AI consulting & angel investing
Hands-on AI operator & angel investor.
Collapse decision time. Raise the bar. Reduce the toil.
I help executive teams move AI from slides into production. I also write $10-75K checks for founders doing the same. Cold intros welcome. You’ll get a clear yes/no within 48 hours when you include a deck or data room.
Outcome-first sprints · 48-hour diligence · $10-75K checks
Outcome-first sprints. 48-hour diligence. $10-75K checks.
Applied AI inside complex operations.
Currently
Sophon Ventures
Applied AI consulting and angel capital for AI-native and AI-amplified companies.
Delivering production AI for judgment-heavy workflows - with reliable integrations and feedback loops that keep improving.
Investing $10-75K at Pre-seed/Seed in companies where AI is the product - or clearly compounds the margin and defensibility of the product.
2021 - Present
Systems engineering for operatorsPreviously
A few places I’ve spent meaningful time.
About
Operator and investor with 10+ years in product and strategy. I work with founders and exec teams to turn complex, multi-step operations into reliable decision systems - the kind that ship to production, stand up to scrutiny, and actually change how work gets done.
I prefer small, senior teams and measurable shipped outcomes over demos. I’m comfortable partnering on short, outcome-first sprints or working embedded when that’s the right fit.
I selectively back longevity - extending healthy life is worth doing.
I can help with:
- • Prioritize the 1-2 AI bets with the clearest ROI
- • Ship production features with evaluation and guardrails
- • Prove large-scale impact with audit-ready metrics; keep what works
Principles
How I operate
- Default to production.
- Measure shipped impact, not demos.
- Small, senior teams.
- Evaluation-led; model/vendor-agnostic.
- Auditable decisions; human oversight where it matters.
Advisory
AI consulting (selective)
I partner with leadership to turn AI from slides into shipped features. Work ranges from short, outcome-first sprints to embedded roles. Typical impact: move high-stakes decisions from hours to minutes, cut errors with clearer accountability, and meaningfully reduce manual work.
- • Use-case triage & ROI modeling
- • Buy vs. build; vendor selection
- • Organization design & capability building
- • LLM evaluation, guardrails, and retrieval
- • Data pipelines & feedback loops
- • Practical MLOps & cost control
Contact
If this resonates, let’s talk.
Share what you’re building - cold intros welcome. I reply within 48 hours when you include a deck or data room.
- Outcome-first sprints or embedded leadership; ship real wins fast.
- Focus: applied-AI inside complex, high-stakes operations.
- Decision-ready evaluation within 48 hours after you share context.
- Checks: $10-75K · Pre-seed/Seed.
- Operators building durable advantage with applied-AI.
- Response within 48 hours when you include a deck or data room.