Hypergrowth breaks when research wins don't inherit SLOs, ownership, and debt budgets. Product leadership must stage maturation gates—not hero launches.
Executive snapshot
Scaling Series C/D: Bridging R&D and Production
Market & strategyScale
The move
Late-stage companies must compound platforms while shipping agent bets in parallel.
The friction
Research spikes create unowned artifacts that production cannot safely absorb.
The product verdict
Define handoff contracts: observability, rollback, and owner teams before GA labels.
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