Tech Stack
Backend: Ruby on Rails, Elixir, Phoenix, Node.js, TypeScript, Python
Frontend: React, React Native, TypeScript, Vite
AI/ML: LLM Integration (OpenAI, Anthropic), Image Generation, Voice & Video AI, AI Agent Systems
Infrastructure: PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker, Git, CI/CD
What I Build
Rillow.ai | 2026 — AI-powered keyword research SaaS
bundle.ink | 2026 — AI read-later app for iPhone that turns articles into spaced-repetition cards
Experience
2025 - 2026
Built and scaled AI ad-creative platform generating image and video ads for large brands
- Helped build the platform that turns a brand’s website into ready-to-run Meta ad creatives
- Integrated the latest AI image and video generation models into the creative pipeline
- Shipped multiple AI features across the product as new models and capabilities emerged
- Improved and scaled the platform to support large clients running high-volume ad campaigns
Tech: TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Python, AI Image & Video Models
Served multiple large clients with millions in ad spend
2025 - 2026
Built advertising platform from zero to $24M+ annual ad spend in 6 months with small team
- Architected multi-platform ad system integrating Meta, Google, and Reddit APIs handling $2-3M monthly ad spend
- Built AI-powered creative generation pipeline using multiple AI models (text-to-image, image-to-text)
- Developed complete campaign management system: backend APIs → React UI → deployment
- Owned entire technical stack: architecture decisions, implementation, and rapid feature delivery
2023 - 2025
First engineering hire at AI companion platform that grew from 0 to 20M users and $5M monthly revenue
- Joined as founding engineer and built the majority of core product features from scratch
- Pioneered integration of multiple AI technologies including LLMs, image generation, voice synthesis, and video generation
- Solved critical scaling challenges as user base grew exponentially from zero to 20 million
- Directly contributed to revenue growth from $0 to $5M/month through feature development and platform reliability
2021 - 2023
- Transitioned major application from Rails to Elixir, improving performance and scalability for voter engagement tools
- Built real-time phone banking system for voter registration and organizing
Founder & CEO | Spacelab | Tbilisi
2018 - 2021
- Founded and scaled digital agency to 20+ professionals, managing multiple engineering teams
- Led client acquisition, hiring, technical strategy, and cross-team delivery across concurrent projects
Jun 2016 - Aug 2018
Founding engineer at Y Combinator startup that became leading page builder with thousands of merchants
- First engineering hire working directly with CTO to build product from early stage to thousands of active merchants
- Built major portions of drag-and-drop page builder, optimizing performance and smoothness
- Expanded platform beyond Shopify with BigCommerce integration, doubling potential market
- Helped scale engineering team from 2 to 6 during hypergrowth phase
2013 - 2014
- Led 4-person engineering team from concept to first release in 5 months for flight delay compensation platform
- Built product that became a major consumer service helping millions claim flight compensation
Earlier Career
Senior Mobile Developer | Digital Clipboard (2015-2016) — Cross-platform AI mobile app for financial advisors
Lead Software Engineer | Ministry of Health, Georgia (2011-2013) — Insurance data pipelines and real-time processing
Why You Should Hire Me
- Proven founding engineer: Three times founding/first engineer: EverAI (0 → 20M users), Shogun (YC-backed), AirHelp Team Lead
- I scale products: EverAI to 20M users/$5M MRR, TurbaMedia to $24M ad spend, Spacelab to 20+ employees
- Deep AI experience: Built and shipped across LLMs, image gen, voice, video, and complex AI agent systems
- Technical breadth: Full-stack from iOS to backend to infrastructure, with 13+ years across Ruby, Elixir, React, and Node.js
- Leadership & ownership: Founded a company, led teams as CTO, and thrive in ambiguous early-stage environments
- I don't need hand-holding: Solo shipped entire products, thrive in ambiguous environments without hand-holding