About us

Two people who build the thing, not a deck about the thing.

Virescent is a fractional AI department. We find where AI pays off in your business, build it into the tools you already use, and train your team to run it. You work with the two of us directly, start to finish.

Mike Haynes, Co-Founder & CEO of Virescent

Co-Founder & CEO

Mike Haynes

I’m Mike, co-founder and CEO of Virescent. My job is simple: find where AI actually pays off in your business, scope it honestly, and make sure what we promise actually ships.

Before we build anything, I map how your team’s week actually goes. Then Ryan and I put AI to work on the slow, repetitive tasks that eat it up. That means lower costs and more hours back in your day, without hiring a bigger team.

I keep things plain and skip the tech talk. You work with me directly, from the first call to the finished product. And if there’s a faster or cheaper way to get you there, I’ll tell you.

Ryan Dewsnap, Co-Founder & CTO of Virescent

Co-Founder & CTO

Ryan Dewsnap

I’m Ryan, co-founder and CTO of Virescent. I’m a computer engineer, and I’ve spent years building across the whole stack, embedded systems and hardware on one end, frontend and pure software on the other. Ever since I was a kid I’ve needed to know how things actually work, down to the layer most people are happy to treat as a black box.

That’s what I bring to your project. Before I automate anything, I want to understand how your work really flows, because the goal isn’t the most impressive system, it’s the right-sized one. I’d rather build you something lean that runs quietly for years than something clever you have to babysit.

I’m restlessly curious about better ways to do things, always testing new tools and approaches, ignoring the hype, and telling you straight which is which.

Want to know where AI would actually pay off in your business?

Book a free call. We’ll walk through how your team spends its week and tell you the two or three places worth automating first. Yours to keep, whether you hire us or not.