# Michael Bernstein

> Personal website and writing by Michael Bernstein, VP of AI Engineering at Markup AI.

## About

Michael Bernstein is VP of AI Engineering at Markup AI, where he builds agentic AI products and leads the engineering teams that ship them. His background spans leading engineering organizations at Gartner, Return Path, and Silvercar — from seed stage startup to public company. He studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State and earned an MBA at the University of Illinois (Gies).

## Site Sections

- [Home](https://bernste.in/): Introduction and recent writing
- [Writings](https://bernste.in/writings/): Essays on AI, engineering, and thinking
- [About](https://bernste.in/about/): About Michael Bernstein
- [Resume](https://bernste.in/Michael_Bernstein_resume.pdf): Professional resume

## Recent Writing

- [Writing in 2026](https://bernste.in/writings/writing-in-2026/): Why Michael started publicly writing in 2026 — on staying sharp, thinking clearly, and not outsourcing your mind to AI.