For medical device & insurance leaders
Your team of trusted AI advisors
AI strategy, leadership advising, and training. We help you decide what to do with AI, then get your people ready to do it.
Justin + 7 senior advisors across healthcare, med device, and enterprise tech
Advice first. Then your team is ready.
Three ways we work with leadership teams.
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AI strategy & roadmaps
Find where AI pays off in your business, and leave with a plan your leadership team can stand behind.
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Executive advising
A trusted second opinion on governance, risk, vendors, and where to invest, in plain language.
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Training & workshops
Hands-on sessions that get your people using AI well in the roles they have today, including FDA submission readiness for medical device teams.
Start with a free 60-minute team workshop.
Need it built? Justin's software engineering firm, Lab651, takes it from there.
Where we focus
Medical devices
From AI adoption to FDA submission readiness, we guide R&D, quality, and regulatory teams on what the FDA expects, what to do, and what to avoid, so everything is buttoned up before you submit.
Advising a Fortune 500 medical device maker's R&D team since 2024
- 21 CFR Part 11
- IEC 62304
- ISO 13485
Where we focus
Insurance
Practical AI for claims, underwriting, and service. We work hands-on with your teams through the development process, from playbooks to prototypes, so AI becomes part of how you build.
Coached teams at two insurance firms from AI playbook to working claims prototype
- Engineering
- Product
- Quality assurance
We've worked with
- Medtronic
- Boston Scientific
- Monteris Medical
- UnitedHealth Group
- Securian Financial
- Aon
- Western National Insurance
- Best Buy
- Old World Industries
- SEH
Founder & Managing Partner
Justin Grammens
Justin has spent more than 20 years helping companies turn new technology into results. Today he helps lead Minnesota's applied AI community.
- Founder & president · Applied AI
- Host · Conversations on Applied AI
- Adjunct professor · University of St. Thomas
- Founder · Emerging Technologies North
- Founder & CEO · Lab651
- Speaker · Conference keynotes
On stage & on air
Talks, panels, and interviews for leaders who want AI explained plainly.
FOX 9 · All Day Live · Sept 14, 2026
Anthropic CEO sounds alarm on AI risks: What to know
“AI professionals like myself need to get better at educating people on really what's possible and what's not possible.”Watch the interview on FOX 9 ↗
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The state of open source LLMs
MnTech Tech Connect
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AI in home care & hospice
Industry conference session
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AI in HVAC system operations
CenterPoint Energy IT & Technology Conference
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Moderating a panel on AI
Panel discussion
The advisors
Senior leaders who have done the work in healthcare, medical devices, and enterprise technology.
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Matthew Versaggi
Healthcare & Quantum Computing
Distinguished Engineer with Fortune 5 healthcare experience. Built a "College of AI," chaired patent review boards, and has worked in AI since the mid-1980s.
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Steve Zielinski
Medical Device R&D Leadership
Over 20 years leading medical device R&D, applying model-based systems engineering, lean product development, and AI to safe solutions for patients.
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Dan McCreary
Healthcare & Knowledge Graphs
Helped build the world's largest healthcare knowledge graph. Worked at Bell Labs and NeXT, and co-authored "Making Sense of NoSQL."
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David Espindola
Guiding Human-AI Transformation
Founder of Brainyus, futurist, and award-winning author. Former CIO of Flexera Software and former Oracle executive.
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Tim Bornholdt
TEDx Speaker & AI / LLM Expert
Makes AI approachable for non-technical leaders and guides teams through responsible, ethical adoption.
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Nick Roseth
AR, VR & AI Innovation Strategist
Turns emerging-technology ideas into clear, user-first product strategies, from AI to AR, VR, and quantum computing.
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Josh Braaten
AI & Chatbots
Brand and marketing strategist for startups and Fortune 100 companies, applying AI to understand and predict customer behavior.
- Not sure who fits? Tell us the problem. We'll bring the right advisor to the first call. Start a conversation →
“Justin and the team at Recursive Awesome bring clarity to our AI strategy, helping us see what’s possible, focus on what matters, and confidently plan our next steps.”
Steve MaseCEO, Code 4 Pro AI is what we live and breathe
We teach, speak, and build community around applied AI. A few things Justin founded and leads:
Ready to bring AI to your business?
Start with a free 30-minute consultation. Tell us where you are, and we'll get back to you within one business day.