who am I

Software Architect · AI Strategist · Hands-on Builder

I've spent 30+ years in Silicon Valley designing and shipping the hard stuff at every scale: frameworks, programming languages, DSLs, databases, virtual machines, and agentic AI platforms.

In recent years I've focused on helping companies turn frontier AI into business outcomes: faster time to market, lower cost, less risk. I get called in for engineering productivity, for software architectures that survive market shifts and human error, and for AI adoption that actually sticks on both the business and the engineering side.

Most people build with AI agents. I also build and train the agents themselves, and I teach the team to do it, which means writing down the judgment that usually stays in people's heads. Engineers and agents then build side by side.

I've had the privilege of building for Hitachi, Pepsi, Nestlé, Gatorade, L'Oréal, Fox Corporation, Millennium Entertainment, Travelocity, DERTour, and Robert Mondavi, among many others. Some of what I've learned is captured in my books on software architecture and agentic AI, including the #1 best seller Agentic Spec-Driven Development.

To put these methods and tools in more hands, I created Rishon, which builds and runs custom business software from a spec, and AI++, which does the same for business processes. Its verification architecture is patent pending. I also help teams make the shift to spec-driven development, moving from hand-written code to a living spec that AI builds from. That might be alongside your team, as a fractional CTO, or as an advisor on AI adoption in engineering. Happy to talk through other shapes too.

Explore my books, read the blog, or chat with my AI twin. It's trained on my methods and answers in my own voice. Then let's connect on LinkedIn.

Yours Truly,

Anatoly Volkhover