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, and Vera, an AI recruiting agent. Before that I started Closet Compass — a fashion-tech AI startup that got acqui-hired by nSpire seven days before my flight back to India. It worked out. Mostly.

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 that's done 5,000+ mock interviews. People come back not because they have to — because it actually makes them better. That's the bar. We also built Vera, an AI recruiting agent that interviews every candidate before your hiring team spends a single minute. Transcript-backed. Defensible. Took it zero-to-shipped in a week.

Before all this, I started Closet Compass — a fashion-tech AI startup. It got acqui-hired by nSpire seven days before my flight back to India. One week I was a confused founder. The next, a PM in Silicon Valley with a backpack, a hotel room, and zero plan.

When I'm not shipping, I'm watching F1 and overanalyzing tire strategy. The best product calls and the best race strategies have the same DNA — timing, tradeoffs, and trusting your data when your gut is screaming something else. I read a lot of books. I'm trying to write one too.

  • AI Product
  • 0→1
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Context Engineering
  • 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

Resume scoring, mock interviews, self-intro coaching, real-time feedback. Not a chatbot — an agent that actually makes people better at getting hired. 5,000+ mock interviews and counting.

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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

Interviews every candidate before your hiring team spends a single minute. Not a video questionnaire. Not an AI score. Actual signal — transcript-backed and defensible. Zero to shipped in seven days.

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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. Then nSpire AI bought it — seven days before my flight home.

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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. Won the PMs in AI hackathon. Four builders, six hours, the antidote to listing-photo vibes.

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Writing

Open notebook.

All writing

Experience

The path so far.

  1. 2025 — Present

    Product Manager

    nSpire AI · Menlo Park, CA

    Built Theo. Founded Vera. Took revenue from $0 to $200K ARR. 200× user growth.

  2. 2024 — 2025

    Co-Founder & Product Lead

    Closet Compass · San Francisco, CA

    AI personal styling. 1,000+ waitlist. NSF I-Corps. 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

Say hello.

Best way to reach me is email — [email protected].

I write almost every day on LinkedIn. Most of the conversations start there.