AI PM · Building in public

Sachin Gautam, shipping anyway.

Building in public. Learning out loud.

AI Product Manager at nSpire AI. I own Theo, an AI career co-pilot with 10,000+ hours of mock interviews under its belt. I also own Vera, an AI recruiting agent I took zero-to-shipped in a week. Before that I started Closet Compass, an AI personal styling startup. nSpire acqui-hired it. Now I'm here.

About

A short version.

I build AI products at nSpire AI. Sometimes they work on the first try. Usually they don't. I ship them anyway.

Right now I own Theo, an AI career co-pilot with 10,000+ hours of mock interviews under its belt. People come back not because they have to. They come back because it actually makes them better at getting hired. That's the bar.

I also own Vera, an AI recruiting agent that interviews every candidate before your hiring team spends a single minute. Not a video questionnaire. Not an AI score. Real signal, transcript-backed and defensible. Zero to shipped in a week.

Before all this I started Closet Compass, an AI personal styling startup. nSpire acqui-hired it. One week I was a founder. The next, a PM in Silicon Valley with a backpack and a hotel room.

When I'm not shipping I'm watching F1 and overanalyzing tire strategy. The best product calls and the best race calls have the same DNA. Timing, tradeoffs, and trusting your data when your gut is screaming something else. I read a lot. I'm trying to write more too, mostly on LinkedIn and the blog here.

  • AI Product
  • 0→1
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Context Engineering
  • Agentic Workflows
  • GTM & Distribution
  • Customer Discovery
  • Writing
Sachin Gautam, AI Product Manager at nSpire AI

Selected work

Things I've shipped.

Theo product preview — an AI career co-pilot interface showing video interview, career strategy, and case study modules

01 2025 — present nSpire AI · Flagship

Theo — an AI career co-pilot

A conversational AI agent that builds a talent profile with you, then runs the full loop. Resume optimization, curated job matching, mock interviews, real-time feedback. Not a chatbot. An agent that actually makes people better at getting hired. 10,000+ hours of mock interviews and counting.

Vera product preview — AI recruiting dashboard showing candidate evaluation cards, role requirements, and a Strong Advance recommendation

02 2025 nSpire AI · 0→1 in a week

Vera — an AI recruiting agent

Plugs into any ATS. Writes the JD, builds the interview plan, runs the interviews. Generates real signal, transcript-backed and defensible. Plus an AI notetaker that analyzes every hiring call, so every loop hits the same bar. Zero to shipped in seven days.

Closet Compass app preview — four iPhone mockups showing the wardrobe view, outfit planner, daily style guide, and analytics screens

03 2024 — 2025 Founder · Acqui-hired

Closet Compass — a brain for your closet

An AI personal styling platform. Outfit recommendations, wardrobe analytics, intelligence that learns how you dress. Napkin to working AI in 200 hours. 1,000+ waitlist. NSF I-Corps. Top 5 at TiECON Silicon Valley. Then nSpire acqui-hired it.

Nyx product preview — an AI apartment vetting tool that surfaces hidden fees, building violations, and tenant reviews from a single listing URL

04 2026 PMs in AI · Hackathon winner

Nyx — know the city before it knows you

Paste any apartment listing. Nyx pulls violations, block-level noise data, hidden fees, and management reviews into 60 seconds of brutal honesty. Four builders. Six hours. One Saturday. The antidote to listing-photo vibes.

Writing

Open notebook.

All writing

Experience

The path so far.

  1. 2025 — Present

    AI Product Manager

    nSpire AI · Menlo Park, CA

    Built Theo. Founded Vera. ~200x user growth. 10,000+ hours of mock interviews shipped.

  2. 2024 — 2025

    Co-Founder & Product Lead

    Closet Compass · San Francisco, CA

    AI personal styling. 1,000+ waitlist. NSF I-Corps. Top 5 at TiECON Silicon Valley. Acqui-hired by nSpire AI.

  3. 2024 — 2025

    Strategy & Research Analyst

    Gateway Equity Partners · Sacramento, CA

    Modeled a $42M+ real estate portfolio. Informed $20M+ in investment decisions.

  4. 2024

    Market Research Analyst

    Genpact · Bain & Company Advisory · Remote

    Built 13 company profiles. Sector deep-dives used in Bain client decisions.

  5. 2020 — 2024

    B.S. Managerial Economics

    University of California, Davis

    TKE President · Chapter of the Year · Top TKE Chapter 2024 nationally · D1 field hockey.

Contact

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