Kevin Ashley is a technical visionary, startup founder and entrepreneur at the intersection of AI, product innovation, and real-world execution for the new generation of AI Builders. With a decade long career spanning Microsoft and Google, and as the creator of platforms like AI Coaching and Chataranga Messenger, he brings a rare builder’s perspective to every engagement—focused not on theory, but on how to actually ship transformative products for AI, Telecom, Video, Communications, Sports, Robotics, Edge Hardware and Wearable AI. Kevin works closely with executives, founders, and organizations to identify high-impact AI opportunities, redesign products for the AI era, and accelerate from idea to deployment. As a speaker, he is known for clear, provocative insights on topics like AI-first company design, human + AI collaboration, and the future of global communication—delivered with the credibility of someone who has built systems used at Olympic and global scale.
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Corporate — AI Consulting for Real Results
Kevin works directly with companies to identify high-impact AI opportunities and turn them into shipped products. From AI-first product design to communication platforms, video systems, and edge hardware, he helps teams move beyond strategy decks into execution. Engagements focus on rapid prototyping, architecture decisions, and building systems that deliver measurable business outcomes.
Personal — Coaching & Strategic Advice
For founders, builders, and professionals, Kevin offers focused coaching sessions designed to accelerate thinking and decision-making. Whether you’re launching a startup, exploring AI opportunities, or navigating product direction, sessions are practical, direct, and tailored to your goals—helping you move faster with clarity.
Speaker — Conferences & Events
Kevin is an experienced speaker who has presented at events and conferences across Microsoft and Google. His talks cover AI-first company design, human + AI collaboration, and building real products at scale. Submit a request to bring Kevin to your event for sharp, insightful, and actionable sessions.
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Highlights
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AI — Kevin’s AI Coaching platform powers advanced video analysis for elite athletes, including Team USA and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
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Cloud Platforms — Experience across top modern cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Amazon AWS.
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Agentic AI — Kevin created Livebook AI, one of the world’s longest-running autonomous AI agents, continuously operating at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley for over three years—predating modern systems like ChatGPT and large-scale OpenAI deployments. Hands-on with Bedrock AgentCore and Microsoft/Google agentic offerings.
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Communications, Video, WebRTC & VOIP — With CHATARANGA.COM, Kevin built a global messaging and video platform designed to work where traditional apps fail—connecting over 2 billion people across regions with restricted or unreliable communication infrastructure.
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Robotics and Physical AI — Kevin develops intelligent AI-powered camera and robotic systems used in sports and security. His California-based team designs and manufactures custom hardware deeply integrated with real-time AI analytics and video processing.
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Books & Education — Kevin is the author of Applied Machine Learning for Health and Fitness and created the online course AI in Sports with Python, helping engineers and practitioners apply AI to real-world sports and performance problems.
Technical Experience
AI, Machine Learning & Data Science AI agents, agentic workflows, computer vision, object detection, image classification, segmentation, OCR, tracking, sensor fusion, multimodal AI, recommendation systems, reinforcement learning, predictive analytics, real-time & streaming video analytics, surveillance systems, autonomous systems, digital twins
Generative AI & LLMs Large language models (LLMs), GPT-4, GPT-5, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Llama, DeepSeek, transformer architectures, diffusion models, generative AI, prompt engineering, function calling, tool use, LLM evaluation, fine-tuning, LoRA, synthetic data generation, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, semantic search, vector databases, Pinecone, knowledge graphs
Agentic AI Frameworks & Platforms LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Microsoft AutoGen, vLLM, AWS Bedrock, AWS AgentCore, Amazon SageMaker, Azure AI, Azure OpenAI Service, Google Vertex AI, Vertex AI Gemini, Google AI Studio, OpenAI APIs
Robotics, Edge & Embedded Systems Robotics, ROS (Robot Operating System), IoT, industrial IoT modules, edge computing, embedded systems, ESP32, ARM Cortex, NVIDIA Jetson, STM32, Raspberry Pi, CUDA, OpenCV, ONNX, YOLO, YOLOv8, YOLOv9, YOLOv10
Cloud, MLOps & Data Platforms Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon AWS, MLOps, AIOps, DevOps, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, microservices, distributed systems, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Airflow, Spark, Kafka
Programming Languages & Frameworks Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn, NumPy, Pandas, Jupyter, C, C++, C#, Java, .NET, ASP.NET, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Android, iOS
Data & Infrastructure SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, REST APIs, Linux, WebRTC, TURN, WebSockets
Leadership & Strategy Enterprise AI platforms, AI governance, responsible AI, cybersecurity, identity systems, enterprise architecture, technical strategy, engineering management, product leadership, startup scaling, cross-functional leadership, solution architecture, large-scale AI deployment