About AI Explored

An Iterate.ai generated suite of industry-related AI news

Exploration is our passion and it defines us. It shapes our values, as the journey of discovery is also a journey of progression. It helps us understand the world beyond our current knowledge and reimagine what each of us can achieve.

About AI Explored

Core Beliefs

Our core beliefs guide our commitment to excellence, integrity, and innovation in everything we do.

We Are AI & Edge Experts

AI is our sweet spot. We run complex AI in any environment, even on 1,000s of Edge computers. Our AI powers cameras worldwide, in places like remote gas stations and schools. Our engineers (PhDs and MSs in Swarm Computing, AI, IoT, Big Data, Maths, and Physics) provide thought leadership. That establishes a competitive advantage for our clients. We don’t offer lip service on AI; we do AI. That’s why companies like Google and Nvidia have formally partnered with Iterate and our award winning low-code platform.

We Explore & Scale The Unscalable

We learn every day through intentional curiosity and exploration. By re-examining assumptions, we strive to become a better company, provide superior content, and grow as individuals. Then, we tackle complex projects – often viewed as too complex to be solved by others. Executives use AI Explored to watch industry developments, then they use Iterate’s outside-thinking, curation and AI platform/solutions to solve perplexing problems in many industries – from retail, to finance and banking, to energy. We don’t just inform and think, we “build” by applying our low-code platform and the five forces of innovation.

We believe in Urgency and Speed

We bring a sense of urgency and speed to the enterprise. AI Explored keeps executives in the know about AI. Our patented Interplay platform builds digital prototypes, including advanced AI applications, up to 17x faster than traditional methods. Interplay is one more aspect of our answer machine because it opens the door to high-velocity experimentation. Experimentation leads to more answers – at lower costs.

We Believe In The Joy Factor

Why not be happy? Why not be a positive influence? What's the point if we don't enjoy what we do every day? We believe each Iterator should be additive – contributing to the joy of invention, the joy of fulfilling work, the joy of achieving together, and the joy of helping people whom we enjoy spending time with, as it adds to our collective happiness and overall productivity. Life is short -- believe in The Joy Factor.

Production & Operations

Dan Werling

Dan Werling

Dan is a design lead at Iterate.ai, and now at AI Explored, too. He was a pivotal user experience designer at eBags.com, which sold 27 million travel products before being acquired for more than $100 million. Known for its methodical testing, eBags pioneered A/B testing methodologies seven years before the term appeared on Wikipedia. Dan's designs helped eBags win national recognition again and again from the Direct Marketing Association, being awarded Website of the Year Award in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. With over 20 years of experience, Dan is a senior leader passionate about intuitive user-centric design, blending creative vision with technical expertise to support business initiatives and enhance digital experiences.

Quin Nordmark

Quin Nordmark

After scoring perfect ACT score in STEM, Quin spent one year at the University of Denver studying computer science. Feeling that program was too slow, he jumped to Turing, the only accredited, non-profit, online software engineering school. At Turing, schedules are compressed and outcomes are practical. He became a back-end software engineer before hitting the U.S. “drinking age,” then joined Iterate.ai where he led the software development and process flow buildouts AI Explored’s dozens of email titles. He started with AI for Gaming, AI for Retail, AI for Law and a few others, eventually building out dozens. Quin also assists Iterate.ai with API integrations.

Emily Giltner

Emily Giltner

When you need to get things done, you go to Emily. She works in AI delivery for clients like Ulta Beauty and supports marketing efforts at Iterate.ai. Another alum from eBags.com, Emily was responsible for the end-to-end site experience, focusing on A/B testing, UX improvements, campaign and content strategy, and mobile optimization. Her efforts contributed to the company winning awards for customer satisfaction, conversion rate optimization and the nation’s top retail Website five times between 2001 and 2008. Emily drives collaboration across functional teams, focusing on delivery and continuous process improvement.

Gen Furukawa

Gen Furukawa

Gen helps business teams leverage AI for marketing initiatives. As a contractor how dedicates a certain amount of time each week to Iterate.ai, Gen focuses on high-growth B2B SaaS businesses. He aims to boost revenue effortlessly. While working with Iterate, Gen felt Iterate.ai should spread the word about AI and educate others through knowledge sharing. He believed in keeping AI enthusiasts informed about AI use cases in their respective industries. So we decided to do it by launching AI Explored.  Dan, Quin, and Emily jumped in to make it happen. Gen is a Brown undergrad with a Cornell MBA. He has founded several companies.

Editorial & Content

Brian Sathinathan

Brian Sathinathan

Brian co-founded Iterate.ai in 2013. He holds a patent on Apple's first iPhone, having been one of the inventors hand-selected by Apple to work in "Secret Products," which involve “tiger teams” that create blue ocean products. He worked on the iMac-Intel transition and iTunes, too. For Iterate, Brian is named on many of AI patents, including Container Architecture for Modular Machine Learning (Drag-n-Drop AI), Developer Independent Resource-Based Multithreading Module, and Data Pipeline and Access Across Multiple Machine Learned Models. Brian is an enthusiast of automating anything he can by using AI. He wants to help people identify AI-focused opportunities, which is why he endorsed Iterate.ai establishing AI Explored.

Magnus

Magnus Tagtstrom

Magnus is a technology leader at Iterate.ai, specializing in product management and development, plus the oversight of P&Ls involving innovation. He did that as Global VP of Innovation for Circle K and Couche Tard which operates 16,000 convenience and fuel stores around the world. With extensive experience in building and scaling digital and AI-infused products, Magnus has a knack for aligning technological capabilities with business goals, especially for large enterprises. At Iterate.ai, he plays a critical role in driving innovation and ensuring that the company stays ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape. Magnus's strategic insights and hands-on approach contribute significantly to the success of various initiatives within the company. He believes that AI Explored helps executives stay on top of the rapidly changing AI developments in their respective industries.

Jon Nordmark

Jon Nordmark

As a co-founder of Iterate.ai, Jon believes business people need to be educated about the benefits of AI. That why he, like Brian, facilitated the establishment AI Explored. While at Iterate, Jon was named a Linkedin Top Voice in 2017 for the 20+ articles he wrote about emerging technologies. Out of three million writers annually on LinkedIn, the Linkedin editors selected 188 Top Voices that year. Prior to Iterate, Jon co-founded eBags.com, which sold $1.65 billion worth of travel products before being acquired for nine figures. eBags was known as a trailblazer in product ratings and reviews (1999), drop-shipping (1999), and A/B split testing (2000). In 2021, Business Week highlighted eBags as one of America’s first four profitable dot-coms. For his entire career, Jon has believed that a startup is only a business after it becomes profitable. And in today’s world, he beleives all companies need to find and leverage practical AI solutions to remain competitive and, ultimately, profitable over the long haul.