Michael T. Brown

About

Mike is an attorney-turned full-stack AI product engineer and founder of CrossBeam, an AI platform that automates building permit review end-to-end—from plan check through corrections letters—currently deployed with California cities and builders. He is the global winner of Anthropic’s 1st Claude Code Hackathon and has led multiple 0→1 AI product builds across law firms, private equity, and municipal governments. Mike is also the Co-Founder of OnBreeze, a full-stack AI Development Studio working with Fortune 500 companies and boutique firms in the legal and private equity sectors. Before transitioning into AI, Mike practiced as a personal injury attorney, handling high-stakes trial work. Earlier in his career, he worked in the entertainment industry. Experience: Applied AI, Agentic System Design, Multi-Agent Orchestration, Claude Code, Agent SDK, LLM Product Engineering, RAG / Fine-Tuning / Grounding, Vision AI, Full Stack Development (Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python), AI Product Management, 0→1 Product Builds, AI for Legal, Legal Tech, LegalOps, AI for Real Estate & Construction, Permit Tech, GovTech, Municipal Software, AI Consulting, AI Strategy, AI Transformation, Private Eq

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