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Manav Thaker

I build AI products that ship.

Senior Product Manager with 10+ years leading product at startups and growth-stage companies. I architect LLM platforms, multi-agent systems, and AI-native workflows that pass security review and hit revenue targets.

$6M+
ARR Impact
2
Companies Founded
1
Successful Exit
10+
Years Product Leadership
80%
Efficiency Gains
Track record

Recent Work

2024-2025 Product Operations + AI

Edtech Company

$30M revenue, 20M+ students

Built product operations foundation ahead of AI platform launch.

  • Freed CEO from daily product decisions
  • Killed 6 of 9 competing initiatives to focus engineering
  • Reduced cross-functional meeting overhead 50%
  • Early pilot: 83% completion rate, 16-min avg sessions
2024 AI Transformation

Gift Marketplace

1,500+ partner merchants

Led AI transformation on $50M → $200M growth path.

  • Deployed multi-agent workflows for data extraction
  • Prevented $400K churn through behavioral analysis
  • Identified $6M revenue opportunity in transaction data
  • 90% AI adoption across 50-person team in 3 weeks
Built on the side

Side projects, shipped

2026 Interactive · Built with AI

World Cup 2026 Predictor

One screen · 48 teams · a model I backtested

A single-page explorer for the 2026 World Cup: live standings, full squads, match previews, the official knockout bracket, and a composite-rating + Poisson prediction model — backtested walk-forward on the 2022 tournament. Pure client-side JavaScript, no backend.

  • Composite team rating feeding a Poisson goals model
  • Official FIFA bracket with live, on-demand score sync
  • ~62% group-stage accuracy in a 2022 backtest
Read the case study → Open the live tool →

About

A decade in boutique hospitality — from opening Ace Hotel New York to running properties in Mexico — before moving into product. That's where I learned to anticipate needs, make complexity feel simple, and create experiences people remember.

Those principles now guide how I build AI products: precise, trustworthy, designed for humans.

After founding two companies and leading product for 10 years, I chose depth over altitude — hands-on AI product work because the craft changed, and I wanted mastery in the new tools.

What I bring:

  • LLM platforms with governance that Legal/Security will sign off on
  • Multi-agent systems that ship to production, not just prototype
  • AI adoption strategies that get 90% team adoption in weeks

Currently building Grapevines — an AI career strategist for senior professionals. On the side, proving that the same multi-agent architecture principles apply across domains.

Let's connect

I'm open to senior PM roles at companies building AI products that ship. If you're hiring or just want to chat about AI product strategy, reach out.

Get in Touch

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