Alex
Khomyakov
Building AI products at the intersection of expert knowledge, fintech, and compliance.
About
Over the past decade, I've gone from managing $11M capital projects in manufacturing to building AI-powered SaaS platforms used by thousands of analysts in financial services.
I bootstrapped and exited a company in under two years, grew Productera into a 40+ person product engineering company, and now I'm building InsightAgent — an AI platform that transforms how expert interviews and research calls are conducted, scaled, and captured.
Trilingual (Russian, French, English). Based between Lisbon and New York. Mechanical engineer by training, builder by nature.
What I'm Building
InsightAgent
AI-moderated expert interview platform for research firms and expert networks. Autonomous interviews across 29 languages with structured transcripts, summaries, and data ready in minutes.
Learn moreProductera
Product engineering for the AI era. 40+ person team shipping production-grade software for founders and enterprises across fintech, insurtech, and regulated industries. 50+ products delivered.
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Conversations with builders, founders, and engineers about the craft of creating technology products and navigating the startup journey.
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CI/CD for Startups: What You Actually Need
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HIPAA Compliance for Health Tech Startups
You're building a health app and users are entering medical data. Here's what HIPAA actually requires, what it costs, and the architecture decisions you can't defer.
What the OpenClaw Moment Tells Us About the Future of Research
OpenAI just acqui-hired the creator of OpenClaw, the viral open-source AI agent. Here's what the rise of autonomous agents means for research teams in finance, pharma, and consulting.
Why Expert Vetting Is Still Stuck in 2015 — And How AI Fixes It
Expert networks live or die on expert quality, but the vetting process hasn't evolved in a decade. Here's how AI-moderated screening removes the bottlenecks.
Why The ATM Still Matters In a Digital Age
In this episode, Paul Gardiner, Founder of Marin FinTech and former CITO/CTO behind the world’s largest ATM and payment networks, joins Alex to unpack the hidden infrastructure of money. With more tha
The Journey
I started my career on factory floors in Russia, programming PLCs and managing fire protection systems. That led to mechanical engineering in Canada, then managing multi-million dollar capital projects at Philip Morris across Quebec and Toronto.
In 2017, I made the leap to tech — founding Productera as a one-person consultancy and growing it into a product engineering company with 40+ people and 50+ products shipped. As AI changed how software gets built, we became the team that takes projects from prototype to production in fintech, insurtech, and regulated industries.
Today, I'm obsessed with a simple question: how can AI make expert knowledge more accessible without sacrificing the trust and rigor that industries like finance demand? That's what InsightAgent is about.