AI Product Strategy
Clarify where AI fits, what problem it solves, who it serves, and how it creates meaningful product or business value.
Learn moreMove from AI ambition to product clarity.
I help founders, CTOs, and product teams turn unclear AI opportunities into focused strategy, MVP scope, practical prototypes, and execution plans.
AI product strategy for teams that need clarity before they build.
Whether you're exploring a new AI product, adding AI to an existing workflow, or trying to prioritize what to build first, I help turn early ideas into practical product plans your team can actually execute.
AI Opportunity Discovery
Identify and prioritize the AI use cases that are worth exploring before you commit engineering time or budget.
Learn moreProduct-Market Fit Support
Test assumptions, refine MVP scope, validate user needs, and sharpen early product direction.
Learn moreFractional Product Leadership
Get senior product guidance for AI initiatives without hiring a full-time product leader before you are ready.
Learn moreHow I think about AI product work
AI should make the product stronger, not just more technical.
AI creates the most value when it improves a real workflow, decision, or business outcome — not when it simply adds another model, tool, or vendor.
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Workflow before technology
Start with the journey, process, and decision points AI needs to improve.
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Clarity before investment
Prioritize the ideas worth testing before committing roadmap, budget, or engineering time.
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Practical technical fluency
Understand models, tools, integrations, data needs, and constraints without hand-waving.
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Strategy through execution
Turn AI ambition into MVP scope, prototype direction, and next steps your team can act on.
20+
Years in product leadership
0→1
Product building experience
AI
Strategy and prototype work
API
Integration and platform experience
Austin Teames
AI product strategist and hands-on product leader with 20+ years building emerging technology products across AI, Web3, IoT, and Smart TV.
About Austin
Pattern recognition from 20 years of building what’s next.
I help founders, CTOs, and product teams turn ambiguous AI opportunities into clear product direction, practical prototypes, and decisions they can act on.
Across AI, Web3, IoT, Smart TV, and enterprise software, I’ve worked in markets where the path was not obvious yet. That experience shaped how I evaluate new technology: start with the customer workflow, understand the business stakes, identify what is worth testing, and turn early uncertainty into focused execution.
Enterprise AI
Led VNDLY’s enterprise AI strategy and delivered RAG-powered agents in sensitive HR environments.
Web3 scale
Grew Forte’s platform to 15M+ users during a $1B funding run.
IoT growth
Scaled LISNR’s IoT installs from 20K to 25M+ and introduced new product lines.
Smart TV reach
Brought Yahoo’s Smart TV products to 20M+ devices across 135 countries.
Patents & recognition
Patent holder US20180132298A1 and recipient of a Primetime Technical Emmy.
If you’re evaluating AI opportunities or wrestling with early product decisions, let’s connect.
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