Who we are
Operators and builders, in equal measure.
We started Applied AI Labs because the mid-market was being left behind. Enterprise AI budgets are enormous and the returns are close to zero, while the companies that could benefit most get pitched either $10M consulting programs or tools nobody owns to production. We are the third option.
Founders
Mike Fedorov
Co-CEO
Mike has 26 years of experience in operations and supply chain, as a former Accenture Director and, before that, leading operations planning and execution for Mars. He has run and turned around operations for some of the most complex and demanding companies in the world, and has saved major clients that were ready to walk. He leads engagements the way he has always worked: on-site, in the detail, close to the people who know where the work breaks. Operators trust Mike because he has done their job.
Tim Csillik
Co-CEO
Tim is a serial founder who has built and scaled companies across the US and Europe. His most recent venture, a generative voice AI company, was acquired in 2025, and that experience became the blueprint for Applied AI Labs. Tim owns the venture side: funding, partnerships, and the engineering and delivery engine.
Andrew Ravasz
CTO
Andrew is an experienced AI architect, an award-winning inventor, and a TEDx speaker. He has been designing and building agentic systems since they first became possible, and he owns the architecture behind every system we run in production. He holds a patent for an assistive-technology invention and trained as an electrical engineer before moving full time into applied AI.
Track record
Who we build with.
Built and operated with
Programs and partners
The delivery bench
A senior operator up front. A full engineering team behind.
Every engagement pairs a senior operator working directly with your team and a dedicated engineering team working the same problem in parallel. Findings from each day come back as tested, working software the next morning. You get senior ownership on the ground and continuous throughput behind it. That is how we ship a new improvement every two weeks and still hold a high bar.
How we operate
The way we work.
Operator-first.
We lead with people who have carried the P&L, not just advised on it.
Diagnose before we prescribe.
We earn the right to build by understanding the problem first.
Own the outcome.
We measure against your baseline and get paid on what we can confirm.
Protect the value.
Most of the risk shows up after go-live, so most of our attention goes there.
Careers
We work on hard problems with people who care about getting them right.
If you are drawn to real-world impact, complex systems, and AI that runs in production rather than in a demo, we would like to meet you.