# Vanessa Chang
> Writer and founder exploring the people side of AI.

## Positioning
- Thesis: Think with AI (not like AI)
- Core idea: I write, learn, and build where AI meets the truly human
- Frame: AI is the moment, not the mission — the real question is what it's revealing about how we think, what we value, and how we live

## Reader-and-agent pattern
Each /thinkwithv/<slug> essay has a Person/Agent toggle. Agent mode surfaces a thinking harness with three locked moves (assumption exposure, specificity forcing, AI contrast) plus an essay-specific setup prompt. The full harness payload for every essay is included in that essay's /raw companion below — agents can fetch directly without scraping.

## Key pages
- https://vanessachang.com/ — Homepage: who I am, what I'm thinking, what I'm building
- https://vanessachang.com/pov — Essays, frameworks, and what I believe
- https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv — Think with V newsletter essays (agent-readable, see below)
- https://vanessachang.com/work — Ventures and builds
- https://vanessachang.com/speaking — Keynotes, panels, workshops, podcasts, media
- https://vanessachang.com/about — Bio and trajectory
- https://vanessachang.com/how-do-you-think — Five questions to meet how you think (METIS Signature preview)
- https://vanessachang.com/think-with-me — Newsletter subscribe
- https://vanessachang.com/contact — Get in touch

## Newsletter essays — Think with V
Each essay below has a /thinkwithv/<slug>/raw companion that returns clean markdown with the full harness payload (setup + three thinking prompts).

### The AI I Recommend The Most
- URL: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/chatgpt-to-claude-guide
- Markdown: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/chatgpt-to-claude-guide/raw
- Published: 2026-01-10
- Excerpt: Everyone asks what AI I use. The diplomatic answer is I'm model agnostic. The real answer: I really love Claude — and here's how to find out if you will too.

### Your Productivity System Won't Save You in 2026
- URL: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/your-productivity-system-wont-save-you-in-2026
- Markdown: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/your-productivity-system-wont-save-you-in-2026/raw
- Published: 2026-01-03
- Excerpt: Productivity systems help you capture and execute. Thinking ecosystems help you orient. Before resetting your tools for a new year, there's a harder reset to run first.

### A Tale of Two AI Conferences
- URL: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/a-tale-of-two-ai-conferences
- Markdown: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/a-tale-of-two-ai-conferences/raw
- Published: 2025-11-08
- Excerpt: TED AI had the budget and the brilliance. A smaller conference had the right questions. The gap between them reveals what the mainstream AI conversation keeps sidestepping.

### ChatGPT-5 is here
- URL: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/chatgpt-5-is-here
- Markdown: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/chatgpt-5-is-here/raw
- Published: 2025-08-16
- Excerpt: The new model is fast and sharp. It also demands structure upfront. For people who think in spirals and process through conversation, that's more than a product update — it's a cognitive shift.

### We Say It's a Tool. We Use It Like a Companion.
- URL: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/we-say-its-a-tool-we-use-it-like-a-companion
- Markdown: https://vanessachang.com/thinkwithv/we-say-its-a-tool-we-use-it-like-a-companion/raw
- Published: 2025-06-19
- Excerpt: Personal conversation, therapy, and companionship are now the primary uses of AI. In public we call it a productivity tool. In private, we reach for it differently. That gap has a cost.

## Ventures
- Think with V Media (founder) — newsletter and media company
- Mosaek Consulting (founder) — AI enablement consulting
- Bernie (co-founder) — AI-powered fraud protection for elders
- AI Recess (co-founder) — AI literacy community

## Newsletter
- Think with V on Beehiiv: https://thinkwithv.beehiiv.com
- A newsletter for people who take their thinking as seriously as their AI tools

## Social
- TikTok: @thinkwithv
- Instagram: @thinkwithv
- YouTube: @ThinkWithVanessa
- LinkedIn: vanessachang
- Twitter/X: @thinkwithvc

## Contact
- /contact