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Experimental AI products, prototypes, and product explorations built with AI-assisted workflows.
Pathway
Legaltech · B2B SaaS · AI workflows · Immigration · Claude Code · Vercel
Pathway is an AI-powered immigration workflow platform designed to help applicants and legal teams understand case readiness, identify missing requirements, and move cases toward filing with greater confidence.
Product Walkthrough
Market gap
Immigration processes are fragmented across government portals, legal systems, emails, PDFs, and spreadsheets. While existing tools help manage documents and case records, they provide limited guidance around eligibility, readiness, and next steps.
Where existing tools fall short
Applicants frequently struggle to understand where they stand in the process, what evidence is missing, and whether they are ready to file. Legal teams spend significant time reviewing incomplete information, identifying gaps, and coordinating communication across multiple systems.
Product approach
Pathway is built around readiness and decision-making rather than document management alone. Applicants receive a clear understanding of their current status, upcoming requirements, missing evidence, and overall filing readiness. Legal teams can review cases, identify risks, monitor progress, and prepare filings from a centralized workspace. The goal is to reduce uncertainty for applicants while helping legal teams make faster, more consistent decisions.
AI opportunities
AI serves as a reasoning layer throughout the immigration workflow. For applicants, it can explain case status in plain language, answer case-specific questions, surface upcoming requirements, and provide guidance based on individual circumstances. Based on visa type, the system can automatically surface USCIS requirements, track evidence collection, identify missing documents, and provide visibility into filing readiness. Applicants can see which documents are required, which have been requested, and which are still outstanding, helping reduce the risk of incomplete submissions. For legal teams, AI can review supporting documentation, identify inconsistencies, flag potential issues, highlight missing evidence, and assist with drafting case materials. The objective is to improve filing quality, reduce rework, and surface issues before submission.
Tools
- Perplexity for market and competitive research
- ChatGPT for product strategy, PRDs, and Claude Code prompts
- Claude Code and Codex for prototyping and interface implementation
- Vercel for deployment
Status
Working prototype
ClearPath
AI · Fintech · Mobile · Product Design · React Native
A native mobile app that combines intelligent debt payoff strategies with an AI financial assistant to help users understand the impact of every financial decision—not just track balances.
Product Walkthrough
Market gap
Managing debt isn't just about making monthly payments—it's about making dozens of financial decisions along the way. Existing debt management apps help users track balances, payments, and budgets, but when real life happens, they offer little guidance. Users are left wondering whether they can afford a purchase, how an unexpected expense will affect their financial goals, or what the smartest next step should be.
Where existing tools fall short
Most financial apps are built around tracking past activity rather than helping users make future decisions. They provide dashboards, calculators, and repayment plans, but they rarely answer the questions people ask every day: Can I afford this purchase? How will this expense affect my financial goals? Should I change my repayment plan? What's the smartest decision right now? Generic AI tools can answer financial questions, but they don't understand a user's actual debts, payment plan, budget, or progress. Traditional finance apps know the numbers but can't have a meaningful conversation about them.
Product approach
ClearPath bridges that gap by combining personalized financial planning with contextual AI. The app gives users a complete understanding of their financial picture while helping them make informed decisions as their circumstances change. Instead of simply displaying financial data, ClearPath interprets it—allowing users to explore different payoff approaches, understand the consequences of financial decisions, and adapt their plan without losing sight of their long-term goals.
AI opportunities
The AI assistant is built around context. It understands everything the user has already entered into ClearPath—their debts, payment history, budget, repayment strategy, and financial progress—allowing every conversation to be personalized rather than generic. It can answer questions about the user's own financial situation, explain how changes affect their overall plan, estimate the impact of purchases or unexpected expenses, and provide educational guidance on broader financial topics. By combining personal financial context with general financial knowledge, the assistant helps users make confident decisions without switching between budgeting apps, repayment calculators, and external AI tools.
Tools
- Perplexity — Market and competitive research
- ChatGPT — Product strategy, PRDs, and prompt development
- Claude Code & Codex — Prototyping and interface implementation
Status
Working Prototype
