How to Create an AI Product Roadmap (That Actually Works)

Step-by-step guidance, templates, and winning examples

Not everyone likes roadmaps. In fact, many love to hate on them:

But here’s the reality: your company is demanding an AI roadmap.

You can’t just not give them one. So how do you create a roadmap that is actually useful and not hopium? That’s the subject of today’s newsletter…

One of the Most Important AI PM Skills

In 2025, there are three absolutely critical skills for every PM:

1. AI Strategy

2. AI PRDs

3. AI Roadmaps

Since I’ve covered the first two - and they are amongst my most popular pieces ever - today we hit this topic.

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I have teamed up with someone at the epicenter of AI: Miqdad Jaffer at OpenAI.

Miqdad runs the AI PM Certification, which I took myself in 2024. If you want to learn AI with other PMs, I recommend it and secured $550 off his next cohort for you:

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First: Do You Need an AI Roadmap?

The harsh truth is that most AI product roadmaps fail. They fall into one of the following three traps:

1. “Sprinkle some AI on top”

2. Technology-first fantasies that don’t translate to production

3. Copy-paste jobs that mimic competitors without differentiation

So the first question you really need to ask yourself is: do I really need an AI Roadmap? Here’s a simple guide to help you decide:

Do You Really Need An AI Roadmap Assessment

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6-page guide to deciding if you need to build an AI Product Roadmap from Aakash Gupta and Miqdad Jaffer

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Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s help you create an amazing AI roadmap.

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Today’s Post

We’ve put together the ultimate resource on AI Roadmaps.

1. Step-By-Step: How to Create an AI Roadmap

   • Vision → Strategy → Roadmap

   • How to Use AI to Build Your Roadmap

   • The 8 Types of AI Roadmaps + Templates

2. Real Examples of AI Roadmaps - And What Made Them Win

3. Avoiding the Hopium Trap and Other Pitfalls

4. Review of Major Product Roadmap Tools