I build AI-powered investment research tools at Arch Labs. Before that: chat design at LivePerson, experimentation tooling at Agoda, community and quality systems at Answers.com, and a decade of building systems at HBO.
About
Hi, I'm Geoff.
Currently: building a challenging puzzle game called Lightyard · writing a sequel to my recent novella · prototyping an educational reading app.
What I do
I build things from 0-1: discovery and ideation, prototyping, iteration, testing with customers, release and marketing.
Most recently I shipped Arch Investment Research. It uses AI to analyze documents, extract facts, and flag caution points worth a closer look. Agents power its chat and its deep research across the web, and it generates reports, one-pagers, and decision memos. I helped decide to build it, did the client research, built the prototype, ran the customer pilots, turned the feedback into priorities, and worked with marketing and sales on pricing and promotion.
I partner with developers — I’d rather brainstorm and discuss than dictate.
AI is key to what I do at every stage: AI powers the tools I build, and AI is a key component of how I build them.
Where I've worked
Arch Labs
Alternative investment management platform
Took Arch Investment Research (AIR) from zero to launch: AI that reads complex investment documents, extracts the facts, and automates the busywork around them. Also launched the product API and grew it to broad adoption.
LivePerson
Online chatbot platform
Launched a BERT model: lifted entity-recognition F1 by 34 points.
Agoda
Southeast Asia's largest online travel agency
Built and tested a trip insurance prototype. Launched the company's first personalization tool. Led experimentation and increased PM confidence.
Answers.com
The world's largest Q&A website
Led the excellent team responsible for Answers.com. Launched dozens of small-community themed web sites. Launched an expert-contributor platform. Launched an expert-help system.
PriceGrabber
Online comparison shopping
Introduced project management, built a cost-of-goods-sold model that showed some partners were a drag on the company, and led the Yahoo! and AOL API implementations. Began the move into product with a page redesign that tripled click rate in testing.
HBO
Premium cable network
Built dozens of systems, including a residuals and participation tracker.
Off the clock
I write science fiction, I solve puzzles, I read, I row on a Concept 2 erg, and I bike all over the place.
Elsewhere
Emailgcanyon@gmail.com
LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/geoffcanyon
GitHubgithub.com/gcanyon