Product teams make hundreds of strategic decisions every quarter, but those decisions often get derailed by "risk stacking"—the organizational tendency to pile up minor concerns until innovative ideas seem unworkable. At the same time Product leaders are struggling to scale their strategic thinking and insights across the entire product org to match the pace of AI-enabled engineers and designers.

Today, ProductCents launches to change that, introducing the first AI-powered platform designed to distinguish legitimate strategic risks from artificial resistance, giving product teams the clarity to move forward with confidence.

The platform, created by Christopher Korokeyi, former Product Director at leading GRC platform Drata, transforms how product teams identify threats to their roadmaps, quantify trade-offs, and respond to market shifts before they become crisis points.

The Challenge: When Risk Assessment Becomes Risk Theater

Product teams face a unique challenge: legitimate strategic risks get tangled with artificial resistance. When stakeholders want to kill an idea, they often engage in "risk stacking"—piling up minor, easily solvable concerns to make innovative proposals seem unworkable. Meanwhile, real threats to product success hide in plain sight, overlooked while teams debate trivial objections.

This dynamic leaves product managers caught between organizational politics and genuine strategic decision-making, unable to distinguish between legitimate caution and manufactured roadblocks. Traditional risk assessment tools can't differentiate between substantive concerns and resistance theater, leaving teams vulnerable to both analysis paralysis and actual blind spots.

The Solution: Objective Risk Intelligence That Cuts Through Politics

ProductCents adapts proven methodologies from Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and Third Party Risk Management, reimagining them to separate legitimate strategic concerns from organizational resistance. The platform's AI engine delivers:

Built for Product Teams, By Product Teams

Beyond its analytical capabilities, ProductCents delivers an experience crafted specifically for product professionals. The platform features carefully designed easter eggs—including an animated sky sequence inspired by the original Super Mario Bros. and performance gauges that channel the competitive precision of Top Gun—creating an interface that product teams actually enjoy using.

About ProductCents

ProductCents is the first AI-powered risk intelligence platform built specifically for product strategy. By applying enterprise-grade risk management principles to product decision-making, ProductCents helps teams anticipate threats, quantify opportunities, and execute with confidence. Learn more at ProductCents.com.