Entrepreneur in Residence, Watson Institute · Founder, YourSkills · Stanford LISA Mentor
Unlocking hidden human potential through AI. I build products, mentor founders, and help organizations see who is ready for AI — and what to do about it.
Built 3 SaaS products and scaled to 10M+ users. Every career leap came from skills invisible on my resume — that's exactly what YourSkills solves. Now I help companies understand who is ready for AI and what to do about it.
Entrepreneur in Residence at Watson Institute (Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship). Stanford GSB LEAD alumna. Passionate about AI for Human Potential — where technology unlocks the skills we don't see.
Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship. Leading AI entrepreneurship initiatives, building bridges between AI innovation, education, and social impact.
Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship. Mentored entrepreneurs and community leaders on AI adoption, product strategy, and workforce readiness.
Co-leading the London chapter. AI readiness workshops, cross-sector dialogue, bridging social impact and technology.
Mentoring founders globally to turn ideas into viable products — positioning, AI tooling, and product design.
AI Workforce Readiness Intelligence platform. Helping companies see who is ready for AI, close skill gaps, and deploy people and AI agents together.
Built edtech platform on financial literacy. Co-founded Web3.0 Family Office Mastermind, managing a 15-person team.
Built Synergy.online platform, driving 5x DAU/MAU growth in 6 months. 44 webinars, 64 events, 21 courses.
Platform architecture for 40K tasks/month, cutting assessment time 7x and costs by 30%.
Developed Skysmart Workbook platform with edtech products for 8.5M users and 250K teachers.
Designed and launched platform product features for teachers and students.
Managed 60 remote employees. Implemented KPI system to improve CSI, ARPPU, and LTV.
40+ weekly online lessons. IELTS (Band 8+) and TOEFL (80+).
Founded and grew offline school to 100+ students.
AI readiness diagnostics, skill gap analysis, and deployment planning for companies adopting AI. From assessment to action plan using the YourSkills framework.
Idea to product-market fit. MVP, positioning, AI tooling, pitch strategy. Design Thinking Strategist at LISA (Stanford GSB LEAD Incubator).
Keynotes and hands-on workshops on AI for Human Potential, workforce intelligence, future of work, AI adoption for social impact, and entrepreneurship in the age of AI.
$200B+ spent on AI tools. 0% visibility into workforce readiness. YourSkills answers: who is ready for AI, who isn't, and what to do about it.
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Maria brings a rare combination of deep expertise, thoughtful insight, and genuine commitment to helping others succeed. Her feedback was always sharp, actionable, and grounded in real-world experience — pushing me to think more strategically while staying focused on what truly matters.
Mariia created an atmosphere that was both structured and highly engaging. What impressed me most was her ability to combine strategic clarity, attention to detail and genuine human connection with the audience.
Maria led an exceptional workshop on Product Management for my team. She crafted personalized content specifically tailored to our products, leading to strong engagement. We took away practical frameworks and tools to leverage in our day-to-day work.
Her ability to push me beyond my comfort zone and encourage out-of-the-box creativity has been truly transformative. Every session leaves me feeling inspired and overflowing with new ideas. This is why I nominated her to receive an award as Top Mentor.
YourSkills isn't just a workforce analytics tool, it's a way for companies to combine the best of people and technology, creating agile, motivated teams ready for constant change.
Thank you for creating this community for us to stay on top of AI tools to upskill and expand our knowledge. I truly appreciate your generosity in investing your own time and industry expertise in helping us.
Her guidance turned scattered experiments into stronger, testable directions and better positioned us for iteration, feedback, and investor conversations. Mariia is insightful, reliable, deeply empathetic, and genuinely invested in empowering the next generation.
YourSkills shows where your gaps are and recommends specifically how you can fill them — whether you should learn something or use AI tools. It directly gives you actionable insights and shows how your skills are relevant to your company.
I particularly appreciated the focus on recognising forms of knowledge and capability that sit outside formal structures, but which carry deep value within communities and social impact spaces.
Mariia has helped to challenge my way of thinking about product and been a great sounding board for different ideas. Her knowledge of iterative product development and understanding buying personas is truly invaluable.
YourSkills directly gives you matches. You're not waiting for someone to figure that out, or a manager to go out to reporting staff. It's the interest of the person as well who will also keep learning.
I really appreciated the clarity and the human-centered perspective on AI as a tool, exactly as it is meant to be used. I personally took away a lot and hope we can all stay connected.
Maria was instrumental in my startup's early stages, helping refine the MVP and guiding AI selection to optimize product design from the start. Her design thinking and strategic insight make her an exceptional collaborator.
You were amazing, thank you for creating a useful learning space related to AI. And Catalyst Now London chapter is lucky to have you as our new co-chair.
Whether you need an AI workforce assessment, a keynote speaker, startup mentoring, or want to deploy YourSkills at your organization — I'd love to hear from you.
potupchikmaria@gmail.com