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Char Kwon

Char Kwon

Product leader who scaled Turing; founder & CEO, Fastrak AI

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San Francisco, California
Joined January 2025
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Summary

Experienced early-stage product leader who scaled Turing from an early hire into a major growth phase—leading product, growth, and supply/demand work and introducing AI-driven prototyping and product practices to speed delivery. turing+2
Founder & operator building companies that apply LLMs to labor-intensive services: after scaling product at Turing, he co-founded Fastrak AI to bring AI-native product and engineering practices to service industries. theinformation+1
Background in engineering and cross-functional program work from his University of Maryland QUEST involvement and early internships, which complements his product and growth skillset—bridging technical fluency with go-to-market and operations execution. umd+1

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Writing

Say Goodbye to PRDs: 3x Product Shipping Speed with AI

February 1, 2025

Company blog post arguing for replacing lengthy PRDs with rapid AI-powered prototyping to dramatically increase product shipping velocity; describes Turing's internal practices and outcomes.

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Hobbies

Hiking, travel, community founder/organizing (posts show group hikes and travel photos). instagram

Notes

DHDavid Headsaid that if they had to invest in a promising AI-native startup,
CKChar Kwon
would be one of the founders they'd want to back.

Jun 27, 2026