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Tyler Phillips

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Director of Product Management, AI at Apollo.io
📍 Denver, Colorado, United States

Tyler is the Director of AI Product at Apollo. io, where he channels his experience as a YC S23 founder into building practical AI solutions for sales teams. His career is shaped by the lesson that sales teams need AI that genuinely works, not just novel features. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA.

Outside of his direct role, Tyler demonstrates a passion for hands-on innovation and problem-solving. He has a competitive background, achieving first place in multiple business and stock competitions during college, and maintains a deep interest in the practical application and quality of AI models.

Unique fact: His previous AI startup reached 25K users but ultimately failed, teaching him the crucial lesson of solving real-world problems over building "cool" technology.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director of Product Management, AI
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
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AI for Sales
He is building the AI sales platform he wishes he had as a founder, focusing on tools that help teams book more meetings with AI they can trust.
Founder Experience
His perspective is heavily influenced by his past startup, which went through YC but failed, teaching him hard lessons about customer acquisition and product-market fit.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Director of Product Management, AI
Apollo.io
9-2024 - 8-2025
Principal Product Manager, AI
Apollo.io
9-2023 - 8-2024
Senior Product Manager, AI
Apollo.io
2022 - 2023
Founder & CEO
Autopia Labs
1-2022 - 12-2022
Head of Product, Consumer
Zapp
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Media appearances

Evals, Quality & More — With Apollo.io AI Product Lead Tyler Phillips. Featured in Freeplay AI Blog
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Tyler Phillips from Apollo.io: #1 Job of AI PMs is Delivering Quality. Featured in YouTube Shorts
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Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA
UCLA
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