VITALIIKARASOV
I build AI-powered systems that replace manual workflows.
Product Manager who ships — from problem definition to working system. No dev team. Takes days, not months.
AI AUTOMATION ENGINEER · PRODUCT MANAGER · MSC · PRINCE2
3h → 2min · 30 posts for $1 · GTM plan in <5min
The problem I solve
Sound familiar?
“We wrote a 30-page PRD and the devs still built the wrong thing. Three months wasted.”
— Reddit, r/productmanagement
“Hired an AI agency, paid $15k, got a chatbot that could've been built in a weekend with the OpenAI docs.”
— Reddit, r/artificial
That's the gap I close.
Portfolio
SELECTED WORK
AI CONTENT ENGINE
Writing branded content at scale — consistent voice, audience-relevant topics, multiple platforms — was taking hours every week with inconsistent results. Built a 6-scenario closed-loop pipeline: brand voice, audience pain points, and top-performing posts stored as vectors in Pinecone. Claude generates 6 post variants per topic using RAG context. Feedback loop auto-enriches the style bank from engagement data. Reddit monitoring keeps audience language current automatically. Result: 30 branded posts for $1 in API costs. Zero manual writing. System improves with each cycle.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
A founder needed competitive analysis and a go-to-market plan for a new product. Manual research took 3+ days and was outdated before it was finished. Built a form-triggered pipeline: 5 sub-workflows run in parallel — input validation, Gemini Deep Research autonomous agent, market strategy synthesis, GTM planning, and quality evaluation. Grounding ratio 1.0 — every claim backed by a real web source. Results delivered to Airtable and Slack automatically. Result: competitive analysis + quality scoring + 90-day GTM plan in under 5 minutes.
MULTI-AGENT RESEARCH ENGINE
A client's research team was spending 15+ hours per week on manual competitive analysis. I identified the bottleneck, designed a multi-agent pipeline with 4 specialized AI roles, built and deployed it in 5 days. Result: 3-hour research tasks completed in 2 minutes. Fully automated, one webhook call.
AI LEAD QUALIFICATION BOT
Inbound leads were falling through the cracks — slow response times, no prioritization, manual copy-paste into spreadsheets. I scoped the problem, designed a hot/warm/cold scoring logic, and built an automated pipeline that classifies and responds to every lead in under 5 seconds. Connected to Google Sheets for CRM tracking.
Open Source
OPEN SOURCE
AI PHOTO CULLING TOOL
After every photoshoot, I was spending 1–2 hours manually reviewing hundreds of RAW files. I defined the scoring criteria, designed the workflow, and built a CLI tool that reads RAW files, extracts EXIF data, and uses GPT Vision to score each photo 1–1000. Processed 121 photos in 15 minutes for ~$0.35.
FREELANCER DEV TOOLKIT
I was repeating the same setup steps on every new project — scaffolding, linting, deploy scripts, client reports. I productized my workflow into a reusable toolkit: custom Claude Code commands for project init, automated code review, deploy checklists, and client-facing reports. Saved 2+ hours per project start.
Career
EXPERIENCE
AI Automation Engineer — Independent
Scoping, building, and deploying AI automation systems for founders and small teams. Multi-agent research (3h → 2min) · AI content engine (30 posts for $1) · Market intelligence (<5min to GTM) · Lead qualification (5 sec/lead).
Product Manager & AI Lead — Human Gambit Media
Led The Human Gambit — analytical media brand covering power systems, markets, and geopolitics. Full product ownership: editorial strategy, production, distribution, AI pipeline (Make.com + OpenAI API). −30% turnaround time · distributed team · broadcast delivery.
Product Manager — Imperium Academy (EdTech)
Launched EdTech platform 0→1 across US, EU, and Asia. +15% user retention via GA4-driven onboarding optimization. Multi-market expansion: GDPR/COPPA compliance. SCORM/xAPI alignment for enterprise integration.
Crisis Project Manager — SOS Children's Villages
1.5M+ PLN portfolio · 2,000+ international entities. Zero non-compliance findings across all UN/EU audits. −95% processing errors. Coordinated in 4 languages: EN, PL, UA, RU.
Tools
STACK
- →Claude API (Opus 4.6 / Sonnet 4.6)
- →Claude Code
- →OpenAI API (GPT-5.4)
- →Gemini API (3.1 Pro)
- →RAG Pipelines / pgvector
- →AI Agents (LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK)
- →MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- →Prompt Engineering
- →LLM Evals (DeepEval, LLM-as-Judge)
- →n8n / Make.com (Advanced Certified)
- →Python
- →Supabase / PostgreSQL
- →REST APIs / Webhooks / MCP Servers
- →Docker / VPS / Vercel
- →Git / GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
- →PostHog (Analytics + Feature Flags)
- →Sentry (Error Tracking + AI Code Review)
- →PRINCE2 / Agile / Scrum
- →MVP Scoping & Roadmapping
- →Linear / Jira / Notion
- →Figma / FigJam / Miro
- →User Research (Maze, Typeform)
- →A/B Testing & Experimentation
- →Perplexity Pro (Competitive Research)
- →Loom (Async Communication)
Process
HOW I WORK
You describe the problem. I map the process and identify what's actually worth automating — and what isn't.
System design before any code. Tool selection with reasoning. You see the blueprint and approve it.
Daily progress updates. No black box. Error handling, monitoring, and fallbacks built in from the start — not added later.
Full documentation. The system runs without me. Retainer available for iteration and improvements.
Typical project: 1–3 weeks.
I work on 1–2 projects at a time.
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About
WHO I AM
I'm Vitalii Karasov — a product manager who builds.
MSc in Strategic Project Management, Lazarski University Warsaw. PRINCE2 certified. 4+ years running products — EdTech platform launch, AI content pipelines, crisis response operations with a 1.5M+ PLN budget.
Now I am building AI automation systems independently. All in production.
Beyond systems — I document the world through a lens on Panasonic Lumix S5II. Aesthetics and structure matter to me — whether it's the architecture of an AI pipeline or the composition of a photograph.
Through the lens
Content
HOW I THINK
I study how systems work — from markets to power structures — and break them down into actionable frameworks.
The same analytical approach I apply to these deep dives is how I scope every product: map the system, find the leverage point, build.
Original content in Ukrainian with English dubbing & subtitles.
Contact
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