You know where you want to derive value from GenAI technology in your business. At Augmented AI, we bring a deep understanding of technical feasibility and the broader AI ecosystem. Our consulting service focuses on combining your vision with our technical insight. Together, we map out a strategy that aligns your objectives with the capabilities of AI, ensuring a tailored and effective path to achieving your business goals.
Having identified the right starting point for your business, we leverage the best technologies and methods available to get you into production quickly and on a path to continued growth and success. Our AI applications range from specialized conversational AI, augmented workflows fully integrated into your existing systems, and integration of enterprise LLM products into your business environment.
In the constantly evolving landscape of AI, managing and hosting applications requires expertise and agility. Augmented AI can host and manage your solutions to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability. Our management services includes continuous monitoring, updates, and support, ensuring that your AI solutions remain state-of-the-art. We focus on providing seamless integration with your existing infrastructure, allowing you to concentrate on your core business activities while we handle the technical complexities.
Boaz is dedicated to building an AI-first company that empowers businesses to harness the power of GenAI through the strategic integration of AI into business operations. Drawing on his experience at Meta, where he played a role in developing innovative productivity solutions, as well as his involvement in scaling multiple tech startups, Boaz possesses a multifaceted skill set that fuels his passion for driving transformative change. Boaz is also the host of the Shift AI podcast syndicated through Geekwire.
Larry brings broad technical and business experience to the company. Larry joins Augmented AI after a long entrepreneurial career that included helping lead Impinj to IPO in 2016 as a member of the executive leadership team, followed by the acquisition of Xnor.ai by Apple in 2019 where he was head of market and product strategy. Larry then left Apple to become the CTO and co-founder of AirTerra, a retail supply chain solution provider that was acquired by American Eagle Outfitters in 2021.
Ashwin Kadaru spearheads the development and implementation of secure and scalable AI solutions tailored to empower businesses and their workforce. Prior to joining Augmented AI, at Meta Ashwin crafted productivity tools with a strong emphasis on security. Before that, he was a software engineer at Accenture, contributing to the creation of robust enterprise-level tools. Ashwin is committed to innovation and security as a guiding principle in the development of Augmented AI's offerings.
Zach Friend is a distinguished public policy and communications expert with extensive experience in shaping significant legislative and regulatory policies at local, state, and federal levels. His career includes roles with multiple presidential campaigns, the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and he has served multiple terms as a Santa Cruz County Supervisor for the Second District in California. Zach played a pivotal role in developing meaningful AI legislation across the country, from assisting on the recent Biden Administration AI Executive Order to drafting local and state-level AI policies. He was appointed to state and national AI committees that help develop policies and best practices for AI usage for local governments that ensure community interests and needs are met.
Yifan Zhang is a 2x CEO & exited founder turned investor, and now co-Managing Director at the AI2 Incubator, an early-stage AI fund born from the Allen Institute for AI. Her company Loftium, a Norwest and Threshold-backed housing affordability startup, was acquired by Flyhomes after raising $130M in venture capital and asset-backed debt. She was Forbes “30 under 30” as the CEO of top 5 fitness app GymPact, backed by Khosla and downloaded by 3M+ users. Yifan graduated from Harvard, served as CEO in Residence with Techstars, and has worked with Seattle Mayors Bruce Harrell and Jenny Durkan on post-COVID downtown reactivation and affordable housing.