OpenAI PM Reveals How He Uses Codex to Do Product Work | Rohan Varma

As a product manager for OpenAI Codex, Rohan has a firsthand look at how one of the most AI-native teams in the world operates. He showed me how he uses Codex to trigger work from Slack replies, prototype designs with image generation, replace stale PRDs with live project sites, and more. Watch this episode if you’re tired of all the nonsense around “AI-native PM” and want to see how a real one actually operates.

Rohan and I talked about:

(00:00) Codex can do more than you think

(01:53) Use Codex to pull context from Slack, docs, Linear, and email

(03:28) How Codex flips planning from docs to demos

(13:14) Demo: Do the task once with Codex, then automate it

(14:30) Demo: Trigger Codex automations from Slack replies

(17:26) Demo: Use Image Gen to explore design variants fast

(19:58) Demo: Turn any Codex thread into a reusable skill

(29:55) Demo: Turn project context into a shareable Site

(33:33) Use one Codex thread to manage other Codex threads

(37:18) Aim 10x more ambitious than feels reasonable

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Where to find Rohan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohannvarma

X: https://x.com/TheRohanVarma

Codex: https://openai.com/codex/

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