Founder · Mentor · Writer
I turn AI and engineering into companies.
I’m building Whelk. Your private AI. Formerly the Chief AI Officer and CTO who took BuildOps to a unicorn by rebuilding it around AI. I scaled Weedmaps past 300 engineers to IPO, and built and sold a company for $550M as its VP of Engineering. I write here every week or two.
BuildOps → unicorn, as CAIO/CTO
Weedmaps → 300+ eng, IPO
ShopKeep → $550M, as VPE
Building
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Flagship
Whelk
Private AI. The app for people who run their own AI models, on their own hardware. Native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Android. Nothing leaves hardware you own.
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Mentorship · TideHelm
I work with founders, investors, and CTOs on the calls that shape an engineering org for years: the first VP Eng hire, post-Series B scaling, a platform rewrite, technical diligence, CTO succession.