Tanel Teemusk

iOS and AI Developer · MCP Consultant · Tech Lead

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I help companies make AI part of how they actually work.

I’m an AI transformation and automation consultant with more than twenty years shipping software, most of it on iOS. For the last few years I’ve had AI in the middle of everything I build, and now I help companies do the same: take AI from something they keep reading about and turn it into tools and workflows their people actually use every day. I’m based in Tallinn, Estonia, and work with companies across Europe — remote or on-site.

Portrait of Tanel Teemusk, AI consultant and iOS developer, in a felt hat seated at a desk with a laptop

20+

Years shipping

12

Apps in production

31

Essays published

10

Team size led

01 · How I help

AI transformation & automation services

After twenty years shipping software, I plug in wherever the work is — from a first automation to a full AI transformation. Pick what fits below, or just tell me what you’re stuck on and we’ll figure it out together.

AI automation audit

I look at how your team actually works and find the spots where AI automation saves real time. Then we sort out what’s worth doing first, instead of automating everything at once and hoping it sticks.

AI coding enablement

Want to start vibecoding — building with AI coding tools — but not sure how? I get you or your team set up properly, so the AI actually speeds you up instead of leaving a mess you have to clean up later.

Code review & mentoring

Hands-on reviews and mentoring for people and teams getting into AI. I help you build good habits early and skip the traps I already walked into, so you trust what you ship.

Proof-of-concept builds

A small working build that shows whether an AI idea is worth real budget, before you commit to it. Fast to make, and honest about what’s actually possible right now.

AI-assisted development

I build your features, iOS or full-stack, with AI in the loop the whole way. You get things shipped faster without the usual drop in quality that scares people off.

AI-first transformation

Reshaping how a whole company works around AI: the tools, the workflows, and the habits that make it stick instead of fading out after the first demo.

Not sure which of these you need? Book a consultation and we’ll work it out together.

02 · My story

From Flash to AI-first

I started out on the web, building animation and interactive stuff in Flash (Macromedia back then, later Adobe) for ad agencies in New York and around Europe. When the iPhone showed up I jumped to mobile, and spent the next fifteen-plus years building and shipping iOS apps, first as a developer and later leading teams.

I’ve always moved early on new tech, and AI is the one that genuinely changed how I work day to day. I went from iOS specialist to building full-stack with AI in the loop the whole time.

Right now I lead AI integration at Invendor, helping the company move to working AI-first while I build their iOS apps. I also work directly with companies as an AI transformation consultant, helping them automate the work that’s slowing them down. The throughline hasn’t really changed since the Flash days: take a fuzzy idea and turn it into something that actually ships.

03 · Experience

Experience

Swift · SwiftUI · LLMs · MCP · AI-assisted development

  • Leading Invendor’s move to an AI-first company, getting AI into both the product and the way the team builds.
  • Building and shipping the iOS apps for Invendor’s smart vending and inventory platform: weight-sensing cabinets, scanning, cloud sync, and ERP/WMS integrations.
  • Driving AI-assisted development across the engineering team so we ship faster without dropping quality.
  • Prototyping LLM-backed features and internal tools, then taking them all the way to production.

Swift · JavaScript · PHP · Unity · WordPress

  • My own studio for iOS, web, and AI-integration projects, and advising teams on bringing AI into how they work day to day.
  • Selected work: Ökotuba, MOKAfit, and Netikino.

Swift · Objective-C · JavaScript

  • Lead mobile engineer for startups and enterprises across fintech, logistics, and media — taking iOS apps from scratch to the App Store.
  • Built Timbeter (algorithm-driven timber measurement, shipped in six months) and led a team of ten on the hi.com all-in-one crypto app; also shipped Sixfold, Lokimo, Vimvest, and RMK Kuuseke, plus a short stint at Porsche Digital Lab on a confidential innovation project.

See the selected iOS projects →

Swift · Objective-C

  • Built and maintained consumer fintech iOS apps for the bank’s lending and payments products.

Sketch · Adobe Suite · user testing

  • Designed and tested the user experience for marine navigation products used by boaters worldwide.

Macromedia / Adobe Flash · ActionScript · motion design

  • Built rich animation and interactive content for ad agencies in New York and across Europe.
  • Worked with Tribal DDB New York, Grey Healthcare New York, and many others.

04 · Skills

Skills & tools

AI Integration

iOS & Mobile

Leadership

LLM application design

AI-assisted development (Claude Code)

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

prompt engineering

workflow automation

AI adoption for non-technical teams

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

Objective-C

async/await & Combine

Core Data

App Store delivery

XCTest

Technical leadership

AI-first transformation

Mentoring & hiring

Roadmapping

Stakeholder communication

Bridging exec goals and engineering

05 · Writing

Selected writing

I write regularly about AI transformation, automation, and what it actually takes to ship software — here’s a sample.

AI · 12 Jan 2026 · 6 min read

What is MCP and Why Should You Care?

Mobile Development · 19 Nov 2025 · 3 min read

Debugging with Claude Code

Leadership · 18 Feb 2025 · 3 min read

From Service Provider to Strategic Partner

Browse all 31 essays →

Rather see it than read about it?

Education

Education

Tietgen Business College, Copenhagen

2003–2005 · Multimedia Design & Communication

Tallinn University of Technology

2001–2006 · MBA, Strategic Management & Innovation

Tallinn University of Technology

1996–2000 · BBA, Business Management & Accounting

Clients

Worked with

Invendor

Timbeter

Sixfold

Porsche Digital Lab

Inpay

Vimvest

Pocopay

Lokimo

Netikino

06 · Contact

Want to figure out where AI fits?

Maybe you want a quick proof of concept, a hand getting set up to build with AI, or a full move to working AI-first. Either way, the fastest way to find out what’s worth doing is a short chat. Tell me what you’re working on.