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.
Learn moreCuriosityCode Podcast
Conversations with builders, founders, and engineers about the craft of creating technology products and navigating the startup journey.
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The Expert Network Is Becoming Infrastructure
How AI and APIs are unbundling expert networks into supply, orchestration, and intelligence layers — and what it means for PE firms, network operators, and research analysts.
Dozens of Security Findings in One Codebase: Patterns We See in Every Startup Audit
We've audited dozens of startup codebases. The same patterns show up every time — broken auth, exposed databases, unpatched frameworks, no safety net. Here's what to look for in yours.
Why Your Contractors Built a Product That Works But Isn't Safe
Your app demos great and users are paying. But the codebase underneath is a liability. This isn't because your contractors were bad — it's because the incentives made it inevitable.
Blockchain in Banking: Threat or Opportunity | Artur Kartshikyan
Digital banking transformation in Armenia and Central Asia: ACBA Bank's Head of Digital Banking reveals how banks are navigating blockchain adoption, payment infrastructure gaps, and compliance challe
AI Voice Agents Are Coming for Management Consulting — What PE Firms Need to Know
A seed-stage startup is replacing $500K consulting engagements with $50K AI voice agents — and PE firms managing trillions are already buying. Here's what's driving the shift and what it means for due
1 in 5 Breaches Now Come from AI-Generated Code
AI coding tools don't write insecure code by accident. They write it systematically — the same vulnerabilities, in the same patterns, every time. Here's the threat model founders need.
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.