We build AI products
and help teams adopt AI.

We can help your team write their first evals, build your first AI product, or provide hands-on support evolving your business.

Why Us?

We understand business / We are technical

Peter Van Dijck

Peter
Van Dijck

I am a product leader and technologist with a background in scaling digital products. I founded HelpfulIntelligence to bridge the gap between "AI hype" and practical, revenue-generating implementation.

We operate as a high-precision node in a network of talent. I lead every engagement personally, pulling in a trusted circle of senior freelance engineers, data scientists, and designers only when the project demands it. You don't pay for overhead, bench time, or junior trainees. You pay for intelligence, applied helpfully.

Hands-on Leadership

Direct access to senior strategy and technical direction, always.

Elastic Teams

We scale up or down instantly using a vetted network of experts.

Selected Work

2026

Legal AI for Arbitration

Designing and building a legal AI product for arbitration, providing in-depth document analysis, case analysis, and decision support.

Outcome: Closed beta, $500M lawsuit actively using the product

Legal Tech · LLMs · RAG

2025

AI-First Web Browser

An AI-powered browser with an AI backend for iOS and MacOS, focused on keeping users safe online. Features multiple levels of AI analysis to detect and respond to online threats.

LLMs · Security · Native iOS · Python

2025

Medical Scribe

Product management for a medical scribe startup, turning doctor-patient encounters into structured clinical documentation. Led user research, requirements, and evaluation setup.

Healthcare · Clinical Documentation · Evals

2025

Evals Consulting

Helped a team building an AI product that improves campus inclusivity to design and implement their evaluation framework. Combined process consulting with technical consulting.

Evals · Consulting · Education

2024-2025

AI Content Platform Modernization

Transformed a legacy WordPress site with extensive content into a modern AI-enabled experience with data pipelines, automated transcriptions, LLM-generated summaries, and intelligent search.

Outcome: Increased revenue

Publishing · Data Pipelines · LLMs · Search

2024

RAG Chatbot

A RAG chatbot built on LangChain with an innovative UI design, and an AI data pipeline management system that continually ingests and prepares video, audio and book data.

Outcome: 999 experts incorporated

LangChain · Vector Search · Data Pipelines

2024

Bioacoustics

Developed a custom bioacoustics system that identifies bird calls using a Google-developed bird classification model.

Outcome: 12K species supported

Machine Learning · Audio Processing

2024

Process Automation

Built AI productivity tools that simplify image manipulation workflows at scale for a digital agency.

Outcome: 300 hours/month saved

Automation · Image Models · Process Redesign

2024

Conversation Analytics

Designed and built AI-driven analytics for chatbot conversations.

Outcome: 26K topics analyzed

Gemini · Analytics · API Development

2024

Advertising Automation

Built a new AI-driven offering to expand market reach for an advertising agency.

Outcome: 2x revenue pitched

Image Gen · Copy Gen · Figma Integration

2024

Resource Management

Implemented a resource optimization and scheduling automation algorithm for a construction business.

Outcome: 280K data points optimized

Optimization Algorithm · Data Integration

Capabilities

Technical (AI Engineering)

  • Custom LLM Integration
  • RAG Architecture
  • Python & TensorFlow
  • Cloud Infrastructure Optimization

AI Product Management

  • AI Product Strategy
  • Roadmap Development
  • User Research & Testing
  • Ethics & Compliance Frameworks

Fractional Support & Training

  • Fractional CTO / CPO Services
  • Team Upskilling & Workshops
  • Tech Stack Audits
  • Agile Transformation