Turning AI From Hype Into Products That Matter
I help leaders move beyond AI headlines and build real products, workflows, and data moats. I write the Forbes column on AI, teach Cornell's AI certificate for hundreds of operators, and host a live keynote series with the people shaping how AI is implemented. With two founder exits and experience at Google, LinkedIn, and Snap, I focus on where AI becomes operational: workflows, Generative Engine Optimization, e-commerce, healthcare, education, and the data advantages behind them.
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The Missing Moat In AI: Your Eval Data
The Missing Moat In AI: Your Eval Data [Image: AI chats don't just generate answers. They generate eval data. The company that harvests it best wins. getty] What wins the AI race? UX? Access to users? The foundation model? The data?
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DNA Is Becoming Programmable. Curing Cancer With AI.
DNA Is Becoming Programmable. Curing Cancer With AI. [Image: Cyriac Roeding, Earli at DLD. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images] Everyone is talking about "physical AI," the idea that models will finally step out of the chatbot and into…
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If Your Name Isn't Western, AI Could Cost You The Promotion.
If Your Name Isn't Western, AI Could Cost You The Promotion. [Image: The future of work will be AI driven transparency. That's not without risks.getty] Imagine a company where every meeting is recorded, transcribed, and read by a machine.
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Three Mistakes Brands Make In The Age Of AI-Driven E-Commerce
Three Mistakes Brands Make In The Age Of AI-Driven E-Commerce For thirty years, online retail looked the same: a search box, a grid of results, a page of specifications. That era is ending.
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The State Of E-Commerce: Every Layer Of Discovery Changed At Once
The State Of E-Commerce: Every Layer Of Discovery Changed At Once r2decide, the company I started, is now part of Zoovu. Here is the bigger picture behind that news.
- 🎤 Be a guest on the Keynote. The live series on what's actually working in AI.
- 🛠 Three-hour AI Agent workshops. Personal-productivity or production-grade. Hosted by eCornell.
- 🎓 The Cornell certificate. Five courses on designing and building AI solutions.
- 💬 Q&A. Common questions, answered from my Forbes column and writing.
- 🧪 Portfolio. The AI use cases I've actually built.
- 📘 Ask, Measure, Learn. The book on using data to learn.
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