Ali Ahmed

Boutique AI engineering firm serving venture-backed startups and scale-ups in the US and UAE.

• Own the full product lifecycle for 4 AI products: VectorHire (AI-powered recruitment), VORTA (enterprise RAG assistant), ProspectVox (AI voice sales agent), and Paralegent AI (agentic contract review, 18+ AI agents on LangGraph + Google ADK).
• Authored the 2025-2027 product roadmap (Project Helios). Evaluated emerging AI technologies, identified 3 new product opportunities before competitors adopted them, and defined R&D priorities that shaped company direction.
• Defined 14 service lines, designed 3 engagement models, and built pricing frameworks - translating R&D output into commercially viable offerings.
• Built the company's entire digital presence from zero: brand architecture, canonical positioning, 76-page website (Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind v4, 264 React components, Sanity CMS, Resend, Vercel) plus a 34-script SEO/GEO automation engine.
• Shipped a Chrome extension that automates proposal generation across 4 AI providers (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI-compatible, Google Gemini, AWS Bedrock) with Google Sheets integration.
• Built the Paralegent AI marketing site (Jan-Jun 2026, 737 commits): 56 statically rendered pages (Next.js 15), 50 React components, 5 API routes, a 26-script SEO automation pipeline, and complete AI-citation (GEO) infrastructure - live and indexed.

Pakistan's energy technology company founded by Engr Reyyan Niaz Khan. Three vague business requirements, three complete production platforms.

• Wattey - Enterprise IoT energy monitoring. 22 smart meters across 8 commercial sectors. ~1.04 GWh monitored in ~6 months. MQTT ingestion processing 8 distinct message types. Response time optimised from 15s to 0.67s.
• Solar Performance Cloud - Pakistan's first independent, multi-brand solar performance assurance platform. 56 sites, 70 inverters, 698 live PV strings graded daily, unifying Huawei FusionSolar, Solis, Growatt, Sungrow, and Canadian Solar in one dashboard.
• TenantBill by Wattey - Automated meter reading and billing for commercial properties. Multi-stage OCR pipeline pushed 7-segment LCD accuracy from 50% to 95%. Offline-first mobile architecture for field conditions inside concrete basements.
• Conducted full security audit and fixed 4 critical issues (SQL injection, webhook signature verification, error sanitisation, N+1 queries) and 9 high-priority issues. Single AWS EC2 hardened with fail2ban, UFW, and Let's Encrypt SSL.

5-year, EU-funded programme implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Matching grants of EUR 11,000 to EUR 200,000 for startups and SMEs in rural Sindh.

• Led the programme's entire outreach operation. Two events in nine days. 50+ communications produced. Zero marketing budget. Zero paid advertising.
• Designed a 9-track messaging architecture with distinct tone, channel, and ask for each audience: panelists, VIPs, founders, institutions, cold outreach, startup communities, inbound queries, internal teams, personal networks.
• Researched 37 potential panelists with full intelligence briefs and secured 5 confirmed panelists including CEOs of Interwood Mobel, Bookme.pk, ORA Global, plus Fiza Farhan (UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment) as keynote.
• Built a 4-step founder engagement sequence mobilising 70+ selected founders across Karachi and Lahore.

Pakistan's first FemTech company - menstrual hygiene accessibility and women's digital health.

• Designed and deployed Asani - Pakistan's first IoT sanitary napkin vending machine. Locally assembled at 1/10th the cost of international alternatives. 29 machines across 24 locations. 75,000+ products dispensed.
• Led the company's pivot from hardware to digital health. Built Pakistan's first PCOS self-assessment tool (risk score in under 3 minutes), a women's health mobile application (30% user growth), and a 700-member clinical support community in 2 months.
• Drove the company from pre-revenue to PKR 3.7M in annual revenue within 12 months. Designed pricing across rental, ownership, and employee facilitation models.
• Closed deals with Procter & Gamble (AlwaysAsani partnership, 70-machine pipeline), Engro Corporation, Aga Khan University Hospital, Sapphire Textile Mills, NETSOL, Arbisoft, and Devsinc.
• Secured USD 35,000 from HEC's Innovator Seed Fund - 1 of 15 winners from 186 applicants.

Project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. CIRCLE serves 145,000 women across 92 cities.

• Managed the Digital Literacy Programme end-to-end against Gates Foundation impact measurement standards.
• Programme trained 10,000 women across 92 cities in digital literacy, financial literacy, business skills, and life skills. Outcome: 25% increase in online business ventures among participants.
• Replaced manual impact measurement with automated Power BI dashboards - reducing reporting time by 40% and improving resource allocation efficiency by 20%.

Startup incubation centre of Superior University.

• National Organiser, Entrepreneurship World Cup Pakistan (2021 + 2022): 5,000+ applicants, 100 shortlisted, 40 judges, National Finals at Arfa Software Technology Park.
• Team Lead, SEE Pakistan 2022 National Startup Championship: 1,500+ startups from 81 cities, 5 provinces, 129 universities. Grand finale at Expo Center Lahore with 25,000+ attendees.
• Built a mentor network from scratch and established 15+ strategic partnerships across industry and academia. 30% increase in successful incubation outcomes.