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BuildProducts
from zero to production
The human capability engine
I build toolsthat make peoplemore capable.
Product and engineering leader. Terrible musician. Based in Toronto.
What I do
What I do
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1. Build
BuildProducts
from zero to production
01 / Human source code
The person behind the systems.
I'm Ishtiaq Rahman. Ish to most people, Go-rob / গৌরব to family. I grew up between San Francisco and small towns in Bangladesh.
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Origin layer
Ish to most people
Ish to most peopleGo-rob / গৌরব to family
43.6532 N / 79.3832 WName
Origin layer
Ish to most people
Ish to most peopleGo-rob / গৌরব to family
01 / Human source code
The person behind the systems.
I'm Ishtiaq Rahman. Ish to most people, Go-rob / গৌরব to family. I grew up between San Francisco and small towns in Bangladesh. That mix shaped how I build: practical, adaptive, and obsessed with making people more capable.
Origin signals
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02 / Product atlas
Things I've built and helped build.
ActiveHello Yobo
AI Phoneline by Hello Yobo
A voice agent that handles the messy phone layer for restaurants.
Scaled to 45K+ calls, $110K+ phone-order revenue, and 15 customers.
ActiveGPT Investor
The GPT Investor
Autonomous agents turned market noise into a repeatable research product.
Reached 3,000+ monthly readers, 160 paid subscribers, and $2.4K/month.
ActiveauraDNA
auraDNA
A consumer AI stylist that turns a selfie into practical taste guidance.
Built the free-to-paid conversion funnel and converted 300+ customers.
ActiveCapitalBench
CapitalBench
A public benchmark for testing AI models on real market decisions.
Runs frozen market rounds with public prompts, official model picks, scores, and audit trails.
ActiveYobo AI Kiosk
Yobo
The Yobo system moved from calls into the physical counter.
Extended Yobo from voice ordering into physical-location automation.
ActiveVoiceBrain.AI
VoiceBrain.AI
Voice data became searchable operational intelligence.
Led the pivot into AI communications analytics, the core product, and provisional patent work.
ActiveCasper Network
Casper Network
A blockchain operations interface made easier to run.
Led UI/UX optimization for the node operator portal.
ActiveFootymarket
Footymarket
A niche marketplace built around a clear enthusiast category.
Managed product delivery inside a multi-product studio portfolio.
InactiveFortifID
FortifID, Inc.
Identity verification designed around privacy and enterprise trust.
Led pilot delivery for branch portals and document verification APIs across product, sales, and engineering.
InactiveArchie.AI
Archie.AI
Natural-language analytics before every product had an AI layer.
Grew to 1,400+ customers and helped raise $450K in venture funding.
InactiveGetMeHired.co
GetMeHired.co
A career-mobility product focused on immigrant opportunity.
Connected career training to immigrant opportunity.
ActiveTD Bank: eBank
TD Bank Group
The first operating lesson came from high-volume banking systems.
Early operating experience inside large-scale banking systems.
03 / Product archive
A closer look at the work.
heroHello Yobo
A voice agent that handles the messy phone layer for restaurants.
Original page says
AI-Powered Phone Support for Busy Restaurants
heroGPT Investor
Autonomous agents turned market noise into a repeatable research product.
Original page says
World's first investment research platform powered by Autonomous Agents
heroauraDNA
A consumer AI stylist that turns a selfie into practical taste guidance.
Original page says
AI Stylist to help you look your best
04 / Featured builds
Four products, shown as working systems.
Real-time voice agent
Hello Yobo
A production AI voice agent for restaurants, built around speed, reliability, order capture, and owner trust.
45K+ calls
$110K+ order revenue
~800ms turn latency
<1% failed-call rate
Open dossier
Live call
Customer: can I place an order?
Agent: yes. I can take that now.
Autonomous research workflow
GPT Investor
An AI-driven investment research publication and Daily Brief pipeline that scans, ranks, scores, and summarizes market news.
3,000+ monthly readers
160 paid subscribers
$2.4K/month
1,000+ headlines scanned daily
Open dossier
Brief engine
Fed signals pausescore 92
Retail sales beatscore 85
Chip demand risesscore 78
Personal AI stylist
auraDNA
A selfie-driven color analysis and personal styling product spanning wardrobe, hair, makeup, grooming, and accessories.
300+ customers
Free-to-paid funnel
Solo-built product
Launched 2026
Open dossier
Palette fit
Seasonal profile -> wardrobe, hair, makeup, grooming, accessories.
Voice data intelligence
VoiceBrain.AI
A platform that turns radio and group communications into searchable records for safety, security, and operational insight.
SFO deployment
DHS use case
First enterprise customer
Pilot-to-production work
Open dossier
Signal index
Raw audioIndexed dataInsight
Operating proofLive product signals
System metric
0K+
restaurant calls handled
System metric
$0K+
phone-order revenue enabled
System metric
0+
monthly finance readers
System metric
0+
years building AI and SaaS
05 / Timeline
A career film, not a bullet list.
2009
Banking systems
Electronic banking work at TD Bank shaped an early respect for reliable, high-volume financial products.
2014
AI before it was obvious
Co-founded Archie.AI, building natural-language analytics and growing it to 1,400+ customers.
2019
Voice becomes data
Led product at VoiceBrain.AI, turning communication streams into searchable operational intelligence.
2022
Product studio scale
Helped Barbarians scale from $0 to $2.1M+ billable revenue across a multi-product portfolio.
2023
It's time to build
Built Yobo, GPT Investor, and later auraDNA as practical AI products with customers, revenue, and usage.
Now
Human capability engine
Focused on AI systems that expand what restaurants, investors, operators, and everyday people can do.
06 / Operating principles
How I like to build.
A few habits that keep showing up in my work.
07 / Alma mater
Alma mater.
Institutions that shaped me.
