Henry Michaelson
Software @ Epic Systems R&D | Ex VC-backed Founder in LLM Infrastructure
Software Developer in R&D at Epic Systems · Madison, Wisconsin, US
Open to advisory
Funding · Product · Engineering & Tech
I am a former VC-backed founder helping early-stage founding and engineering teams ship production-grade AI features without wasting capital on wrong architectures. I also aim to help create a high quality fundraising and team atmosphere.
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5
Hours / month
About Henry
Henry Michaelson is an AI infrastructure engineer and venture-backed founder with hands-on experience taking LLM systems from concept to production. He co-founded Switchpoint AI, raising $150k to design multi-model cascades, evaluation pipelines, and cost-reduction routing heuristics for generative AI applications. Henry holds a BS and MS in Computer Science from Northwestern and works in R&D at Epic Systems focusing on LLM evaluations and clinical integrations. He advises early-stage teams on AI architecture, cost-efficient model deployment, and early MVP validation.
Skills
Experience
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Software Developer in R&D
Epic Systems
Developing production-grade software in R&D focusing on LLM evaluations, routing, and clinical integration workflows with massive proprietary patient datasets.
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Co-Founder
Switchpoint AI
Secured $150k in venture capital to engineer cost-efficient LLM infrastructure, multi-model cascades, and evaluation pipelines.
education
BS & MS, Computer Science
Northwestern University
Completed BS and MS in Computer Science (3.90 Master's GPA) with research on LLM evaluation pipelines and startup idea evaluator tools.
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Co-Founder
Cogssay
Co-founded an AI-driven college admissions essay feedback tool, building a revenue-generating MVP and leading product release.