Work with me

Start with the problem, not a package.

I design and build practical AI with product and business teams, from the first useful use case to something people actually rely on. If you’re stuck between AI interest and AI that works, tell me what’s getting in the way.

Email me about a problem

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Who this is for

Product, data, and business leaders who want AI built into real products and workflows, not another pilot that stalls. Fintech and payments teams are a natural fit, because that is where my experience is most direct.

The view comes from nearly two decades of work in data, fintech, and payments at Big Tech, a top-3 US credit card company, Big 4 consulting, and fintech startups.

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Problems worth discussing

Use-case prioritization
Too many AI ideas, not enough evidence about which ones matter.
Analytics-to-AI workflow design
Connecting the data and decisions you already have to where AI can actually help.
Experiment definition
Turning a pilot into a test with a clear question, a baseline, and a decision at the end.
Adoption and measurement
Knowing whether people use the thing, and whether it changed anything.
Structured upskilling
Helping a team build real fluency by shipping, not by watching.

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How I work

  1. Start with the business problem. Not the model, not the tool.
  2. Define the smallest valid test. Something that can actually answer the question.
  3. Make assumptions explicit. So everyone knows what is being tested and what is still a guess.
  4. Measure what changes. Then decide what to do next based on the evidence.

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What happens next

A short exchange over email to understand the problem, then we decide together whether a conversation would be useful. Any engagement is scoped after that, around your situation.

Helpful things to include

  • What is taking more of your team’s time than it should?
  • What have you already tried?
  • What would be meaningfully different if this worked?
  • Who owns the decision and the workflow?
  • Is there a timing constraint?

Email hello@vishalmehta.me

Not ready to talk? Read the essays first.