Where most AI projects break down
Most companies start with a tool and work backwards. We start with your business. What you're trying to do, where the bottlenecks are, and where AI will actually move the needle.
We design and build the systems: the workflows, the integrations, the operating model to run them. Your team understands what's been built and why.
People need to understand what changed and why it's better for them. We work through that directly with your team. Skipping this step is why most implementations don't last.
About Jane
I'm Jane Yan. I started selling custom Xanga website templates for $15 in high school. That was my first business. Since then I've built and closed companies, led teams at Walmart and Sanofi, and spent several years as COO and Chief Product Officer at LunaJoy Health, where I led an AI-first rebuild of clinical operations.
I started XYZ Ventures to hold the businesses I'm building and to work with companies going through that same kind of change.
What I've seen: the technology is rarely what kills an AI project. It's the organization around it. The team that wasn't brought along. The manager who quietly ignored the new system. The workflow that worked in a demo and fell apart on day one. I've been inside enough of these to know what to watch for before it happens.
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Jane is an agile, accountable and inspirational leader. Together, we built a high-growth business unit around the idea of sharing a one-team vision that went beyond functional silos. She is not afraid of having tough, respectful and challenging conversations that lead to better business solutions. She has a customer-first and growth mentality that is her true north in all her decision-making. To round it all off, she is truly fun to work with.
She was so passionate to identify talents and grow them, that her team was one of the most inspirational ones. I really enjoyed working with her as a top performance business leader as well as an excellent peer in exploring new business models and transformation.
Jane has a unique ability to see the data that's behind the reports, and how infrastructure must be configured to deliver actionable information. Jane is also always ready and eager to jump into new challenges. I'd gladly work with Jane again!
Selected results
Built a new ecommerce business to $100M in annual revenue within three years.
Grew annual revenue from $80M to $144M over two years across five consumer brands.
Led an AI-first rebuild of clinical operations: redesigned care workflows, implemented AI navigation, and grew across product, technology, clinical services, and sales.
Services
AI diagnostic
We spend time inside your business to understand where you are, where the gaps are, and what to move on first. You get a clear picture of your AI readiness and a plan specific to your situation.
AI implementation
We design and build the systems for your business. The workflows, the integrations, the operating model. Scope and fee agreed after our strategy call.
Fractional leadership
For companies that need ongoing AI leadership, we work inside your business at a senior level for a defined period, led by Jane.