# Suphian Tweel

> Product Manager at YouTube. Expert in payments and AI.

## About

Suphian Tweel is a Product Manager at YouTube specializing in payments systems and artificial intelligence. He builds and ships AI-powered solutions to solve real-world payment problems at scale — managing over $6 billion in music payments, launching monetization for YouTube Shorts, and leading an AI-driven fraud detection initiative covered by Billboard.

## Expertise

- Payments & Fintech: payment systems architecture, digital payments, monetization, billing, compliance
- AI & Machine Learning: AI engineering, ML-powered fraud detection, AI-driven automation, applied machine learning
- Product Management: 0-to-1 product development, product strategy, cross-functional leadership, data-driven decision making
- Growth & Analytics: incrementality testing, A/B testing, marketing optimization, data analytics

## Experience

- **YouTube** (2020–Present): Product Manager leading payments and AI initiatives. Built AI-powered payment system for YouTube Shorts and YouTube Premium Lite. Managed $6B+ in music payments. Led fraud detection initiative that uncovered a royalty scam covered by Billboard.
- **Google / CapitalG** (2018–2020): Principal Analytical Lead. In-house analytics advisor for CapitalG portfolio companies. Led incrementality testing and growth optimization for brands like Duolingo and Chewy.
- **Huge Inc** (2014–2018): Senior Product Analyst. A/B testing and UX optimization for brands including Hulu, Apple, and AMC Theaters.

## Notable Work

- AI-powered payment system for YouTube Shorts monetization
- YouTube Premium Lite launch
- Fraud detection system that surfaced royalty scam (covered by Billboard)
- $6B+ music payments management and optimization
- Zero-resource machine translation research (Google)

## Links

- Website: https://suphian.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suphian/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Suphian
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/suphian
- Email: suph.tweel@gmail.com

## Location

San Francisco, CA