About
I build production AI systems — and research how they earn trust.
From Wah, Pakistan. Applied AI Engineer & Architect with 7+ years taking AI from prototype to production — serial founder, independent researcher, and author of ISNAD.
Every credential links to its source
Pakistan Science Fair Award — Runner-up
Isharay, a Pakistani Sign Language translator, placed among the top entries at the Pakistan Science Fair Award in Islamabad — run by Ulster University across four Pakistani partner universities. 50% tuition scholarship toward Ulster MSc in Data Science, AI, or IoT.
Source: Ulster University →Graduate, Founder Institute
Completed the Founder Institute Core Program — a four-month, sprint-based startup accelerator.
Source: Founder Institute (FAQ) →Advent of Code — Global Top 0.1% · #1 in Pakistan
Global top 0.1% in both 2021 and 2022 — first in Pakistan — among 400,000+ participants.
Source: Advent of Code stats →Topmate — Top 1% globally · Top Rated 2023 · 565+ sessions
Advised 565+ founders and engineers in 1:1 sessions on AI, architecture and global careers.
Source: Topmate →TEDx FAST
Invited speaker at TEDx FAST.
Published — ISNAD framework
arXiv:2607.24117 (cs.AI). 25 pages. Claim-level provenance for multi-agent AI systems. 1,000+ tests.
Source: arXiv →Featured — The National (UAE)
Quoted and photographed in "Religious GPT: the chatbots and developers fighting bias with AI," covering Islam & AI.
Source: The National →Invited talks
AI & Islam Kaleidoscope 2025 (panel) · Al-Qadir University Project Trust — "Bridging Faith and Technology" (2024).
What I build with
AI systems
LLMs · RAG & hybrid retrieval (pgvector, BM25, reranking) · multi-agent & agentic systems · MCP · evaluation · provenance · voice AI (STT/TTS) · computer vision & OCR.
Local & on-prem LLMs
vLLM · Ollama · llama.cpp · Qwen · DeepSeek — for customers who need AI inside their own infrastructure.
Governance
EU AI Act · ISO/IEC 42001 · audit evidence · data provenance.
Languages & frameworks
Python · Go · C++ · JavaScript/TypeScript · SQL · PyTorch · TensorFlow · FastAPI · Django · LangChain · Expo.
Infrastructure
AWS · GCP · Azure (Microsoft Teams bots) · Docker · Postgres · microservices.
SHCV.IT OÜ
AI Systems Architect — SHCV.IT OÜ
Estonia · serving the DACH region and the European Mittelstand · "Architecting Human Freedom"
At SHCV — an AI-first enterprise architecture company (OÜ, an Estonian private limited company) — I built sovereign AI systems for the German Mittelstand. I owned the systems layer: agent orchestration, workflow automation, and turning architecture into working software fast.
SHCV's premise is that sovereignty isn't a checkbox — it's an architectural decision made early or not at all. Humans drive. Agents execute.
Founder: Steffen Höhne. Products: Gnosis, Tianlu. SHCV is an EU AI Pact signatory — Gnosis's provenance spec drew a reply from the EU AI Office, now tracking CEN/CENELEC prEN 18284.
SHCV.IT →From a 2.69 GPA to a published paper
I graduated with a 2.69 GPA. My first startups failed and I went into real debt. In 2020 I posted a $200 project on LinkedIn and it changed everything. Six years later I have a paper on arXiv. Both facts are on this page for the same reason.
Started building for clients at FAST-NUCES — learning to ship real software under constraints, not classroom conditions.
B.Sc. Computer Science. 2.69 GPA. The number is on this page because it's real, and because the arc from there to here is the point.
Isharay, a Pakistani Sign Language translator, placed among the top entries. 50% tuition scholarship toward Ulster MSc. Source: Ulster University →
A $200 LinkedIn post drew 726 reactions. Six interviews before the offer. Negotiated the package up. Landed at Motive building production AI testing pipelines.
Co-founder & Chief AI Officer. Led AI R&D in computer vision and OCR; built a computer-vision system for malls across Saudi Arabia that never reached deployment. Grew the team from 3 to 12 — and learned hard lessons about debt and execution along the way.
Global top 0.1% in both years — among 400,000+ participants.
Member of Technical Staff on Cosmos IBC, the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol. A $120k remote role — proof that global leverage works when systems and positioning align.
Built and shipped AI-first products — Isharay (sign language translator), Snaydi/Remotoco (AI job-matching), Tipper/PivotPoint/Liaisons (startup automation) and MDVoice (mdvoice.ai).
Built a global Islamic knowledge platform serving 145,000+ lifetime users across 190+ countries — now with paid tiers, an API dashboard, and an Android app (iOS in review). Declined two acquisition offers (one six-figure, one seven-figure USD). Began as a Microsoft Imagine Cup participant. Full story →
Founder & CTO (Aug 2024 – Jun 2026). Pivoted Entropic into an AI Operating Brain company for founder-led agencies before it wound down.
Completed the Founder Institute Core Program — a four-month sprint-based startup accelerator. fi.co →
AI Systems Architect. Built sovereign AI for the European Mittelstand. shcv.it →
Published ISNAD framework: claim-level provenance for multi-agent AI systems adapted from hadith science. arXiv:2607.24117. 1,000+ tests. Explore ISNAD →
Principles that guide every system I build
Production over demos
If it doesn't survive real users, real load, and real edge cases, it isn't done.
Systems over features
I design for workflow replacement and long-term reliability, not feature checklists.
Judgment over complexity
Remove fake complexity. Make architecture decisions that hold up under scale and uncertainty.
Outcome over optics
Measure success by what changed in the real world — speed, cost, reliability — not by model benchmarks.
Everything I've built & shipped
Research & papers
ISNAD (arXiv:2607.24117) — claim-level provenance framework adapted from hadith science. 1,000+ tests. Live Verify comparison from Selenium co-creator.
ISNAD framework →Work & ventures
SHCV.IT (AI Systems Architect, June–November 2026) — sovereign AI for European Mittelstand. Islam & AI (Founder) — 145,000+ lifetime users across 190+ countries. Entropic — AI Operating Brain. Global Tech Leverage — a private network for engineers.
Open source tools
ISNAD · Gnosis · Agent-Surface · knowledge-ci · RAGLint · Magnific. 50+ public repositories.
All tools →Past experience
Maverick AI (Co-Founder & CAIO) · Genie AI (Machine Learning Lead) · Polymer Labs (Cosmos IBC) · Motive/KeepTruckin · Glacis (Voice AI) · GreenTech · VisionX · OneByte · Isharay · Snaydi/Remotoco · MDVoice (mdvoice.ai) · FinMap (finmap.pk)
Writing & media
32 featured articles (50+ on Medium). ISNAD technical deep dive. Career leverage writing. YouTube channel. Reddit ISNAD launch (7 subreddits).
All writing →Credentials & honors
Pakistan Science Fair Award Runner-up (Ulster University, Jan 2020) · Advent of Code Top 0.1% (2021 & 2022) · Kaggle Expert · Founder Institute Graduate · ORCID 0009-0003-7875-4590
Community & advisory
Global Tech Leverage (30+ engineers) · Islam & AI Discord (200+ members) · Advisory for researchers and technical founders · Islam & AI API · Show HN
Global Tech Leverage →“Talent is global. Opportunity is not.”
From Pakistan to Silicon Valley to Estonia to Saudi Arabia — production systems across four countries and three continents. The best engineering happens at the intersection of disciplines, not inside them.