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Dan Osterman

AI Product Engineer & Creative Technologist

I build AI products and cinematic tools, plus websites and automations that help small businesses win customers and drop the busywork. Some of it you can buy right now. Off-screen, my partner and I built our tiny home by hand, out in the country.

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Fig. 1AI render · Take 1 · Seed 24888

Prompt: A drive-in movie screen standing alone in a snowy field at dusk, projecting a clear blue summer sky.
Shot: Cinematic 35mm film still, anamorphic lens, natural light, subtle film grain, muted color

Selected work

Three things I’ve built, drawn as plans. Scroll and each one draws itself.

Products, tools, and the interfaces around them.

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AI Story Studio

Product · 2026

An end-to-end AI studio that takes a story from brief to final cut. Shot-first storyboards, generated keyframes, and a Blender bridge so directors can block scenes and stay in control through every generation.

Role: Product engineering, design, pipeline

2Project 2 of 3

Motion Graphics Editor

Creative tech · 2026

A timeline-based motion editor built for agents and humans to share — render, scrub and revise in the browser.

Role: Creative technology, engineering

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Small Business Websites

Client work · 2026

Fast, clear websites for small businesses, built so a customer can find them, see what they do and get in touch in seconds.

Role: Design & build

Buy it now

Order today, no call needed.

Professional photos, without the photo shoot.

For people · /photos

AI Photos

Professional photos made from a few of your own. Every one picked by hand, back in 24 hours.

AI Headshots15 photos · 2 looks$29
AI Photo Shoot40 photos · 5 looks$59
Photos + Video40 photos · 5 looks · video$99

The tiny home

Our house, designed and built by hand. Scroll to draw it.

The Tiny Home: drawn, framed and built by hand.

My partner and I designed and built our home by hand, from the ground up, out in the country. The same instinct as software — measure, cut, fit, live in it, revise.

Role: Everything, with my partner

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Latest writing

What I’m building and what I learn shipping it.

Notes from the build.

01Nov 9, 2026What a small business website actually needsMost small business sites have too much on them and not enough of what customers came for. Here's what matters, what can wait, and why one page is often enough.EssaySmall business & the web4 min

All writing →RSS

Off the clock

Before the code, and around it.

Film, podcasts, and the road here.

A frame from the highlight reel, on the mat at Michigan State

Film Room · 2009–2013Four seasons on the mat at Michigan State.A highlight reel, then every match I wrestled there, on full film.Watch the reel →

Cover art for Modern Day Mavericks: a hand-drawn van on a road into the mountains, under the words Modern Day Mavericks

Podcasts · 18 episodesTwo shows I made.

Not Your Average Nice Guys15 ep
Modern Day Mavericks3 ep

Listen →AboutThe long way here.From the wrestling room to startups to building AI products from a tiny home in the country. The whole road, one frame at a time.Read the story →

Hire me

Fixed prices for coaching and websites. Bigger work is scoped with you.

Work we do together, and what it costs.

ServiceScopeTurnaroundFee

1Claude & ChatGPT CoachingLearn to use Claude and ChatGPT on your own work, one on one or with your team.

Live on a video call: 60 minutes ($150) or 90 minutes ($225)
Built around your own tasks, not a slide deck
Hands-on: we set up your projects, instructions, first workflows and your own skills together
Claude, ChatGPT or both, at whatever level you’re at

TurnaroundScheduled with youFee$150/hrlive on a video callBook a session

2WebsitesA site built to win you more business: easy to find on Google, fast on every phone, one tap to call.

A One-Page Site for $500, or a Full Website with up to 6 pages from $1,500
Call button, directions, and hours with a live “Open now” line
On the full site: your Google Business Profile, forms and follow-up automations
Your domain and your content stay yours

TurnaroundAbout a week, or 2–4 weeks for a full siteFeeFrom$500+ $29/mo hosting & careRequest a site

3Brand VideoShort videos for your business, made with AI and finished by hand: social spots, product videos and ads.

Social spots in wide and vertical
Your logo, colors and fonts throughout
Captions, voiceover and music
Product, explainer and ad videos

TurnaroundScoped per projectFeeLet's talkper projectStart a conversation

4Software, AI & CTOSoftware that fits how your business runs, AI products, and someone senior in your corner on every technical decision.

Integrations between your CRM, payments, calendar and email
Internal tools, dashboards and automations for the busywork
AI products and agent workflows, from strategy to working prototype
Fractional CTO: technology and AI strategy, part-time

TurnaroundScoped per projectFeeLet's talkproject or retainerStart a conversation

Websites: need a little more?

Add a page to a One-Page Site for $150, or a contact form for $15/mo. Past three extra pages, the Full Website is the better deal, and your $500 counts toward it if you upgrade within 6 months.

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How to start

Send me two sentences about your business. I reply within a day.

You run the business.
I'll run the site.

Your site goes live within a week, and after that it's on me: hosting, updates, fixes and small changes. Your customers always find the right hours and number. You never have to think about it. One-Page Sites are $500, then $29/mo, fully managed.

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