Shane Butler is a Co-Founder of the AI Analyst Lab. Previously he led evaluation strategy for AI product development in the legal tech domain. He has more than ten years of experience in product data science and causal inference, with prior roles at Stripe, Nextdoor, and PwC. Shane is also the co-host of the AI podcast Data Neighbor, where he interviews product, data, and engineering leaders who are pioneering the next generation of data science and analytics in an AI-driven landscape.
Courses
Multi-day, guided programs to get real results
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Agentic Analytics: Build an AI Analyst
Leave with a working agentic analytics system on your machine, a polished analysis, and the patterns and frameworks to make it all yours.
AI Analytics for Everyone
Transform from consumer of analytics to independent operator - asking sharp questions, validating answers, shipping decisions.
Agentic Analytics 201: Validation & Context Management
You already build agentic analyses for yourself. Learn to make them reliable enough to stand behind in front of a team — across models, with
Automate AI Evals with Claude Code
Learn practical, hands-on methods to evaluate, measure, and improve AI products using data science to make better product decisions.
Workshops
Single-day, hands-on sprints to practice new skills
Lightning Lessons
Free, interactive sessions to explore new topics
Ace Behavioral Interviews with AI
Building Context for Agents with Skills
Stop Doing Data Work Nobody Uses
Spreadsheets 101: Analyze Any Sheet with AI
Experimentation 101: Run an A/B Test with AI
Build Your AI Analytics Context Plan.
Resources
AI Analyst Plugin for Claude Cowork + Setup Guide
Install our AI data analyst in Claude Cowork in 10 minutes. The plugin, the setup guide, and practical exercises.
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Analyze Anything: The Root-Cause and Experiment Playbook + 3 Guides
Four free guides on why a number moved and whether your change actually worked. 78 pages. No SQL, no Python, no tools.
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Build Your AI Analyst: The Agentic Analytics Playbook + 3 Guides
Four free guides on building an AI analyst on your own machine and trusting what it hands back. 73 pages, no coding.
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Build Your Own Canva, Gamma, Descript, and Granola. Run Them on Open-Source Models.
Five build specs written for Claude Code. It interviews you, builds each tool on your brand, open models do the work.
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