AI-Native Technical Marketer

The CMO who
speaks engineer.

Hi, I'm Rick. For 20 years I've been translating complex technical specs into GTM strategies that move markets. I built an AI system in 2017 that generated $1M with zero ad spend. I've been blockchain-native since 2021, on Solana before institutions arrived. RWA tokenization is no longer a thesis. It's infrastructure being laid right now. I wrote the industry report on where capital is flowing and what comes next. It's free.

Rick Bakas
SwiftList app on iPhone showing AI product photography and Vibes marketplace
Portfolio

Introducing SwiftList

AI product photography for e-commerce sellers. Upload a photo, choose a vibe, and get studio-quality images in seconds. Built, launched, and marketed from zero. Live at swiftlist.app and growing.

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Nike trained my brand instincts. A startup exit trained my market instincts. Building ABBI in 2017, an AI marketing system that generated $1M with zero ad spend, trained everything else. ChatGPT was five years away.

I've been at the technical-marketing intersection long enough to recognize what the next wave looks like before it has a name. That's not a claim — it's a track record.

Nike
Brand fundamentals at the source
$1M
Revenue · $0 ad spend · 2017
Pre-Venmo
Co-founded a mobile payments startup · exited
2021
On Solana before institutions arrived
Built with AI

Four products. All built
before the category peaked.

2026 · Live
SwiftList

AI product photography for online sellers. Upload one photo. Get 12 professional results in under 10 seconds. Six marketplaces, AI lifestyle scenes, and a community Vibes marketplace where creators earn credits. Available on iPhone and web.

AI Photography iOS App Founder swiftlist.app
2017 · Exited
ABBI

An AI marketing and sales system built five years before ChatGPT. ABBI qualified leads, drove customer conversations, and closed sales at scale. $1M revenue in Year 1. Zero ad spend.

AI Chatbot Conversational Marketing Zero Ad Spend
Active
Provatus

AI-powered medical provider directory compliance for health insurers. Automates the CMS-mandated 90-day verification cycle, detects ghost providers (listed but no longer active), and eliminates the $25,000/day penalty risk from inaccurate directories.

Healthcare AI Compliance Automation CMS / No Surprises Act
Active
Compute per Capita

The global standard metric for national AI readiness. Called "The New GDP." Tracks compute density per capita across countries, giving policymakers, investors, and AI builders a data layer that didn't exist before. Who is GPU-rich. Who is GPU-poor. What it means for the next decade.

AI Policy Data Platform National AI Readiness
Free Download · April 2026

Real World Assets:
The Industry Report

Original research on RWA tokenization. Where the institutions are. Where the capital is moving. What the GTM opportunity looks like right now.

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Work Together

Available for the right team.

Series B and beyond. Technical founders. Companies where engineering leads the roadmap and marketing needs to catch up. If that's you, let's talk.

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