I Build AI Systems. My Son Is Three.
On building AI systems while raising a child who will grow up with them.
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AI HAS A
JUDGMENT
PROBLEM
I help define the product decision before the build starts, then bring in the right team.
Agentic Experience 2026: Principles & Framework
Many agent interfaces still rely on chat, even when the system can act on a user’s behalf.
Five interface patterns for permissions, oversight, and visible outcomes.
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I’m James Haliburton. I’ve founded and sold two companies. I still build real systems in production.
I help define the product decision before the build starts.
How I work
Strategy, design, and engineering.
I define the problem with you, then bring in specialists when the work needs a team.
View how I workTwenty years in product. Still building.
I’ve founded and sold two companies and worked on products for Google, Apple, Uber, Disney, and Goldman Sachs.
My track recordSelected work across my career and partner network
GoogleAppleDisneyMetaUberVolvoSonyCiti
Selected writing
I built a custom CRM last weekend.
What I learned building a CRM over a weekend.
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The Missing Playbook for Agentic Systems
A practical framework for deciding where agents belong in a product.
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