My friend created an AI engineering firm and every time I see him, he tells me how much his business is growing. So I asked him to tell me all about it in this interview. This is the story of how Tarun Thummala created PressW, the Austin-based AI dev shop. <p><a href="https://mixergy.com/interviews/2-million-year-ai-engineering-firm/"><img src="https://mixergy.com/interviews/2-million-year-ai-engineering-firm/?get-twitter-card=true&amp;v=14&amp;time=1768216827" alt="" class="alignnone size-full"/></a></p><p>Tarun Thummala is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://pressw.ai/">PressW</a>, an AI engineering firm that builds custom automation systems for real businesses in regulated, document-heavy industries. Instead of selling generic “AI transformation,” Tarun focuses on delivering specific workflow outcomes—often automating 90–95% of manual processes. Today, PressW generates over $2M in annual revenue by combining deep technical execution with a service-first approach to AI.</p> <strong>Sponsored by</strong><br/><p><a href="https://zapier.com/">Zapier</a></p> <p>More interviews -&gt; <a href="https://mixergy.com/moreint" target="_blank">https://mixergy.com/moreint</a><br /> Rate this interview -&gt; <a href="https://mixergy.com/rateint" target="_blank">https://mixergy.com/rateint</a></p>