# Nasser Ghanemzadeh

> Forward Deployed AI Engineer for founder-led B2B SaaS. Ships one narrow AI workflow into your product in 10 business days. Building Vectig in public with Claude Code. Former CEO/CPO at Nivo (acquired, 200K+ users).

Nasser Ghanemzadeh has spent 17+ years building products and companies across AI, SaaS, and fintech. As CEO and later CPO at Nivo he built the product organization and shipped AI-powered applications that grew to 200K+ users and 450% revenue growth before the company was acquired. His current commercial focus is the AI Feature Sprint: a 10-business-day engagement for founder-led B2B SaaS teams of 5 to 50 that ships one narrow AI workflow into their product, with fixed scope, fixed price, and a Day-5 prototype guarantee. A focused 2-hour Discovery Day scoping session assesses whether an AI use case is useful, buildable, and worth a Sprint.

His live R&D lab is Vectig, an AI-native cash flow forecasting product for pre-seed-to-Series-A founders, built solo with Claude Code, in public. Most workflow patterns he ships into a client codebase have already run in Vectig first.

He is the author of three books: Daily Wisdom (366 one-page meditations on mental models, misjudgment, and money for founders, investors, and managers; Kindle pre-order, out October 6, 2026), Forward Deployed AI Engineering (a working guide to the Forward Deployed AI Engineer role: what it is, where it came from, how it is practiced, and how to do it well; 304 pages, first edition May 2026, Version 1.5 August 2026) and Founder Mode (how great founders stay close to product, people, judgment, and execution as companies scale). He writes a weekly newsletter, Nasser Ghanemzadeh’s Newsletter, which runs one real decision through one mental model for founders who invest and investors who build, and his work has been covered in Forbes, TechCrunch, Al Jazeera, and HuffPost.

## The books

Forward Deployed AI Engineering: A Working Guide to the Hottest Job in Software, by Nasser Ghanemzadeh. Independently published. First edition May 2026; current version 1.5, August 2026. 304 pages, 5 parts, 20 chapters, plus a workbook and annotated references. ISBN 979-8199517683.

- Paperback: $19.99 at https://www.amazon.com/Forward-Deployed-AI-Engineering-Software/dp/B0H3VKKG38/
- Kindle: $9.99 (also on Kindle Unlimited) at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3KP9CVH/

Daily Wisdom for Founders, Investors, and Managers: 366 Meditations on Mental Models, Misjudgment, and Money, by Nasser Ghanemzadeh. Independently published. First edition; Kindle release October 6, 2026. 366 one-page meditations in twelve themed months: the latticework, the machinery of misjudgment, guarding the mind, the mathematics of wisdom, lessons from Darwin, systems and second-order effects, the psychology of money, the investor's temperament, the manager's craft, the founder's path, the not-to-do list, and the good life. Each day holds a quotation verified against a primary source, an essay of about 250 words, and one closing question or action. 399 pages in print, about 104,000 words.

- Kindle: $11.99, pre-order at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHNNFY6M/ (delivered October 6, 2026)
- Paperback and hardcover: follow the Kindle release

## The service

The AI Feature Sprint is a 10-business-day engagement that ships one narrow AI workflow into a founder-led B2B SaaS product. Fixed scope, fixed price: $5,000 at beta pricing, $7,500 to $10,000 standard. Working prototype by Day 5, guaranteed. A $500 Discovery Day scoping session assesses whether an AI use case is useful, buildable, and worth a Sprint, credited toward the Sprint if you continue within 14 days.

## Pages

- [Home](https://ghanemzadeh.com/): Who Nasser Ghanemzadeh is, what he is working on now, selected work, speaking and media, and how to get in touch.
- [AI Feature Sprint](https://ghanemzadeh.com/ai-feature-sprint/): Ship one narrow AI workflow into your B2B SaaS product in 10 business days. Fixed scope, fixed price, Day-5 prototype guarantee.
- [Discovery Day](https://ghanemzadeh.com/discovery-day/): A focused 2-hour working session to assess whether your AI use case is useful, buildable, and worth a 10-day Sprint.
- [What Is a Forward Deployed AI Engineer?](https://ghanemzadeh.com/forward-deployed-ai-engineer/): What the role is, where it came from, and how it is practiced.
- [Forward Deployed AI Engineer vs Solutions Engineer](https://ghanemzadeh.com/forward-deployed-ai-engineer-vs-solutions-engineer/): The same technical instinct, different employer, different deliverable. One ships AI into the customer's product; the other sells and integrates a vendor's.
- [How to Become a Forward Deployed AI Engineer](https://ghanemzadeh.com/how-to-become-a-forward-deployed-ai-engineer/): The backgrounds people come from, the skills to build, and a step-by-step path that ends in one shipped AI workflow you can defend.
- [Forward Deployed AI Engineering Glossary](https://ghanemzadeh.com/glossary/): Plain-language definitions of the terms used in Forward Deployed AI Engineering: the role, the AI Feature Sprint, workflows, MCP, Claude Code, and more.
- [The Best Forward Deployed Engineer Books & Resources](https://ghanemzadeh.com/best-forward-deployed-engineer-books/): Five books worth reading to learn the FDE role, plus the essential free essays and talks.
- [Books](https://ghanemzadeh.com/books/): Three books by Nasser Ghanemzadeh: Daily Wisdom, Founder Mode, and Forward Deployed AI Engineering.
- [Forward Deployed AI Engineering (book)](https://ghanemzadeh.com/books/forward-deployed-ai-engineering/): A working guide to the Forward Deployed AI Engineer role. 304 pages. Version 1.5, August 2026.
- [Daily Wisdom (book)](https://ghanemzadeh.com/books/daily-wisdom/): 366 one-page meditations on mental models, misjudgment, and money for founders, investors, and managers. Each day a verified quotation, a short essay, and one question. Kindle pre-order, out October 6, 2026; 399 pages in print.
- [Founder Mode (book)](https://ghanemzadeh.com/book/): A practical book on how great founders stay close to product, people, judgment, and execution as companies scale.
- [Newsletter: Nasser Ghanemzadeh’s Newsletter](https://ghanemzadeh.com/newsletter/): Better judgment for founders who invest and investors who build. A weekly letter that runs one real decision through one mental model, from the author of Daily Wisdom. Subscribe and get the first two chapters of both books, Forward Deployed AI Engineering and Founder Mode, in your first email.

## Full content

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