AI-curious to AI-serious

Turn AI from a tool you use into a new business operating model, with a partner that helps define your strategy and builds with you.

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AI is at its best when it makes people more powerful.

Augmentation expands the problem space

The point of AI is not to do the same work with fewer people. It is to take on problems that were out of reach before.

AI makes expertise more valuable, not less

AI multiplies judgment, so your best people become sharper, not redundant.

Capability stays with your team

We build so your people can keep building. The skill, the systems, and the ownership remain in-house.

Douglas Engelbart seated at his desk at SRI, working a chord keyset beside an early CRT display
Douglas Engelbart at SRI's Augmentation Research Center.

Sixty years ago Douglas Engelbart argued that computers should augment human intellect, not replace it. That is still the right frame for AI. The goal is not fewer people. It is people who can do what was not possible before.

AI raises the floor. Your people raise the ceiling.

Clarity, Craft, Capability.

The right outcome for your leadership team. Most partnerships move through all three.

Clarity

“We know AI is a destination we want to reach. We don't know what it looks like for our company, where to start, or how to sequence the work.”

We deliver
  • An honest AI maturity assessment
  • A prioritized set of opportunities
  • A phased roadmap your executive team can act on

Craft

“We need custom tools, workflows, and applications that drive our business. We've tried buying them off the shelf. AI has changed that calculus.”

We deliver
  • Working software that moves the metrics that matter
  • Built to evolve as your business does

Capability

“We don't want a partner who advises, builds, and leaves us dependent. We want our team to operate the way you do.”

We deliver
  • A team operating AI-native
  • The working systems and processes to prove it

Our data pedigree

Wallabi is built by the people who led the data platforms at Tableau, Salesforce, and Google.

Pedro Arellano

Pedro Arellano

Co-founder and CEO

Pedro spent 25+ years in data and analytics, moving from product leadership to general management at Tableau, Salesforce, Looker, and Google. He started the company with the belief that technology is more powerful when it's grounded in the people, processes, and business context that drive real transformation.

Michael Becke

Michael Becke

Co-Founder

Michael has spent 25+ years solving problems with a mix of people, technology, and data, rising to Principal Software Architect over 12 years at Tableau after earlier work at CoStar/PPR, IBM, and a handful of startups. A builder by nature and by trade, he co-founded Wallabi out of a conviction that AI opens up a new class of problems worth solving, and a desire to help others take them on. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington and works from Seattle.

Daniel DeKlotz

Daniel DeKlotz

Software Engineer

Daniel builds new technology at Wallabi that helps people find fresh ideas in their data. He specializes in taking emerging technology and research from idea to shipped product, honed over nearly four years at Tableau as a Principal Software Engineer on the prototyping team in the office of the CTO. A repeat founder, he has launched Abacus Learning and Figaro, a music-practice app built on digital signal processing and computer vision. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Vasily Khudyakov

Vasily Khudyakov

Software Engineer

Vasily builds the technology that helps companies put AI to work on their own data. He spent two years as a Staff Software Engineer at Databricks and over nine years at Tableau, where he became a Principal Member of Technical Staff, with earlier work at Microsoft and Roblox. He holds a Master's in Physics from Novosibirsk State University and is based near Seattle.

Joshua Robinson

Joshua Robinson

Product strategist

At Wallabi, Josh helps AI-curious executives lead their teams into becoming AI-native. As Director of Product Design at Flatiron School, he built a learner-centered design training program and ran enterprise programs for Amazon, the US Army, and Deloitte. He has taught more than 500 people as Lead Instructor for Product Design at WeWork, and as a Senior UX Designer at Centro he brought machine learning and algorithmic optimization into real-time bidding. A designer, educator, writer, and musician, Josh works to make technology more accessible and inclusive. He is based in Chicago.

Garrett Rudolph

Garrett Rudolph

Product strategist

At Wallabi, Garrett shapes the products that put AI to work for businesses. He started as a software engineer and moved into product, spending nearly six years at Tableau, where he grew from engineering intern to senior product manager, then led product at Amperity for three years. He pairs an engineer's instincts with a product manager's sense for what customers actually need. He holds dual bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Economics from Elmhurst University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Four reasons a strategy firm or a dev shop can't replace us.

WAL-01

Unmatched data credentials

WAL-02

Strategists who build

WAL-03

Internal capability, not vendor dependency

WAL-04

Platform-backed delivery

Real work, real outcomes across industries.

Strategy that finds the highest-impact opportunities, and the build that turns them into business outcomes.

Healthcare media 10k+ leads/week

AI lead-generation and self-service data apps non-technical teams now run themselves.

Customer engagement Multi-million-dollar

Projected annual margin improvement from AI tied directly to commercial outcomes.

ITA Group
Luxury resale

Pricing intelligence built for a high-volume resale operation with a lean ops team.

Medtech

Automated purchase-order reconciliation and uncollected-revenue analytics, built on top of a unified data layer.

Built for a specific kind of company.

Size

Mid-market to enterprise

Large enough for AI to move the P&L, ready to move forward fast.

Buyer

Led by the business

A senior executive with P&L authority owns the outcome. This is a business decision, made in the C-suite.

Signal

The pressure is real

Board questions, customer demand, or a competitive shift has made AI a this-year decision.

A first step that fits where you are.

Lower commitment at the top, deeper partnership as it earns trust. Start anywhere.

  1. Executive Alignment Workshop Half day

    A working session for the C-suite and the senior leaders whose P&Ls AI will touch — shared clarity by the end.

  2. Discovery Sprint Two weeks

    A time-boxed read on where AI can actually pay off, run end to end by one strategist — a working artifact, not an invoice.

  3. Fixed-Scope Engagement Outcome-scoped

    You already know the ambition: a product, a workflow, a data capability. We scope it, build it, and hand you the keys.

  4. Ongoing partnership Continuous

    Co-development beyond the first engagement — we come back for the next project, or run alongside your product team.

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AI raises the floor. Your people raise the ceiling.

Start with a half-day Executive Alignment Workshop, the lowest-commitment way to see where AI moves your business.