Kevin Owens — Essays on AI SaaS product leadership https://kevinowens.com/writing Long-form frameworks by four-time CPO Kevin Owens: AI-native operating models, AI pricing and packaging, enterprise pilot discipline, and the CPO role in the AI era. en Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT The AI-Native Product Operating Model https://kevinowens.com/writing/ai-native-product-operating-model https://kevinowens.com/writing/ai-native-product-operating-model Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI-native is not a property of your product. It's a property of your operating model. Five shifts separate the SaaS companies compounding with AI from the ones demoing it. Pricing AI Features in a Seat-Based World https://kevinowens.com/writing/pricing-ai-features https://kevinowens.com/writing/pricing-ai-features Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Seat pricing was built on an assumption AI just broke: that serving one more user costs you nothing. How SaaS leaders should price intelligence without eroding margin or suppressing adoption. Why Enterprise AI Pilots Die — and the 90-Day Pattern That Survives https://kevinowens.com/writing/why-ai-pilots-die https://kevinowens.com/writing/why-ai-pilots-die Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Most enterprise AI pilots don't fail. They just never end. The six reasons pilots stall in purgatory, and the 90-day structure that forces a real scale-or-kill decision. The Four Jobs of a SaaS CPO in the AI Era https://kevinowens.com/writing/four-jobs-of-saas-cpo-ai-era https://kevinowens.com/writing/four-jobs-of-saas-cpo-ai-era Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT The CPO role is being repriced. Roadmap stewardship and feature-factory management are losing value; four jobs are gaining it — portfolio allocator, quality owner, margin steward, and trust architect. The AI Readiness Score: How I Assess a Product Org in Two Weeks https://kevinowens.com/writing/ai-readiness-score https://kevinowens.com/writing/ai-readiness-score Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT Before recommending any AI investment, I score the organization on five dimensions. The score predicts outcomes better than the technology choice ever does — and it tells you your first move. Ship the Loop, Not the Fragment https://kevinowens.com/writing/ship-the-loop https://kevinowens.com/writing/ship-the-loop Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT The operating discipline behind everything I build: ship the smallest complete loop from input to value, measure what it changes, keep what compounds — and kill what doesn't.