Product strategy, AI adoption, and executive advisory for CEOs, Founders, CTOs, and VCs building the next generation of AI-powered companies.
Working directly with founders, executives, and VCs on product strategy in an AI-first world. Where to invest, what to build, what to skip. Decisions grounded in 16 years of shipping products at scale.
Helping companies move beyond AI experiments into real business value. Identifying high-leverage opportunities, evaluating build-vs-buy, and creating adoption roadmaps that actually ship.
Embedding AI capabilities into how product teams work — from AI-assisted development workflows to intelligent automation. Making product organizations more effective, not just busier.
The relationship between product and engineering is being rewritten by AI. Helping teams navigate new collaboration models where AI accelerates both sides of the equation.
From sports tech to proptech to music AI — working across industries where product thinking and AI adoption drive competitive advantage.
This isn't ivory tower consulting. Every recommendation comes from someone who's built products end-to-end — from UI design through architecture, development, and team building.
Deep dive into your product, market, and team. Identify where AI creates leverage and where it's noise.
Concrete product and AI strategy tied to business outcomes. No 50-slide decks — clear decisions with clear rationale.
Working alongside your team on implementation. When needed, bringing in a core network of trusted partners — designer, CTO, developer — to get things built.
Ongoing advisory relationship, not a one-off engagement. Strategy compounds when someone who understands your business stays in the loop.
Founding team executive at Viber, where he helped build a messaging platform that reached over a billion users. Served as COO and CIO at ROX Financial, VP Product at PeerSpot, and has held senior product leadership roles across multiple industries.
Active AI researcher with projects spanning financial intelligence (EcoMoat), productivity tools (Fluno), and autonomous AI systems. Angel investor with a portfolio focused on the intersection of AI, product, and business model innovation.
Based between Tel Aviv and Berlin. Works with companies globally on the strategic and operational challenges of building AI-powered products.
Practical perspectives from 16 years of shipping products at scale — on AI adoption, executive decision-making, and what actually moves the needle.
Most AI adoption fails not because of technology, but because leadership isn't aligned on what AI should solve. The pattern is consistent — and the fix starts at the executive table.
Read the article →Five companies across sports, music AI, proptech, healthtech, and media. Three patterns that showed up every time — and three things you can act on this week.
Read the case study →Most AI failures aren't technical — they're organizational. Score your company on seven questions that reveal whether you're ready to execute, or building on sand.
Take the assessment →Month 1: audit and align. Month 2: pilot and learn. Month 3: scale and systematize. A concrete 90-day plan that moves mid-market companies from "we should do AI" to a running pilot with documented results.
Read the playbook →30-minute introductory call. No pitch decks, no pressure. Let's see if there's a fit.
Or reach out directly: michael@shmilov.com