Articles
Writing on applied AI and product leadership.
Articles by Prashant Kumar on applied AI, product leadership and the human decisions beneath them.
The $70 Billion Dream That Never Was: The Post-Mortem of the Metaverse and the Reimagined Future of Virtual Reality
January 2026 will be remembered as the month when the Metaverse, as we knew it, finally came to an end. For anyone following the journey of virtual reality, this was the moment everything changed.
Why the 80% Failure Rate of AI Projects Is a Leadership Signal - And Product Managers Are the Missing Piece
AI isn't failing because the technology is lacking. It's failing because no one is truly taking responsibility for the results.
Predictability in AI: The "Trust Gap" We Must Close
Having worked in Product Management for regulated domains such as Healthcare, Public Administration, Defense, and Finance, one of the hardest questions I face today when discussing AI integration is simple but fundamental: How can we trust the answer of an AI system?
How Fatherhood (Again) Is Teaching Me New Lessons in 2025
Here we go again! It's been over five years since I wrote about the positive ways parenthood can shape our professional lives. After what I can only describe as a roller-coaster of a year, I'm thrilled to share that my family and I welcomed a healthy baby boy in July 2024.
How Paternity Leave Taught Me Valuable Lessons For A Better Professional
The year 2020 will go down in history as the year which changed the world. From the COVID-19 pandemic to Black Lives Matter protests, the bushfires across Australia/US or the stock market crash, calling this year eventful would be an understatement.