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Christian Hyland

I help hotel tech companies, hospitality groups, and investors think clearly about AI in this category.

Co-founder at First Wave AI. I write about hospitality and AI on LinkedIn. About 1.5M people read it each month.

How I work with people

Fractional Strategy Partner

Ongoing, three-month minimum. I sit in with your exec or investment team on the calls you're working through. Build versus buy. Partnership choices. How to read AI-native competitors. Hotel tech companies, hospitality groups, and investors use this when the next 18 months of decisions actually matter.

Company & Leadership Brand Build

One quarter, scope depends on where you're starting. We work on your point of view, the way you say it, and the system that gets it in front of the right people. I built mine in public. 1.5M monthly readers in 90 days, inbound from industry associations, hotel tech CEOs, and investors. I won't ghostwrite for you.

Other ways to work together

I take on a small number of advisor and board roles at hotel tech and hospitality AI companies. I also do diligence calls and expert consultations for VC and PE firms looking at the category.

Writing

Long-form analysis on hospitality, hotel tech, and AI. Vendor breakdowns, GTM teardowns, and what hotel operators actually see on the ground.

Substack, coming soon

Get in touch

Easiest way to start is a 30-minute call. We'll figure out whether there's something here. Either way you'll get something useful out of it.