Szymon Paluch — ex-CTO i doradca AI
ex-CTO $1M Exit Claude Certified Architect
// ABOUT

Szymon Paluch

Product & Engineering Leader. I build companies, teams and AI systems that actually run in production.

I started coding in high school. Then I studied electronics at AGH, but building software always mattered more than the diploma.

I founded a software house and a few years later sold it to Diagnostyka. Later, as CTO of uPacjenta, I built a team from zero to 25 people and a telemedicine platform with 80k users.

At Golem Network I led product strategy for a global AI infrastructure network. I saw what AI looks like from the infrastructure side, not just the application layer.

Now I help companies ship AI without the consulting bullshit — from strategy to a working system. I'm a Claude Certified Architect (Foundations) and an Anthropic partner for Claude Code: I design and build production-grade applications on Claude — Claude Code, the Agent SDK, the API and MCP.

3

tech companies built

1

exit (to Diagnostyka)

55+

people across teams

10+

years in C-level roles

TIMELINE

How I got
here

2023-2025

Head of Product & Strategy, Golem Network

Product strategy for a decentralized compute network. 300% growth in token value. Saw AI from the infrastructure side.

Web3AI InfrastructureProduct Strategy
2022-2023

Emerging Tech Consultant, Beta Impact

Strategic advisory for companies and non-profits. Ran a $67k NFT fundraiser for WOŚP (5,214 digital hearts).

Web3 StrategyNFTAdvisory
2020-2022

CTO, uPacjenta

Built the tech team from zero to 25 people. Telemedicine platform with 80k users. $25M valuation in the seed round. 6x ops scale-up during COVID.

MedTechTeam BuildingScale
2015-2023

CTO & Co-founder, Diagnostyka Digital Hub

A software house focused on healthcare products. $1M exit to Diagnostyka (Poland's largest lab network). Mobile Trends Award.

ExitHealthcareMobile
PHILOSOPHY

What I
believe

🔧

Build > Talk

Value gets created by building, not by presenting. I'd take a scrappy prototype over a beautiful deck any day.

🎯

Technical Founders Win

To lead tech, you have to understand tech. You can't manage what you don't understand.

🧠

AI is a tool, not magic

AI doesn't fix broken processes. If a process is broken without AI, it'll be broken with AI.

📊

Measure or guess

Without metrics you don't know if something works. And if you don't know, you're guessing. I don't like guessing.

🤝

Transparency builds trust

I tell you straight what I see. Even when it's not what you want to hear. Especially then.

🚀

Done > Perfect

A working MVP beats a perfect Figma design. Ship, measure, iterate.

SPEAKING

Talks

🇯🇵

WebX Tokyo 2024

Keynote: Web3 Innovation and Infrastructure

🎨

Design Ways Kraków 2022

Integrating AI in Product Design (300+ attendees)

🔗

HardFork Meetup Kraków

Decentralized AI: Powering ML with Golem Network

🇵🇱

Web3 Festival Poland

Co-founder & Host

RECOGNITION

Awards & recognition

📱

Mobile Trends Award

Best medical app of the year

📊

POLSKA WEB3 100+ Report

Category: strategy and advisory

🥇

AiP Kraków Starter

1st place (inaugural edition)

CONNECT

Let's talk

Got an AI project to discuss? Looking for an advisor? Or do you just want to talk tech?