Thomas Grabowski

Thomas Grabowski

Product Manager, AI

I enjoy working with open source, community driven software companies that build products that change people's lives.

What I Do

I specialize in enterprise software product management with a focus on AI, Search, and Observability. My approach centers on understanding how engineers work and building features that enhance their daily workflows.

I've shipped products at companies ranging from emerging startups to enterprise-scale deployments, always prioritizing rapid learning and rapid shipping to deliver features that engineers love and actually use.

Current Work

Founder & CEO

CodePathfinder (2025-Present)

Building an intelligent context layer that enables AI to navigate code effectively. CodePathfinder serves as a semantic intelligence platform, making codebases accessible beyond just developers and democratizing access to code knowledge across entire organizations.

Mission

Code represents ground truth for numerous business tasks, yet it remains siloed as developer-only knowledge. CodePathfinder breaks down these barriers by providing AI-powered code intelligence that enables teams across the organization—from product managers to support engineers—to leverage code insights for their work.

Recent Work

Staff Product Manager, AI

dbt Labs (2024-2025)

Led the development and launch of AI-powered tools for analytics engineers, helping thousands of users enhance their workflows through intelligent automation and assistance.

Key Launches

  • dbt Copilot - AI-powered coding assistant integrated directly into the analytics workflow, helping engineers write better SQL and documentation faster
  • dbt MCP - Model Context Protocol implementation enabling seamless integration with AI tools and agents. Added several tools for agents including building data transformations & semantic layer, querying data from any of our partner data warehouse platforms, orchestrating data jobs, and providing context for most AI agents that require structured data
  • dbt Agents - Launched Data Discovery Agent (for searching through metadata), Analysis Agent (for SQL and semantic layer queries), and Orchestration Agent (for managing data models). Local development agent capabilities were explored but not released to production

Product Philosophy

My approach focuses on shipping features that enhance engineers' jobs and building products they love and use to improve their daily work. The best products understand the workflows engineers already trust and make them better, not more complicated.

This work was made possible through collaboration with exceptional teams across AI engineering, GTM, Marketing, Documentation, Data, and Product—demonstrating the cross-functional coordination essential for successful enterprise AI product launches.

Previous Experience

Principal Product Manager, Machine Learning & AI

Elastic (2017-2024)

Built and scaled AI/ML features across Elastic's Observability, Security, and Search products. Led go-to-market for multiple major releases, created extensive educational content, and helped thousands of customers implement machine learning in production.

Created educational content including webinars, blog posts, and technical talks reaching tens of thousands of developers and IT practitioners worldwide.

Startup/Founding Experience

Founding CEO, VP Product

LogLogic (2002-2012)

Co-founded LogLogic, a pioneering provider of scalable log management and security intelligence solutions for enterprise and cloud environments. Built one of the industry's first platforms specifically designed to help IT administrators automate log data management and diagnose system problems at scale.

Investors: Investors in LogLogic included Sequoia Capital, TeleSoft Partners, Worldview Technology Partners, Invesco Private Capital, Focus Ventures, and SAP Ventures

Acquisition: Acquired by TIBCO Software in April 2012 for $130 million. At acquisition, LogLogic served over 1,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

Founding CEO, VP Product

RapidEngines (2011-2014)

Co-founded RapidEngines (formerly Rapid IO), a provider of highly scalable log analytics software that helped companies manage and better utilize high-volume application log data. Built solutions enabling applications to run faster while quickly identifying security concerns.

Funding: Raised $1.38M from El Dorado Ventures, Rally Ventures, and Vesbridge Partners

Acquisition: Acquired by SevOne in March 2014. This was SevOne's first acquisition after their $150M funding round from Bain Capital.