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When the self-serve plan isn't enough. I build it from scratch.

For GCC businesses that need multi-branch deployments, compliance with the SAMA Cybersecurity Framework, UAE NESA, or HIPAA, ERP and legacy system integration, or Arabic AI trained on your proprietary data. I design, build, and deploy the whole thing myself — no agency layers. Projects start at $5,000. There are no plans below that, because under that number nothing custom is worth shipping.

💼 $5,000+ project floor ⏱️ 6–10 weeks typical build 🛡️ SAMA/NESA ready 🇦🇪 Arabic-native
🛠️ What I build custom

Six custom AI projects I keep being hired to deliver.

These are the patterns I see most often from Gulf enterprises. If your problem sits close to one of them, a custom build is usually the right call.

🏦 Arabic Compliance AI

Models that read Arabic-language regulatory text — SAMA circulars, UAE Central Bank rulings, CMA bulletins — and flag the specific clauses that touch your product. I fine-tune on your policy library and wire the output into your risk dashboard.

📞 Multi-branch Voice Agents

Gulf Arabic voice agents that cover 20, 50, or 500+ branches with a single AI brain. Each branch keeps its own number, opening hours, staff routing, and calendar — all handled by one model with branch-scoped context.

🔗 ERP-integrated Chatbots

Chatbots that talk to your SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or Odoo instance directly — pulling stock, opening tickets, checking invoices, posting orders. No middleware spaghetti. I write the integration layer myself.

📄 Document Intelligence

AI that parses Arabic contracts, medical records, insurance claims, trade documents, and tenancy agreements. Extracts structured fields, flags anomalies, and drops the result straight into your system of record.

🔎 AI Due Diligence

For M&A teams, family offices, and PE shops in the Gulf. AI that reads a data room in Arabic and English, surfaces red flags, and drafts the first-cut IC memo. Confidentially, on infrastructure you control.

🏛️ Government / Sovereign AI

On-prem Arabic LLM deployments for ministries and government entities. Jais or Falcon on your hardware, inside your data centre, with full audit logs and no outbound traffic to US clouds.

💰 Pricing tiers

Three engagement sizes. Transparent pricing.

All prices in USD. AED, SAR, KWD, QAR, BHD, and OMR invoicing available. VAT handled for UAE and KSA.

Discovery
$5,000one-time
2-week scoping & architecture
  • Full technical scoping workshop
  • Feasibility and risk assessment
  • Written architecture document
  • Vendor/tool recommendation shortlist
  • Fixed-fee build quote at the end
  • 2-week turnaround, guaranteed
Start Discovery — $5,000
Support
$2.5K–$8K/mo
Post-launch monitoring & tuning
  • Production monitoring & alerting
  • Model retuning every month
  • New feature development
  • Dedicated engineer (me)
  • SLA-backed response times
  • Quarterly roadmap review
Discuss Support
👥 Who hires me custom

Eight kinds of GCC organisation I work with.

Not every Gulf business needs custom AI — most are better served by the $49–$599/mo self-serve plans. These are the ones for whom custom is the only honest answer.

🏦 UAE banks

Retail and corporate banks needing Arabic KYC, AML narrative generation, and SAMA/UAE CB-compliant chatbots behind the firewall.

🛍️ Saudi retail chains

500+ store chains wanting unified WhatsApp + voice + in-store tablet AI, with stock intelligence and Vision 2030-aligned reporting.

🏥 GCC hospital groups

Multi-site hospital operators needing HIPAA-aligned patient-facing AI in Arabic, appointment orchestration, and EMR integration.

🏛️ Government ministries

Ministries running citizen-services portals in Arabic, needing sovereign on-prem LLMs with full audit trails and procurement-friendly contracts.

⛽ Oil & gas

ADNOC-type national oil companies building operator assistants, maintenance chat, and contract-intelligence tools across thousands of Arabic documents.

🏢 Luxury real estate

Dubai and Riyadh developers wanting AI concierge and qualification flows that match their brand — no generic chatbot voice, no cheap UX.

⚖️ Law firms (large)

Regional firms deploying Arabic-language contract review and case-law research tools, trained on the firm's own precedent library.

🛡️ Insurance companies

Medical and motor insurers automating claim intake, fraud-signal detection, and Arabic customer comms — in line with Central Bank of UAE rules.

FAQ

Custom AI — common questions.

What's the minimum project size?
$5,000 for a Discovery engagement. Below that, custom work doesn't make sense — you're better off on a self-serve plan from the pricing page. Full builds typically start at $25,000, and compliance-heavy builds (SAMA/NESA/HIPAA) at $50,000 or more.
What's a typical timeline?
Discovery is always 2 weeks, fixed. Full builds run 6–10 weeks from kick-off to production for most scopes. Enterprise projects with procurement and security reviews can extend to 4–6 months — I budget for that up-front.
Which compliance frameworks do you work with?
Regularly: SAMA Cybersecurity Framework (KSA banking), NESA / UAE IA Standards (UAE critical sectors), UAE Central Bank AI Guidance, HIPAA-aligned deployments for GCC hospital groups, and ISO 27001-style controls for government tenders. I don't pretend to offer formal certifications — I build so your auditor can sign off.
Who owns the code?
You do. On Build engagements, full source code, model weights you've trained, and deployment scripts are transferred to your Git on go-live. No lock-in. You can fire me the next day and the system keeps running.
Can you deploy on-prem inside KSA or UAE?
Yes. I've deployed to sovereign cloud (stc Cloud, Core42 / G42, Bayanat), on-prem data centres in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, and private VPCs on AWS Bahrain and Azure UAE North. Data never leaves the region if you don't want it to.
What happens after launch?
You get a 30-day post-launch warranty on every Build engagement — bugs I shipped, I fix, free. After that, most clients move onto a Support retainer ($2.5K–$8K/mo) for monitoring, monthly tuning, and new-feature work. You can also walk away with the code and run it yourself.

Not sure if you actually need custom?

Book a 20-minute strategy call. I'll tell you honestly — self-serve, custom, or "you don't need AI yet." I'm more interested in building the right thing than selling you something you don't need.

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