aimed at product leaders, founders and ambitious builders, with a large accompanying Slack community.
- Lenny’s Podcast: an interview show in which Rachitsky talks with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover concrete, actionable and tactical advice; the show page frames its themes as Product, Career and Growth.
- How I AI: a show in the Lenny’s Podcast Network hosted by Claire Vo, covering practical AI workflows; see the launch announcement.
Mentioned in the show
Rachitsky does not appear in the episodes quoted on this page; the following is a host’s relay. In the cloud computers, your own computers and server management chapter of Weekly #005 (Chinese transcript), Orange, discussing OpenAI’s personal agent Dots and its head Thibault Sottiaux, says: “Dots 上了个 Lenny 的播客然后那讲了一下他们的那规划，就说这个 Dots 的未来就是它要管一堆电脑的” (“Dots went on Lenny’s podcast and talked about their plans: Dots’ future is managing a bunch of computers”) (see that line).
The matching public episode is OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT: We’re entering a new era of AI (again), published on Lenny’s Podcast on October 4, 2026, with Tibo Sottiaux as the guest; the episode page’s description of Dots matches the host’s relay, but the specific plans about “managing a bunch of computers” are in the episode’s paid full text; the episode itself is the authoritative source.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Lenny Rachitsky?
A creator in product and growth circles: author of Lenny’s Newsletter and host of Lenny’s Podcast. See his about page.
What is Lenny’s Podcast?
An English interview podcast in which Lenny Rachitsky talks with product leaders and growth experts about product, careers and growth. See the show page.
Where can I subscribe to Lenny’s Newsletter?
It runs on Substack at lennysnewsletter.com, with both free and paid subscriptions.