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What is North Star metric?
North Star metric: The single metric that best captures the core value a product delivers to users and that the team aligns on improving over time. For an AI product it should reflect real user success, not just usage or model scores.
North Star metric: an example
For an AI resume builder, the North Star might be the number of users who send an application using a generated resume each week.
Related terms
More AI ethics law product terms
- OECD AI Principles
- Overreliance on AI
- Partial dependence plot
- Personal data
- Personally identifiable information
- Post-hoc explanation
- Predictive parity
- Privacy budget
Where you learn it
North Star metric is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.