I Stop AI Investments From Bleeding Money.
Enterprise AI governance & product economics for PE-backed SaaS companies.
Creator of the Production AI Governance Framework · Founder of Exogram
Published in CIO.com · Built In · MindTheProduct · HackerNoon
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15+ Years Experience
Enterprise product leadership
0-to-1 $25M ARR
Tyler Technologies
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Enterprise client outcome
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Margin recovery result
How We Prevent AI Capital Bleed
A systematic approach to aligning model behavior with boardroom economics.
What Is This?
The Translation Layer
AI Economist = the translation layer between engineering output and CFO-level financial outcomes.
Most consulting tells you how models work. I tell you how models impact your gross margins and P&L. I convert API parameters and token lengths into EBITDA compression forecasts.
Why Do You Need It?
73% Maintenance Leak
73% of R&D capital funds maintenance, not innovation. I find the leaks.
Without strict cost caps and deterministic code analysis, your AI pilots become compounding liabilities. I identify zombie features and engineering capital misallocation before they trigger cash drain.
How It Works
3-Step Audit Protocol
Diagnostic → Framework → Implementation. Secure cost ceilings in under 3 weeks.
We start with a rapid economic diagnostic, deploy the Production AI Governance Framework parameters, and install Exogram deterministic guardrails at the runtime network layer.
The Bottom Line — 15 Seconds
What Breaks
AI agents execute actions without deterministic governance. Models hallucinate. Costs spiral. Code gets rewritten. Permissions cascade.
What It Costs
POCs cost hundreds. Production costs millions. API bills exceed revenue. Engineering capacity consumed by maintenance, not innovation.
Why
No verification layer between model inference and execution. Guardrails are probabilistic — one guessing system policing another.
The Fix
Deterministic governance infrastructure. Inference is probabilistic. Execution must be deterministic. The agent can guess. The execution layer cannot.
The Engine
Exogram — the deterministic verification layer for AI systems. Not optional. Not best practice. Mandatory.
Why Enterprise AI Fails
These aren't hypothetical risks. They're verified failure patterns with real-world financial consequences.
Unverified Outputs
of GenAI pilots fail to reach production. Your AI generates answers — but who verifies they're correct before they hit a customer?
Margin Collapse
of AI projects fail to deliver business value. AI features cost money every time they run. Without unit economics, your most popular feature becomes your costliest.
Agent Security Gaps
of AI agents have excessive permissions. One prompt injection = full data exfiltration. EchoLeak (CVE-2025-32711) proved zero-click attacks are real.
Capital Misallocation
of companies abandoned most AI initiatives in 2025. Boards can't distinguish building from patching when 60% of R&D goes to maintenance reported as 'innovation.'
Stop AI Margin Erosion Before
Your Next Board Meeting.
The difference between a successful AI rollout and a margin-destroying liability is deterministic governance. I provide the translation layer between engineering output and CFO-level financial outcomes.
R&D Capital Diagnostic
A surgical 7-day audit of your AI infrastructure, identifying where R&D capital is leaking and how to mathematically constrain execution costs.
- Unit Economics Audit & Margin Analysis
- Shadow AI & Security Risk Report
- Technical Debt Liability Matrix
Advisory Retainer
Following the diagnostic, we move into execution. I operate as a fractional AI Economist, implementing deterministic governance and board-ready reporting.
- Strict Cost-Cap Architecture Reviews
- CFO-Level ROI Dashboards
- Board Meeting Representation
Designed for PE-backed SaaS companies and Series B+ organizations struggling to translate AI hype into deterministic gross margin.
Audit Outcomes — Before & After
Real results from R&D Capital Audits. Dollar-denominated findings with measurable remediation.
maintenance costs reported as “innovation”
AI cost reduction achieved
engineering capacity recovered
Results from anonymized R&D Capital Audit engagements.
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