Mehrad Karamlou is Director of Product Growth at Kolena, where he leads product for AI agents that handle document-heavy work in commercial real estate, lending, and insurance. He spent more than a decade in product before Kolena, including senior roles at Tesla and at Viafoura, where his team's engagement products reached over 500 million people a month, and earlier work on FDA-regulated medical devices. He hosts The Pragmatic AI Podcast, where he interviews operators running AI in production, including the CFO of Levin Management and the COO of Longhorn Investments. He holds a degree in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo.