Nate Grahek

I’m an educator with The Rundown University, where I spend most of my time helping people get comfortable with AI and learn how to use it in ways that are practical, confidence-building, and genuinely useful. Our audience ranges from complete beginners to teams already experimenting with automation, and I enjoy meeting people wherever they are, clarifying the basics, untangling confusion, and giving them simple ways to make real progress.

Alongside teaching, I work as a fractional CMO and consultant for small businesses. My role is usually helping people figure out where to start with AI, what’s realistic, and what will actually help them, without adding more hype or complexity. A lot of my work is guiding teams through early experiments, building lightweight workflows, and showing them how to use AI in a way that supports their existing strengths rather than replacing them.

Nate Grahek is a pragmatic AI educator and fractional CMO based in Saint Paul with deep expertise in making AI accessible and actionable. He architects context-rich systems—custom projects with style guides, team dossiers, and documentation—that solve problems upstream before prompting even begins. His debugging goes to root causes: diagnosing frame misalignment rather than tweaking surface wording, designing workflows where errors simply cannot propagate.

What sets Nate apart is how he compounds his expertise. He doesn't just build effective AI systems—he builds teachable ones. Every workflow becomes a documented playbook, every insight a transferable framework. His work with The Rundown University reaches audiences from complete beginners to teams building production automations, meeting each exactly where they are.