I am a guide to founders, executives and investors on their AI journey. I am a pioneer in building AI products and services and combine technical expertise with strategic vision and social acumen. I cut through the hype, expose myths and illusions, and facilitate the discovery of new non-intuitive opportunities. I stand for visions that are ambitious and practical and am an advocate for an interdisciplinary human-centered approach to innovation and leadership. I facilitate building environments where people and innovation can flourish, and organizations that are driven by translating visions to real world impact.Hands-on Practical ExperienceFor more than 10 years, I have been at the forefront of building AI products and services. As founding engineer and tech lead of Google Assistant and Google Lens, I was fundamental to building and scaling two flagship AI products to a billion user base. Later, I was building high performing AI teams and products both for startups as well as corporations.Strategic Vision & Proven ExpertiseI am combining technical expertise and practical experience with strategic vision that allows me to identify real tech and business opportunities years ahead of market adoption. I have been essential in starting two leading Deep Tech startups, scaling another startup to unicorn status as interim CTO and being an independent trusted resource for both C-Level executives and investors.Ingenious Insights through VersatilityHaving seen the inside outs of big tech, startups and corporations, I am able to combine unique insights from all those environments. This allows me to challenge status-quo thinking and come up with a unique pragmatic approach towards translating vision into real world impact and creating environments where people and innovation can flourish.Experimented with LLM, LVMs and other large models before they were cool.