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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐๐๐ โข ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ง๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ โข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Most businesses donโt need another AI demo.
They need reliable AI systems that connect with real tools, automate real workflows, work with private business data, and keep running in production.
Thatโs what I build.
Iโm Tayyab, an Upwork Expert-Vetted AI Engineer with an MS in AI & NLP from Stanford. Iโve delivered 200+ projects across AI agents, LLM applications, RAG systems, workflow automation, machine learning, analytics, and full-stack product development.
I help startups, enterprises, and operations teams turn manual, fragmented, and data-heavy processes into secure, scalable AI-powered systems.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
I build AI agents that can reason over data, call tools, update systems, trigger workflows, and support human-in-the-loop approvals.
This includes multi-agent systems, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, long-term memory, workflow orchestration, MCP integrations, evaluation pipelines, tracing, and production monitoring.
Tools: OpenAI Agents SDK, LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, Claude, Gemini, OpenAI, and open-source LLMs.
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I design private AI knowledge systems that let teams chat with documents, PDFs, emails, spreadsheets, research papers, legal files, SOPs, and internal knowledge bases.
This includes RAG pipelines, semantic search, vector databases, PDF extraction, OCR, document Q&A, enterprise search, secure knowledge assistants, hallucination control, citation-based answers, and grounded AI workflows.
Tools: Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, pgvector, OpenSearch, LlamaIndex, LangChain, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ง๐๐ง & ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
I build automation systems that connect CRMs, internal tools, APIs, webhooks, databases, emails, forms, spreadsheets, and third-party platforms into reliable business workflows.
This includes lead routing, CRM automation, sales automation, reporting automation, document collection, data enrichment, approval flows, API integrations, retries, audit trails, logging, and monitoring.
Tools: n8n, Make, Zapier, HubSpot, Salesforce, GoHighLevel, Airtable, Notion, ClickUp, Google Workspace, Office 365, Slack, Teams, Zendesk, REST APIs, and webhooks.
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I build AI voice agents, chat assistants, intake agents, lead qualification systems, scheduling assistants, AI receptionists, call transcription workflows, and conversation intelligence platforms.
Tools: VAPI, Twilio, OpenAI Realtime API, Deepgram, Whisper, ElevenLabs, Retell AI, Bland AI, Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini.
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I build data and machine learning systems for forecasting, classification, predictive analytics, recommendation engines, dashboards, OCR, computer vision, object detection, and automated reporting.
Tools: Python, FastAPI, Django, Node.js, TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Hugging Face, Power BI, Tableau, Plotly, OpenCV, YOLO, and Roboflow.
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โข Built an insurance automation system that reduced processing time by ~40%
โข Developed a document intelligence system that processed 600-page PDFs in minutes
โข Created a legal RAG system with ~80โ85% alignment against historical outcomes
โข Automated reporting workflows that saved 200+ hours/month
โข Contributed to a cloud intelligence platform supporting a $50M+ fundraising round
โข Delivered AI systems across healthcare, legal, finance, insurance, energy, real estate, government, and operations-heavy industries
๐๐๐๐-๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
โข AI agent development
โข RAG and document Q&A systems
โข Private AI knowledge bases and AI second brains
โข n8n, Make, Zapier, and API workflow automation
โข OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Azure OpenAI, and Bedrock integrations
โข Voice AI agents using VAPI, Twilio, Deepgram, and ElevenLabs
โข CRM automation for GoHighLevel, HubSpot, Salesforce, and custom CRMs
โข AI SaaS MVPs and proof-of-concept builds
โข AI dashboards, analytics, and reporting platforms
โข Computer vision, OCR, document extraction, and inspection AI
I donโt just connect an AI API and call it done. I design the full system around your business workflow, data sources, users, permissions, edge cases, and long-term maintainability.
Have a manual workflow, private knowledge base, AI product idea, or data-heavy process you want to automate?
Send me the tools you use, the current workflow, and the outcome you want. Iโll help you identify the most practical path from idea to a reliable AI production system.
Computer Vision
Python
AI Agent Development
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
AI App Development
AI Model Integration
Large Language Model
OpenAI API
Chatbot Development
Automation
Automated Workflow
API Integration
Data Extraction
Data Analytics
Business Process Automation
Data Engineering
Prompt Engineering
Claude
Retrieval Augmented Generation
Weston S.
Santa Clarita, California
$100/hr
5.0
4 jobs
๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐/๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ | ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ | ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ | ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ | ๐ญ๐ฌ+ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ
A highly accomplished and results-driven AI/ML Architect with over 10 years of experience, specializing in architecting and deploying advanced AI/ML solutions for enterprise clients across diverse industries including airline, automotive, marketing analytics, political outreach, and fact-checking for publishers. My background spans the entire AI/ML lifecycle, from strategic solution design to hands-on implementation and operationalization of scalable, real-world systems. I'm currently leading the team at AI Arch Solutions to excel at translating complex business challenges into innovative, AI-driven solutions that deliver measurable ROI.
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๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ & ๐จ๐ช๐๐ค๐๐ค๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐จ
โ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐: ReAct (Reasoning and Acting), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), Hierarchical Agent Architectures (e.g., Manager-Worker)
โ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: Tool Use & Function Calling, Complex Task Decomposition, Dynamic Planning & Reasoning, Self-Correction & Reflection Loops (e.g., Reflexion)
โ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: Designing and implementing agent memory systems, including short-term (context window), long-term (vector databases), and structured memory approaches
โ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: Advanced prompt chaining, state tracking across multi-turn interactions, and managing conversational context for complex tasks
๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ & ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐
โ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Data cleaning, data imputation, feature engineering, feature space reduction (PCA)
โ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: LLMs, Neural Networks, NLP (BERT, ELMO, GPT Variants), K-Means / Hierarchical Clustering, Logistic Regression, Random Forest (XGBoost), K-Nearest Neighbor, Naรฏve Bayes, GridSearch, Causal Inference, Bayesian Marketing Mix Modeling
โ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: Tableau, Seaborn, Matplotlib, Plotly, Dash
โ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Python (NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Keras, NLTK, LangChain, Streamlit), SQL, Java, R
โ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐: Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Vertex AI), AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, S3), Databricks, Airflow (DAGs), Pinecone, PostgreSQL
โ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Regression Discontinuity Design, Interrupted Time Series, A / B Testing
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Python
Machine Learning
Data Extraction
ETL
ETL Pipeline
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform
Analytics
BigQuery
Mathematics
Statistics
Data Visualization
Natural Language Processing
Paul W.
San Francisco, California
$350/hr
5.0
38 jobs
I've started 3 companies as both CEO and CTO, raised over $15m, delivered 50+ AI consulting projects, and studied AI at Stanford.
I'm currently only available for a few hours every now and then, usually helping founders and executives navigate things like AI, company building, fundraising, hiring, and cofounder breakups.
People call me when:
(1) they're thinking through a major decision and want to talk to someone who can help them achieve clarity
(2) they're exploring something new and want to talk to someone experienced who can help them make sense of it all
(3) they're experiencing the depths of the startup rollercoaster and want to talk to someone who's been there to gain some perspective
I've advised 15+ pre-seed to Series A clients that have collectively raised tens of millions of dollars. Some testimonials from previous clients, some of whom I've been working with for years:
"Paul was a bright light at a very dark time at the beginning of our business. When there were initially doubts about the direction to move in, Paul instinctively broke down the issues one-by-one and provided a completely different perspective, ultimately renewing our hope and confidence in our decisions. His comprehensive business knowledge, coupled with his exhaustive experience in almost every topic made him absolutely invaluable as a mentor to our team. I cannot thank him enough and wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone looking for grounded, objective startup business advice. Thanks, Paul!"
- CEO of a bootstrapped AI startup that successfully reached PMF
"Paul is a superb asset to our team and has been for over a year. His thorough knowledge of real-world AI/ML techniques, combined with his ability to thoughtfully and supportively respond to our questions has helped our program to quickly level up. To our surprise, weโve also found Paul to be a great source of insight for all things startup-related, from roadmaps to fundraising to mindset. If youโre thinking of hiring him, Iโd imagine you will quickly discover the same."
- CEO of AI startup I've helped grow from 0 to $1m+ revenue (and an acquisition offer)
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