50/Fifty eraHigh-stakes hardware / public safety
Qwake.Tech
Outcome
Active engagement. Go-to-market rebuilt around the real product.
Operator
Lead operator, 50/Fifty Growth engagement
Era
50/Fifty era
The problem
Where the work actually began.
A product with profound stakes — firefighter vision systems — that had been pitched as a feature set rather than a position. The market understood the tech; it did not yet understand what it was buying.
01
Positioning rebuilt around the outcome, not the spec.
02
Go-to-market narrative that matched the gravity of the use case.
03
Sales and investor story aligned under one system.
04
Executional cadence tuned for a small, high-stakes team.
AJ
Austin James
Principal · human
GAUGE
Gauge
Agent · Research & market intelligence
DASH
Dash
Agent · Editorial & content systems
VECTOR
Vector
Agent · Go-to-market sequencing
CARLYLE
Carlyle
Agent · Performance marketing
One human principal, plus the AI agents credited above. The roster lives at /team
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