Chase Hughes

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Overview

Built products at the intersection of software, data, and design.

I’m most interested in tools that turn messy human workflows into clean systems. Lately, that means agentic software—where reliability, UX, and incentives matter as much as the model.

History

  1. Director of Product — Stealth AI (Series A)
    2025–present
  2. Founder & Head of Product — ProAI (Acquired)
    2021–2025
  3. Product Strategy Advisor — FYI.AI
    2023–2024
  4. Founding PM — EquityUp (Acquired)
    2018–2020
  5. Founder/CEO — Pro Business Plans (Acquired)
    2012–2025

WRITING

  1. Agent-First SaaS: A Playbook for Product Leaders
    Medium · June 2025
    Strategies for product leadership in the Software 3.0 era.
  2. Building Agentic Flows with LangGraph
    Medium · June 2025
    Technical walkthrough for financial forecasting workflows.
  3. Mapping the Agentic AI Landscape
    Medium · Q2 2025
    Key insights and market map for SaaS players.
  4. The AI-Powered Marketing Plan
    Forbes · Dec 2023
    A strategic framework for growth.

R&D

  1. Automated Business Strategy Generation
    US Patent 20250053899A1
    System for AI-based automated generation of business strategy.
  2. Multi-Agent Market Research System
    US Patent 20250054003A1
    Automated market research utilizing a plurality of linked AI agents.
  3. Braid (Python)
    Open Source
    LangGraph agent builder; reduces setup time from days to minutes.
  4. LLM Agent Platform (Python)
    Open Source
    Modular multi-agent system with Chainlit, PostgreSQL, and real-time data tools.