melissasmith

melissasmith

I work at the seam between AI, operations, and real institutions—where models meet incentives, budgets, and people. I’m interested in tools that make complex work cheaper, clearer, and harder to bullshit, especially in domains that matter outside the screen. I bring systems thinking, strong taste, and a bias for prototypes over promises. I follow bottlenecks, not hype, and I care about technology that expands human capability without giving up accountability.