Meet Edgar Peña
A real career.
A new chapter. A better way forward.
I’m Edgar Peña, AI BURRO’s founder and an AI workforce researcher. I’m applying the lessons from my Cal State LA thesis to my own career transition.
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I'm Edgar Peña, founder of AI BURRO, an AI workforce researcher and business development professional. I combine research into how people use AI with experience leading technology teams to explore practical AI opportunities in sales, operations and everyday workflows. In our free 30-minute Google Meet, we'll discuss your business goal, identify one workflow where AI could help, consider the human judgment and data it needs, and choose a practical next step. Bring one challenge or process you'd like to improve.
Experience meets curiosity.
Why I started
I had experience, relationships, and work I was proud of. Yet my career still had to fit into another application form.
I wanted to understand where I could contribute next, who I should talk to, and how AI was changing the work I wanted to do.
I did the research. Now I’m applying it to my own career first. As AI BURRO’s first customer, I’m sharing the decisions, practical lessons and evidence behind my next move.
Edgar Peña Founder & Customer #1
Follow Edgar’s journey
I’m experiencing the same difficult search for meaningful work. This is the journey I’m documenting—not a promise of results.
26 professional interviews became my Cal State LA Honors College thesis.
Explore this chapterUsing my own career transition to shape the product, starting with a private Career IQ.
Bringing my research, operating experience, and next chapter together on this page.
Turn professional connections into relevant relationships and shared context.
Focus on roles where my experience can make a meaningful contribution.
Prepare thoughtful conversations and introductions, one person at a time.
Share what happens, what helps, and what I would do differently.
Document the outcome when there is a real result to share.
Future milestones will be updated as they happen. Interviews and outcomes have not been reported here.
The research behind the product
That question led to 26 professional interviews and my Honors College thesis at Cal State LA.
The thesis study ran from March 2025 through January 2026. It explored the mindsets and behaviors professionals use to adapt as AI changes their work.
Cal State LA · Honors College
How Mindset Determines Your Future in AI
Three recurring mindsets: keep learning, redesign the work, and protect human judgment.
Explore the findings Get the thesis and Edgar’s practical interpretation in the free research pack.Experiment, learn, unlearn, and try again.
Connect tools and rethink processes around a useful outcome.
Verify outputs, protect trust, and take responsibility.
From lived problem to product
My career story was scattered
Career IQResume rewrites were not enough
Verified Career EvidenceToo many jobs, too little clarity
Opportunity Intelligence12,000+ connections, unclear path
Network IntelligenceI did not know what the market expected
Role IntelligenceAI was changing the role while I searched
AI Threat LevelLinkedIn could not fully tell my story
Career SiteI kept asking what to do next
Next Best Action“I did the research.
Now I’m applying it
to my own career first.”
No guaranteed offers. A clearer strategy, evidence you can inspect, and decisions that stay yours.
Your story comes next
Start with the research. Then explore what it means for your career.
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