Archive - Varun Godbole's Newsletter

Over-Control and Under-Control

When teams can't sit with nebulosity

Dec 16 • Varun Godbole and Dan Hunt

Creating Value with AI is Uncomfortable

And it’s a very reasonable reaction to a profound shift

Dec 15 • Varun Godbole and Dan Hunt

What is an AI-first agent?

And what will happen to the world when they arrive?

Dec 9 • Varun Godbole and Dan Hunt

Making Claude Code More AI-First

This post laid out three criteria to help determine how AI-first a product is.

Dec 3 • Varun Godbole

What is an AI-first product?

A friend and I were deep in editing one of my essays.

Dec 1 • Varun Godbole and Dan Hunt

September 2025

The AI That Feels Good Wins

The public's lukewarm response to GPT-5 fascinates me more than the model itself.

Sep 4 • Varun Godbole and Dan Hunt

July 2025

What is an AI-first software company?

Deterministic-native software organizations have been struggling to generate substantial enterprise value using GenAI.

Jul 30 • Varun Godbole and Dan Hunt

June 2025

On AI Therapists and Cognitive Prosthetics

I was catching up with a friend the other day who mentioned she'd been using ChatGPT for therapy.

Jun 11 • Varun Godbole

May 2025

Following the thread of LLM evals

A consistent thread since I left Google has been people asking for help with creating value with LLMs in their products.

May 13 • Varun Godbole

April 2025

What happens when you leave your career (and identity) behind

A deep dive into what you may encounter while navigating the void between the first and second halves of life.

Published on Clues Dot Life • Apr 13

Why I think LLMs are "bad" at writing

There's been a meme floating around for a while that "LLMs are bad at writing".

Apr 13 • Varun Godbole

Rigpa and ethical nihilism

A brief conversation with Varun Godbole about enlightenment in Dzogchen

Published on Meaningness • Apr 11

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