Anil Chitrapu

product manager · apple news · new york

I am a product manager for Apple News, getting great journalism in front of millions of readers. Before that I spent nine years building and growing products at The New York Times, Condé Nast, and SeatGeek. I work on and with AI: shipping features that put it in people's hands and using it to make teams faster.

01 / now

At Apple, I work across news, sports, audio, food, and puzzles, bringing great journalism and experiences to millions of people around the world. My focus spans AI, growth, infrastructure, and analytics: taking journalism seriously as a product, then sweating the details until it feels effortless.

02 / before

  1. Senior Product Manager, Wirecutter

    2024 – 2025

    The New York Times

    Worked on growth across AI, experimentation, acquisition, and community. Shipped Wirecutter For You, the brand's first personalized newsletter, on an ML recommendation engine built in four weeks. Also launched chapter navigation across every review, recovered millions in annual search revenue, and brought Wirecutter onto the NYT Community platform.

  2. Product Manager, Consumer Experiences

    2021 – 2024

    Condé Nast

    Owned the design system and content rendering engine behind 67 brand sites in 32 markets, Vogue and The New Yorker included. Led a distributed team of seven engineers and a designer.

  3. Senior Manager, Growth

    2020 – 2021

    Condé Nast

    Grew podcasts past 12 million monthly downloads and launched five chart-topping series with Vogue, WIRED, and Pitchfork.

  4. Senior Analyst, Growth Marketing

    2017 – 2020

    SeatGeek

    Scaled paid acquisition from $50K to $1M+ a month and helped grow concerts into the company's biggest event category.

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03 / other work

  • breathwork

    A WebGL breathing exercise: one sphere, custom shaders, a 4-7-8 cycle. Built in a weekend with Three.js.

  • Therapy Notebooks

    Growth advisor for guided mental health notebooks designed by therapists and backed by research.

04 / about me

You can find me running loops around McCarren Park, practicing Carnatic music, and feeling personally responsible for Arsenal, Eagles, and Sixers results.