What does "AI-native" actually mean?

Working from a model of your product instead of from prompts. You stop re-explaining context every session and start from what your team already decided. The tool carries the memory; you keep the judgement.

Why not just use ChatGPT?

Because it only knows what you paste in. Anchor reads your sources first, keeps a model of the product between sessions, and tells you what's missing instead of smoothing over it.

Will AI replace Product Managers?

No. It doesn't decide what to build or which trade-off is acceptable — those need someone accountable. It removes the archaeology, not the judgement.

How long does setup take?

Connect one source and you'll have something useful the same day. Most teams start with interviews and existing PRDs, then add Jira and Slack.

Encrypted in transit and at rest. Access follows the permissions of the systems you connect. Disconnect or delete a brain at any time. Your data doesn't train foundation models.

What if my sources contradict each other?

That's the useful case. You see both statements, where each came from, and a question asking you to decide.

What if we barely document anything?

Then gap detection is what you'll use most. Anchor works with call recordings and Slack threads, and is explicit about what it doesn't know.

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Writing acceptance criteria from customer calls

The edge cases you need are already on the recordings. They rarely sound like requirements.

Ilan Weiss7 July 20267 min read

Acceptance criteria written from a specification tend to test the happy path, because that is what the specification describes. Criteria written from customer conversations test reality, because customers only volunteer detail when something went wrong.

Listen for environment, not requests

A customer saying 'I need it to be faster' is a request and is nearly useless. The same customer saying 'I usually do this on the train' is an environment, and it is a specification: intermittent connectivity, small screen, one hand, interruptions.

Convert the anecdote, not the ask

Find the moment they describe something failing
Write the state they were in when it failed
Write what they expected to happen
That is a Given / When / Then, almost verbatim

Keep the citation attached

A criterion that carries the sentence it came from survives review. When someone challenges it in refinement, you are not defending your judgement — you are replaying a customer. Those two conversations go very differently.

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