New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Artificial intelligence is rapidly compressing product development timelines, and even seasoned tech leaders are feeling the shift.

Nikita Bier, head of product at X, revealed that he was able to prototype a fully functional video editor into X just 15 minutes using AI tools, a task he initially believed would require months of engineering effort.

In a post on Sunday, Bier said he had planned to integrate a native video editor into X similar to those found in other social media apps and expected the project to take roughly three months of development time.

Instead, he decided to try building a prototype himself.

"I one shotted a full in browser editor in 15 minutes," he wrote.

The speed of the build surprised eve...