§ 01What I do

I help organizations use AI and agents in ways that make a real difference. I find the right opportunities, build the right tools, and help people use them well.

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§ 02How I work

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Find AI opportunities, together. Collaborative workshops that bring your team into the room to identify real opportunities in how you work — and estimate their impact.
Discovery workshop. Workflow audit.
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Prototype, test, and build what's needed. AI agents, pipelines, and generative AI productivity tools, designed to fit how your team actually works.
Prototype. Production-ready system.
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Deliver for actual use. What I build is shaped to your organizational context, workflow, and team skill level so it actually gets used.
Rollout plan. Embedded coaching during launch.

§ 03Recent work

Recent engagements include:

Academic researchApplied AI research in partnership with UCLA
Agent toolingAn MCP server for human-in-the-loop coordination across multi-agent systems (Group in the Loop)
ConversionConversational onboarding for a generative animation tool
ProductivityIdeateLive: an AI-assisted collaboration tool for team alignment
Analysis toolsAI-assisted analysis tools for usability research
AI pipelinesAI-first research operations at a major Canadian insurer

§ 04About

I'm Francis Szakacs. I've led research and product teams at major Canadian telcos and insurance providers, and worked on technology change with companies like T-Mobile, LEGO, Rogers, and Scotiabank over the past 15+ years. Earlier in my career I was a product manager for an IoT technology in Europe.

I partner with UCLA on applied AI research, and won a prize at MIT for an AR project. I also run IdeateLive and develop Group in the Loop, a framework for human-in-the-loop multi-agent systems.

§ 05Get in touch

Find me on LinkedIn, or book a 20-minute intro call.