Less Jargon, more wisdom

Ihsaan LLC (DBA WSDM.AI) is a boutique AI consulting firm based in Los Angeles and New York City.

What do “data lake”, “convolutional neural networks”, and “GDPR” have in common? They are AI jargon that mean nothing to most people - and that’s how it should be. We take the mystery out of AI and instead focus on finding tangible ways to use data to transform your business. Whether you are beginning to explore how to use data to your advantage or you have an established data science team, we can help you turn data into wisdom - no jargon needed.

 

Services

AI Strategy

Technologies come and go, but good strategy lasts forever. Whether you are trying to stand up AI capabilities in your organization or need help consolidating your existing AI efforts, we can guide you through the entire process to turn AI into a strategic advantage

Research leadership

We help you get the most of our your team of scientists. We have built and led world-class research teams and can help set a vision and manage the team to execute it. We specialize in leading high-impact scientific research and launching products from research projects.

AI Staffing

Hiring and retaining the best AI talent is hard and time consuming. We take care of the entire recruiting pipeline from sourcing, administrating technical interviews, and reference checks.

AI Due Diligence

Are you looking to invest in an AI startup? We work with top-tier VCs to help them discern hype from reality. We specialize in AI, health-tech, and frontier-tech startups.

About James H. Faghmous, PhD.

I’ve worked in AI since it was slow, inaccurate, and unglamorous (I have a signed first edition Machine Learning (1997) from Tom Mitchell — one of the ‘founders’ of machine learning). Since then, I have been an academic at Stanford University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the University of Minnesota. I’ve also founded two successful companies and am the co-founder of the hardest startup ever: four wonderful children. I have built multiple data science teams from scratch and have advised top-tier VCs and startups on how to create value-adding AI. I love meeting and helping people. If you are struggling with data science/AI let’s chat!