Three lifelong friends. The same problem from three directions.
Three views of one problem. One stubborn idea: people should learn to use AI tools on their own work, then keep the skill after we leave. So we joined forces and started Analog Dreams.
The professor
20+ years
In academia.
As he built applied programs for AI tools, the questions started coming from everywhere: colleagues, friends, friends of friends. All of them wanted the same thing: to understand how to use these tools in their own lives.
The sales executive
25 years
In enterprise sales.
His company handed him powerful new tools with no guidance and no rules. He saw the same thing at most of his clients: tools bought, then used badly or not at all.
The developer
1 firm
Custom software, built and run.
He kept watching companies pay for consulting engagements that never ended. With the right teaching, he figured, anyone could build new ways of working and keep them.