Marily Nika
@marilynika.bsky.social
Gen AI Product Lead @ Google | I certify AI Product Managers | Harvard Business School | ML PhD | Fortune 40u40 | http://marily.substack.com.
Just scrolling Marketplace and there’s a casually listed humanoid robot like it’s a used coffee table. Absolutely normal times.
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Just scrolling Marketplace and there’s a casually listed humanoid robot like it’s a used coffee table. Absolutely normal times.
It was fantastic meeting Priscilla Chan & Mark Zuckerberg last night. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will now concentrate on AI & scientific research, led by a network of research centers called Biohub to accelerate discoveries that design treatments to change lives.
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It was fantastic meeting Priscilla Chan & Mark Zuckerberg last night. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will now concentrate on AI & scientific research, led by a network of research centers called Biohub to accelerate discoveries that design treatments to change lives.
In 2024, I visited the 1X offices and checked EVE out, their current robot at the time. I also saw NEO nearby, which looked remarkably human—almost like someone in a suit. The NEO PM told me, “Give it a year, and everyone will have one of these at home”.Well, here we are… pre-order is in 🤖
October 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
In 2024, I visited the 1X offices and checked EVE out, their current robot at the time. I also saw NEO nearby, which looked remarkably human—almost like someone in a suit. The NEO PM told me, “Give it a year, and everyone will have one of these at home”.Well, here we are… pre-order is in 🤖
POV: Getting into an argument with Sora about who is the real content creator
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sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68e456a2...
October 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
POV: Getting into an argument with Sora about who is the real content creator
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68e456a2...
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68e456a2...
On this day back in 2007, I packed my life into a suitcase and left Greece — for what was supposed to be a 12-month adventure to leave everything behind and study computer science.
September 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
On this day back in 2007, I packed my life into a suitcase and left Greece — for what was supposed to be a 12-month adventure to leave everything behind and study computer science.
Me: I’ll give folks a few minutes to join my AI Agent webinar
Also me, 60 seconds in: 👀 473 participants already
Also me, 60 seconds in: 👀 473 participants already
September 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Me: I’ll give folks a few minutes to join my AI Agent webinar
Also me, 60 seconds in: 👀 473 participants already
Also me, 60 seconds in: 👀 473 participants already
Back on stage after mat leave at Women In Product's 10th Conference. 1000 people, AI everywhere. I shared thoughts on moving from AI hype → AI how:
✨ All PMs will be AI-first - this needs to be our default lens for solving problems.
✨ All PMs will be AI-first - this needs to be our default lens for solving problems.
September 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Back on stage after mat leave at Women In Product's 10th Conference. 1000 people, AI everywhere. I shared thoughts on moving from AI hype → AI how:
✨ All PMs will be AI-first - this needs to be our default lens for solving problems.
✨ All PMs will be AI-first - this needs to be our default lens for solving problems.
🚨 It’s called a bootcamp for a reason 🏋♂️ For our September's AI PM Bootcamp cohort, I’m assigning an engineer to every single team — so you don’t just design a capstone project, you *actually* launch it.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🚨 It’s called a bootcamp for a reason 🏋♂️ For our September's AI PM Bootcamp cohort, I’m assigning an engineer to every single team — so you don’t just design a capstone project, you *actually* launch it.
lnkd.in/gdSTqQy2
lnkd.in/gdSTqQy2
Nano Banana is totally bananas 🍌 For folks that haven't tried this yet, it's an advanced AI image model from Google DeepMind that allows you to edit and combine photos with text.
August 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nano Banana is totally bananas 🍌 For folks that haven't tried this yet, it's an advanced AI image model from Google DeepMind that allows you to edit and combine photos with text.
Gemini comes to Google Home! This is the team I'm a part of.It was fun to explore what GenAI can do on communal devices.Some use cases I briefly worked on:“add the ingredients to make an authentic Italian lasagna to my shopping list”,”set a timer for perfectly blanched broccoli” 🥦
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August 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Gemini comes to Google Home! This is the team I'm a part of.It was fun to explore what GenAI can do on communal devices.Some use cases I briefly worked on:“add the ingredients to make an authentic Italian lasagna to my shopping list”,”set a timer for perfectly blanched broccoli” 🥦
lnkd.in/eWxY9fQ5
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I got to meet Sundar Pichai last week! Still taking in everything from Google I/O — the learnings & energy — but getting the chance to meet our CEO after 12 years at Google was *easily* the #1 highlight. Sundar visited our AI Builders group at the AI Pavilion & the excitement was obvious. #googleio
May 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I got to meet Sundar Pichai last week! Still taking in everything from Google I/O — the learnings & energy — but getting the chance to meet our CEO after 12 years at Google was *easily* the #1 highlight. Sundar visited our AI Builders group at the AI Pavilion & the excitement was obvious. #googleio
May 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I use different AI tools for different use cases. My new discovery that has helped me a lot on every day dillemmas is Perplexity's 'social-only' search that summarizes relevant discussions (with links to actual threads) primarily from Reddit.
May 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I use different AI tools for different use cases. My new discovery that has helped me a lot on every day dillemmas is Perplexity's 'social-only' search that summarizes relevant discussions (with links to actual threads) primarily from Reddit.
In AI Products,we are building 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿 experiences for users. Experiences they have never seen before.Truth is that users can tell you what’s broken about the path towards a use case, they won't tell you how to fix it.Listen, observe behaviors then design what they didn’t know is possible with AI
April 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In AI Products,we are building 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿 experiences for users. Experiences they have never seen before.Truth is that users can tell you what’s broken about the path towards a use case, they won't tell you how to fix it.Listen, observe behaviors then design what they didn’t know is possible with AI
wow Gemini can now remove watermarks, regenerate images and completely change outfits. This is amazing, it even got the folds of the t-shirt just right.
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
wow Gemini can now remove watermarks, regenerate images and completely change outfits. This is amazing, it even got the folds of the t-shirt just right.
THRILLED to announce that my book, "Building AI-powered Products: the essential AI & GenAI Product Management", is here—published by O'Reilly! A unique guide to PMs of ALL levels based on my learnings from 12y at Google and Meta.
𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
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𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
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March 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
THRILLED to announce that my book, "Building AI-powered Products: the essential AI & GenAI Product Management", is here—published by O'Reilly! A unique guide to PMs of ALL levels based on my learnings from 12y at Google and Meta.
𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
amzn.to/3Dbufkp
𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗠𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
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I bought this from the google store and it reminded me of the most difficult interview question I was ever asked: “describe AI to a 4 year old”.
February 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I bought this from the google store and it reminded me of the most difficult interview question I was ever asked: “describe AI to a 4 year old”.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
This was me on Day 1 of my “official” journey in computer science. Up until then, coding had just been a hobby—something I explored out of curiosity.I was beyond excited to start my MSc in CS, knowing it would be a long road before I figured out what I truly wanted to do.
This was me on Day 1 of my “official” journey in computer science. Up until then, coding had just been a hobby—something I explored out of curiosity.I was beyond excited to start my MSc in CS, knowing it would be a long road before I figured out what I truly wanted to do.
February 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
This was me on Day 1 of my “official” journey in computer science. Up until then, coding had just been a hobby—something I explored out of curiosity.I was beyond excited to start my MSc in CS, knowing it would be a long road before I figured out what I truly wanted to do.
This was me on Day 1 of my “official” journey in computer science. Up until then, coding had just been a hobby—something I explored out of curiosity.I was beyond excited to start my MSc in CS, knowing it would be a long road before I figured out what I truly wanted to do.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝗦 (𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸)
"So which LLM is better, Marily?" My answer is, well we can't compare them. Not like that. You have to compare apples to apples. Which one is better in what? Reasoning? Creativity? Speed?
Here’s what to test for.
"So which LLM is better, Marily?" My answer is, well we can't compare them. Not like that. You have to compare apples to apples. Which one is better in what? Reasoning? Creativity? Speed?
Here’s what to test for.
January 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝗦 (𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸)
"So which LLM is better, Marily?" My answer is, well we can't compare them. Not like that. You have to compare apples to apples. Which one is better in what? Reasoning? Creativity? Speed?
Here’s what to test for.
"So which LLM is better, Marily?" My answer is, well we can't compare them. Not like that. You have to compare apples to apples. Which one is better in what? Reasoning? Creativity? Speed?
Here’s what to test for.
Interesting. You can try DeepSeek R1 on Perplexity entirely hosted in US / Europe - and you can see the actual chain of thought
Try DeepSeek R1 for free: www.perplexity.ai
p.s. You can get 12-months of free Perplexity Pro if you become an annual subscriber: marily.substack.com.
#deepseekr1
Try DeepSeek R1 for free: www.perplexity.ai
p.s. You can get 12-months of free Perplexity Pro if you become an annual subscriber: marily.substack.com.
#deepseekr1
January 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Interesting. You can try DeepSeek R1 on Perplexity entirely hosted in US / Europe - and you can see the actual chain of thought
Try DeepSeek R1 for free: www.perplexity.ai
p.s. You can get 12-months of free Perplexity Pro if you become an annual subscriber: marily.substack.com.
#deepseekr1
Try DeepSeek R1 for free: www.perplexity.ai
p.s. You can get 12-months of free Perplexity Pro if you become an annual subscriber: marily.substack.com.
#deepseekr1
2024: Gone in a blink. Rejoining Google felt like coming home, and the year was filled with incredible moments—conferences, robots, giving talks and interviews about AI, reaching thousands of students with my courses, and meeting amazing people after presenting at TED AI, TechCrunch SF & more.
December 31, 2024 at 9:54 PM
2024: Gone in a blink. Rejoining Google felt like coming home, and the year was filled with incredible moments—conferences, robots, giving talks and interviews about AI, reaching thousands of students with my courses, and meeting amazing people after presenting at TED AI, TechCrunch SF & more.
We need more AI builders. It's easy to consume, use, admire and talk about it, but 2025 is the time to start unlocking AI's full potential. Don't be afraid of it.
I don't know who created this graph, but it's spot on.
I don't know who created this graph, but it's spot on.
December 20, 2024 at 6:21 PM
We need more AI builders. It's easy to consume, use, admire and talk about it, but 2025 is the time to start unlocking AI's full potential. Don't be afraid of it.
I don't know who created this graph, but it's spot on.
I don't know who created this graph, but it's spot on.
Watch this with sound 🔊🔊
Gemini 2.0 is Google ‘s new AI model for the Agentic Era. What does this mean? It supports multimodal input - images / video AND audio, it’s with me on the go. We were doing math earlier today and I just gave it a tour of the google campus.
Gemini 2.0 is Google ‘s new AI model for the Agentic Era. What does this mean? It supports multimodal input - images / video AND audio, it’s with me on the go. We were doing math earlier today and I just gave it a tour of the google campus.
December 12, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Watch this with sound 🔊🔊
Gemini 2.0 is Google ‘s new AI model for the Agentic Era. What does this mean? It supports multimodal input - images / video AND audio, it’s with me on the go. We were doing math earlier today and I just gave it a tour of the google campus.
Gemini 2.0 is Google ‘s new AI model for the Agentic Era. What does this mean? It supports multimodal input - images / video AND audio, it’s with me on the go. We were doing math earlier today and I just gave it a tour of the google campus.
AI Agents are not a chatbot.
2025 will be all about AI Agents.
✨ Chatbots are still a thing. They are designed for basic interactions.
✨ AI Agents on the other hand can *act* and *think* autonomously.
✨ Multi-agents, that's where the magic is at.
2025 will be all about AI Agents.
✨ Chatbots are still a thing. They are designed for basic interactions.
✨ AI Agents on the other hand can *act* and *think* autonomously.
✨ Multi-agents, that's where the magic is at.
December 1, 2024 at 6:34 PM
AI Agents are not a chatbot.
2025 will be all about AI Agents.
✨ Chatbots are still a thing. They are designed for basic interactions.
✨ AI Agents on the other hand can *act* and *think* autonomously.
✨ Multi-agents, that's where the magic is at.
2025 will be all about AI Agents.
✨ Chatbots are still a thing. They are designed for basic interactions.
✨ AI Agents on the other hand can *act* and *think* autonomously.
✨ Multi-agents, that's where the magic is at.
Festive at Google today 💙
November 28, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Festive at Google today 💙