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AI-First Playbook: Do a Team's Work With AI (2026) | Peter Yang

📌 Generate structured summaries with https://transkriptor.com?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=midroll&utm_campaign=siliconvalleygirl A year ago Peter Yang was drowning in meetings and paperwork. Then he rebuilt his entire workflow around AI. He left product roles at Meta, Reddit, and Roblox to go solo. Today he runs a 140K newsletter and has built 16 apps without writing a line of code. In this episode he breaks down how: how to move from using AI like a search engine to building systems that run your work, how to build a personal AI that knows your strategy, and the one thing to do this week to get ahead. *Timestamps:* 00:00 — Intro 02:51 — How his AI posting system works across platforms 08:54 — The weekly strategic brief Peter built in Codex 11:59 — The 5 Layers of AI Adoption framework explained 14:09 — How to move from Level 1 to Level 5 (practical walkthrough) 24:32 —  AI that learns your decision-making style 25:53 — Step-by-step: how to go from Level 2 to Level 5 27:57 — Peter's honest fear about AI 29:06 — Peter's radical solution for raising kids in the AI era 30:18 — Action plan: what to do this week to stay ahead *Links:* 📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Peter-Yang 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co

Marina MogilkohostPeter Yangguest
Jun 16, 202629mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
June 16, 2026
Duration
29m
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Silicon Valley Girl
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📌 Generate structured summaries with https://transkriptor.com?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=midroll&utm_campaign=siliconvalleygirl A year ago Peter Yang was drowning in meetings and paperwork. Then he rebuilt his entire workflow around AI. He left product roles at Meta, Reddit, and Roblox to go solo. Today he runs a 140K newsletter and has built 16 apps without writing a line of code. In this episode he breaks down how: how to move from using AI like a search engine to building systems that run your work, how to build a personal AI that knows your strategy, and the one thing to do this week to get ahead. *Timestamps:* 00:00 — Intro 02:51 — How his AI posting system works across platforms 08:54 — The weekly strategic brief Peter built in Codex 11:59 — The 5 Layers of AI Adoption framework explained 14:09 — How to move from Level 1 to Level 5 (practical walkthrough) 24:32 —  AI that learns your decision-making style 25:53 — Step-by-step: how to go from Level 2 to Level 5 27:57 — Peter's honest fear about AI 29:06 — Peter's radical solution for raising kids in the AI era 30:18 — Action plan: what to do this week to stay ahead *Links:* 📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Peter-Yang 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co

SPEAKERS

  • Marina Mogilko

    host

    YouTuber and entrepreneur who hosts interviews on the Silicon Valley Girl channel.

  • Peter Yang

    guest

    Product builder and AI workflows creator who previously built products at Reddit, Meta, and Roblox.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Marina Mogilko and Peter Yang, AI-First Playbook: Do a Team's Work With AI (2026) | Peter Yang explores peter Yang’s AI-first workflow replaces a full content operations team Peter describes turning repetitive creator work (newsletter editing, cross-platform posting, podcast prep, and sponsor management) into reusable “skills” so AI can execute end-to-end workflows with minimal copy-paste.

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