Dmitry Vatyutov
@dmitryvatyutov
AI product leader who ships LLM-powered products solo and iterates with real-world judgment.
What I'm looking for
I ship AI products, not just talk about them. In the last 9 months, I shipped 6 AI products solo with Claude Code—some landed, some flopped—and I write openly about both.
The lesson I keep relearning: when building gets cheap, product judgment becomes the whole job. Today I work at the intersection of building LLM agents, MCP, and evals—and the unglamorous production parts that keep AI products alive.
Before going solo, I led at scale: ex-Head of Products at R-Keeper and CPO & co-founder of Doshkola Tilly. I also mentored 150+ product teams, helping them translate product discovery into outcomes.
I’m also hands-on in enterprises and with founders. I advise on AI adoption that holds up against reality, and I run a course where founders ship their first AI product in 8 weeks.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Building AI products solo, end to end — 6 of them in 9 months on one backend (Next.js, FastAPI, LiteLLM, Supabase): a CRM, an LMS, sales agents, hiring tools, and VYUD, an engine that turns PDFs and video into interactive courses. Hands-on with LLM agents, RAG, evals, and MCP. I write openly about what ships and what flops.
AI Discovery Lead
OTP Group
Aug 2023 - May 2026 (2 years 9 months)
Built production RAG systems on internal banking data using embeddings, retrieval, and evaluation metrics, improving accuracy and adoption (90% NPS). Introduced an LLM-agent SPRINT process (Claude Code + Qwen + n8n) to deliver MVPs in 5 days, and launched AI voice/chat channels that doubled sales and increased market share by 15% in 12 months.
- Built RAG systems in production over internal banking data (embeddings, retrieval, eval metrics) — raised model accuracy and adoption; 90% NPS on internal AI services.
- Introduced an LLM-agent SPRINT method (Claude Code + Qwen + n8n) → MVPs in 5 days vs. 30; time-to-market halved.
- Launched AI voice/chat channels for credit products → doubled sales via these channels, +15% market share in 12 m
Advise 50+ early-stage founders on discovery, unit economics, and GTM. Ran 30+ trainings on AI tooling and product growth. Outcomes that stuck: 5 startups doubled MRR, 3 raised pre-seed.
Startup Coach
Astana Hub
Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 (2 years 11 months)
Advised 50+ early-stage founders on discovery, unit economics, and go-to-market. Ran 30+ trainings on AI tooling and product growth, including outcomes where 5 startups doubled MRR and 3 raised pre-seed funding.
Owned the Smart City SaaS portfolio for Central & Southeast Asia. Cut legacy products 50% and lifted dev speed 30% by refocusing the roadmap, and validated international expansion with two SE-Asia pilots.
Co-founder & CPO
Doshkola Tilly
Jan 2019 - Aug 2022 (3 years 7 months)
Co-founded a consumer EdTech app and owned product from 0→1, shipping a mobile MVP with analytics and gamification. Scaled to 275K+ users across 69 countries, grew revenue 4×, raised a pre-seed, and exited to a strategic acquirer.
Co-founded a consumer EdTech app and owned product 0→1. Shipped the mobile MVP, analytics, and gamification (7,500+ learning tasks), then scaled to 275K+ users across 69 countries. Grew revenue 4×, raised a pre-seed, and exited to a strategic acquirer. Owned product strategy, growth, and monetization end to end.
Product Mentor & Corporate Product Trainer
Sep 2018 - Aug 2022 (3 years 11 months)
Mentored 150+ startups at FRII (IIDF), one of the region's largest startup accelerators. Embedded product and discovery practices inside enterprises — X5, Beeline, MTS, Heineken, Sber, State Post — and trained 1,000+ employees. Portfolio teams grew MRR/AOV 15–30%.
Product Mentor
Internet Initiatives Development Fund
Sep 2018 - Aug 2022 (3 years 11 months)
Mentored 150+ startups at FRII (IIDF) and embedded product and discovery practices inside enterprises. Trained 1,000+ employees across clients including X5, Beeline, MTS, Heineken, Sber, and State Post, with portfolio teams improving MRR/AOV by 15–30%.
Senior Product Owner
R-Keeper
Sep 2018 - Aug 2020 (1 year 11 months)
Led product for a top-3 restaurant management platform in the CIS, serving 65,000 business clients. Owned the product portfolio across the suite with an emphasis on enterprise-grade reliability at scale.
Led product for a top-3 restaurant management platform in the CIS serving 65,000 business clients. Owned the product portfolio across the suite — enterprise-grade reliability at scale.
Head of Product Line
Service Plus Group
Aug 2016 - Aug 2018 (2 years)
Rolled out Agile across all divisions within 9 months, using ScrumTrek. Introduced product ownership practices and Scrum ceremonies.
+ Rolled out Agile across all divisions within 9 months (with ScrumTrek).
+ Introduced product ownership practices and Scrum ceremonies.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Netology
Product Owner
2018 - 2019
+Product management
Hard skills:
+ A/B testing
+ Product analytics
+ Discovery tools
+ Customer Development
+ JTBD
+ Product marketing
+ Product development
+ UX design
+ Mobile application
+ Finance&Business models
+ Agile, Scrum, Kanban
Soft skills:
+ People management
+ Communications
+ Presentation
+ Leadership
ScrumTrek
Certificate, Information Technology Project Management
2018 - 2018
Agency for Strategic Initiatives
Facilitator, Rapid Foresight
2015 - 2015
The main goal of the school is to prepare moderators who are capable of navigating new markets and technologies, able to form a team from workshop participants, manage the roadmapping process, and collect and present the group's results.
SAP Germany
Consultant, SuccessFactors Training
2012 - 2012
Cloud
SaaS
Pre-sale
Talent management
Successfactors
SAP HCM
Moscow International Higher Business School MIRBIS (Institute)
MBA, Management
2003 - 2005
Strategic management and entrepreneur
Марийский Государственный Университет (бывший Марийский Государственный Педагогический Институт им.
Barchelor, Physics&Math
1993 - 1998
Physics
Марийский Государственный Университет
Bachelor, Physics&Math
1993 - 1998
Studied physics and mathematics.
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
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Skills
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