• Applied AI Educator with 140k+ LinkedIn followers

• Founder at Break Into Data (30k+ Data and AI professionals)

• DataCamp Instructor - RAG course ( 3,000+ learners)

• Technical content creator - Podcast Host for technical founders

Meri transformed a simple accountability group into "Break Into Data" community, now a 30k+ member community helping professionals break into AI and FDE careers.

The numbers speak: 140k LinkedIn followers, 2,200+ active Discord members, and a thriving newsletter with data professionals from Big Tech and high-growth startups.

• Founder at AGI Ventures

• Senior Full Stack AI Engineer & Instructor

• LangChain Ambassador (2024)

• Angel Investor in YC-backed startups

• Advisor Invest Ottawa
  
  By day, Hai runs a forward deployed engineering firm, working with his team to deliver AI agents across mid-markets to enterprises ($19M-$100M ARR).
  
  By night, he’s an advisor to several Canadian startups and scale-ups, angel-invest in YC companies, and co-run the largest community for AI champions in Canada.
  
  Hai scaled AI Tinkerers Ottawa from 30 members to Canada's largest AI developer community (1600+ members) in under a year. His model is now being replicated globally in 80+ cities. Ottawa Business Journal featured it as a "grassroots phenomenon" exclusively for elite AI builders.