
AJ Christensen
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Break into growth stage AI startups 🚀 | ex C3 AI, Berkeley, Fastino AI
3,155 min coached
Studied at Haas School of Business (Berkeley)
Hiring Manager at C3 AI
Available tomorrow at 3:00 AM UTC
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AJ's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $280/hr
Get help with AI Agents, AI Fundamentals, and .
AJ also coaches for Build with AI and AI for Product Development. View all.
AJ’s Break Into AI Careers Qualifications
Experience level: Director
I'm an AI leader with deep hands-on experience launching AI products from 0-to-1. - Launched LLM API platform @ Fastino - Launched PII redaction agent @ Fastino - Launched AI for sales forecasting, supply chain optimization, anti money laundering, and lending products @ C3 AI ✅ Deep experience in AI fundamentals → LLMs, agents, RAG architecture, workflow automation, encoders vs decoders, alternative architectures to transformers ✅ Deep experience at the intersection of business and tech at AI companies → as a director at C3 AI I led engineering and GTM for my products My path to AI Product wasn't traditional. I started in finance as a quant (AI before it was called AI 😉) before pivoting into product roles at AI startups. I earned my MBA from UC Berkeley Haas, where I founded the university's first major AI conference. This unique background gives me a bridge between technical depth and business strategy—and I'm passionate about helping others navigate similar career transitions. I'm hands-on with both the strategic and technical side: I've run end-to-end AI evaluations, fine-tuned models, launched AI-first products from scratch, and built scalable AI workflows for production. Whether you're pivoting to AI from traditional tech, finance, consulting, or something else, I can help you get there.
AJ can help with:
AI Agents
AI Fundamentals
Cover Letters
Interview Prep
Job Search Strategies
LinkedIn Review
Networking Strategy
Resume
Salary Negotiation
Skill Building
AJ also coaches for Build with AI and AI for Product Development. View all.
Work Experience

Head of Product
Fastino
2024 - 2025
Admissions Committee
Launched Fastino platform delivering task-optimized, millisecond-latency LLMs for enterprises. Raised $25M from Microsoft, Khosla (first VC in OpenAI), and Insight Partners.

Director, Product Management
C3 AI
2022 - 2024
Hiring Manager
Launched 5 AI applications in 5 years (>$10M arr). AI for sales / customer success, fraud, lending, anti-money laundering, manufacturing / supply chain and more.

MBA
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2017 - 2019
Interviewer
Founder, Berkeley AI Summit | VP Data Science Club

Senior Associate
Boutique Investment Bank
2015 - 2017
Admissions Committee
Financial consulting in APAC

Consultant
Bates White
2013 - 2015
Admissions Committee
Built models in python and C++ to predict performance of financial securities
Education

Haas School of Business (Berkeley)
MBA | Founder, Berkeley AI Summit | VP Data Science Club
2019

Brigham Young University
BS | Economics | Magna Cum Laude
2013
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