Operator dossierJames Coholan · Los Angeles

I build AI products that move from ambiguity to measurable growth.

AI product leader spanning agents, consumer products, growth systems, and entertainment.

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AI product leadershipBuilding · Shipping · Scaling

Impact ledgerVerified signals

Evidence 01Several thousand

paid subscribers / in under two months

Evidence 029×

revenue multiple / NextGen acquired

Evidence 038.7M

AI media views / 1.25M watch hours

01Product evidence / 2023—Now

Selected work. Products built to perform.

System1 · 2025—Now

AI Agents & Emerging Products

0→1 product leadership across LLM reasoning, RAG, and tool calling—from discovery and roadmap through delivery, growth, and P&L.

User needComplex request

Agent orchestrator

ReasoningTool callingRAG retrievalMemory

Product outcomeUseful action

OutcomeSeveral thousand paid subscribers in under two months.

02Inova Platforms

DeepChamp AI

A production consumer AI system pairing a SwiftUI product with Python microservices, GCP, Firebase, subscriptions, and observability.

9:41AI

DeepChamp

Today's board

Model signal62%

ResearchReasoningExplainability

SwiftUIconsumer client

Pythonmicroservices

GCP + Firebaseproduction infrastructure

7 AI models4 sports APIs38 cloud functions

03Inova Platforms

AIA

An AI media platform engineered around acquisition, audience intelligence, and retention.

AIA / Audience systemLive signal

Views8.7M

Watch hours1.25M

PlatformAI media

Outcome8.7M views · 1.25M watch hours

04Acquired · 2023

NextGen Media AI

Built an automated creative pipeline with GPT-4o, ElevenLabs, and generative media workflows—then owned the P&L through acquisition.

Ideate→Narrate→Generate→Publish

1,000+ signups9× revenue multiple

NextGen Media acquisition transaction graphic — Transaction evidence · September 2023

02Experience / Career arc

Entertainment instincts. Product discipline. AI systems.

“The throughline is audience empathy, systems thinking, and commercial execution.”

AudienceGrowthContractsProduct

System1

Lead Product Manager, AI Agents & Emerging Products

Agentic systems · next-generation products · P&L

2025—Now

Inova Platforms

Founder & CEO

AI products · platform strategy · GTM · acquisition

2023—2025

YMU

Digital Strategy Manager, Paris Hilton

5.3M live viewers · 35M social views · 2-minute sellout

2022—2023

LightTwist, YC W21

Founder & CEO

260% viewership · 250K impressions · 2K signups

2021—2022

SYB

Founder

48M streams · $300K live-event revenue

2018—2021

WME

Music Central

$1M in contracts supporting global artists

2017—2018

03Method / How I operate

A product operating system for uncertain terrain.

Discover

Find the sharpest user pain and the commercial wedge worth pursuing.

Architect

Turn ambiguity into PRDs, system design, instrumentation, and a roadmap.

Ship

Lead design, engineering, data, and GTM to a production outcome.

Grow

Read the signal: activation, retention, LTV, churn, and renewals.

AI product strategyAgents · RAG · tool callingConsumer subscriptionsProduct analyticsGrowth systemsCross-functional leadership

04About / Builder + operator

Technical enough to build it. Commercial enough to make it matter.

I have built companies, consumer software, AI systems, audience engines, and live experiences. That range lets me connect customer behavior, technical architecture, operating cadence, and business outcomes—without losing the plot between strategy and shipping.

Selected credentials

Occidental CollegeB.A.

AWSCertified Solutions Architect

WhartonEntrepreneurship

AntlerFounder residency · 3% selection

LAUNCHFounder University

05Contact / Let's build

Build what should exist next.

Available for senior AI product leadership and select advisory work.

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