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Niki Birkner

Niki Birkner

Senior Product Manager at Together AI leading inference API and monetization

San Francisco, California
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Joined August 2025
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Summary

Niki Birkner is a seasoned Product Manager with expertise in AI, specifically in developing and monetizing LLM-based applications. At Together AI, she leads inference API and monetization strategies, contributing to cutting-edge developments in generative AI hardware and software. deeplearning+3
She demonstrates a strong commitment to sharing knowledge and fostering skill development in the AI product space. This is evident through her role as a co-instructor for a DeepLearning.AI course on building AI-powered games and her Medium articles offering guidance on product management interviews. deeplearning+1
Niki has a background in entrepreneurship, having founded Fresquiticos and being recognized as a student entrepreneur by the WBENC. Her education in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University provides a strong foundation for her career in technology and product development. lionessmagazine

Work

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A practitioner's guide to testing and running large GPU clusters for training generative AI models

August 1, 2024

Co-authored an article outlining the acceptance testing process developed at Together AI for ensuring the reliability and performance of GPU clusters used in training generative AI models.

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Product Management Interviews Part 3/3: Design and Engineering Cases

September 1, 2021

An article providing insights into design and engineering case questions in product management interviews.

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Product Management Interviews Part 2/3: Product Cases

September 1, 2021

An article detailing the types of questions and strategies for product case interviews.

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Product Management Interviews Part 1/4: Structure, Screener and Take Home Assignment

September 1, 2021

The first part of a series on product management interviews, covering the overall structure, screener, and take-home assignments.

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Giving without expecting anything in return

July 1, 2021

A reflection on lessons learned from Adam Grant's book 'Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives our Success'.

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