Najim Mohammed · Solo Founder / Systems Engineer

Building cosmic-grade ventures that executives can trust without a committee.

I’m the solo founder of Zard; designing, coding, and deploying AI copilots, media platforms, hardware companions, and enterprise automation for leaders who expect NASA-grade polish. Paula AI, Bopp Music, WalkAway Ride OS, FTube, and Watches prove the craft. IBM, Interac, NBC Bank, and municipal partners trust me to deliver the same precision inside regulated environments.

Signals

This site is a shrine to the disciplines that keep every launch credible: precise documentation, polished UX, and end-to-end ownership. Every pixel, line of code, and service call is built, reviewed, and shipped by me.

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Ventures architected

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Azure + AI certifications

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Founder accountable for every touch

Paula AI

Spatial AI that mirrors its founder.

Paula is a Vision Pro and iOS companion with short- and long-term memory. She learns tone, meetings, and rituals, then replays them in your studio, boardroom, or workshop. There’s no agency in the middle—Paula’s prompts, motion system, and inference stack were all built by me.

She plugs into whatever stack the mission demands: Apple reminders for artists, IBM MAXIMO for field teams, secure document stores for bankers. Every action is logged with provenance so procurement officers and CTOs feel she belongs on their network.

Paula AI spatial companion spread

Bopp Music

An end-to-end music OS I built alone.

Bopp isn’t a skin on Apple Music—it’s a native SwiftUI stack with its own wallet, marketplace, player engine, and Firebase/CloudKit backend. Artists onboard with Apple ID, save stems to the cloud, mint releases, and pay collaborators without leaving the app.

Because I control every service call, I can prove to sponsors and regulators how funds move through the system. That discipline carries over to enterprise jobs where transparency is the difference between approval and a stalled deal.

Bopp Music system logo

FTube

Decentralized video that lives forever.

FTube lets creators push video directly to Ethereum + IPFS. No opaque CDN, no silent takedowns: uploads are hashed, pinned, and versioned forever. Viewers play the media inside a web player or any dApp that speaks the same standard.

Brands use it to publish compliance messages that can’t be altered; activists use it to keep their broadcasts alive; collectors wrap premium drops in NFTs. It’s fully separate from Paula, Bopp, and WalkAway so each product can ship at its own pace.

FTube

WalkAway Ride OS

Points for real workouts.

WalkAway is my Strava-style telemetry layer. It records GPS, cadence, energy, and weather, then turns the ride into a debrief your fans, sponsors, or city partners can understand. Cyclists earn badges and shareable visuals; planners get anonymized mobility data.

WalkAway stays independent—no Paula integration unless a client requests it, so I can deploy it as a standalone wellness or civic engagement product.

WalkAway insignia

AngelList · Fundraising

SmartQueue

A government-first intake and service-queue platform built for procurement teams, compliance requirements, and transparent public reporting. It standardizes service requests, assigns ownership, and keeps every step auditable for FOI, SLA, and vendor-review workflows.

Designed for city and agency contracts, SmartQueue emphasizes clear escalation paths, documented service levels, and analytics that translate into budget justification. It is structured to support stakeholder visibility without exposing sensitive citizen or vendor data.

AngelList · Fundraising

AI Concierge

Support intelligence, shipped as an API.

Grounded answers from your docs. Clear escalation when unsure. Built for teams that want control.

Powerful capabilities, simple API

Everything you need to build intelligent support, with the control and transparency developers expect. One endpoint, endless possibilities.

Terminal

curl https://concierge-edge-proxy-1024642568824.us-central1.run.app/v1/answer \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZARD_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"query": "What is your refund policy?"}'
{
  "answer": "Our refund policy allows returns within 30 days...",
  "confidence": 0.94,
  "citations": [{"snippet_id": "snp_x7f2..."}],
  "action": "answer",
  "request_id": "req_9k3m..."
}

Core capabilities

Every feature designed for production reliability.

  • Knowledge grounded answers All responses are generated strictly from your knowledge base. No hallucinations, no guessing, just accurate answers with source citations.
  • Confidence + citations Every answer includes a confidence score (0-1) and references to the exact snippets used. Debug and audit with full transparency.
  • Escalation decision When confidence drops below your threshold, returns action=escalate instead of guessing. Route uncertain queries to human support automatically.
  • Webhooks for handoff Configure webhooks to get instant notifications when queries need escalation. Integrate with Slack, your ticketing system, or custom workflows.
  • Usage metering Track every API call with detailed metrics. Monitor usage, set rate limits, and get cost breakdowns by workspace or API key.
  • Org and key isolation Complete workspace isolation ensures data never crosses boundaries. Manage multiple API keys with different permissions per environment.
  • Drop-in chatbot widget Copy-paste a React chatbot component into any app. Zero configuration, just set your API key and you are live in minutes.

Developer payloads

Response always includes source

{
  "answer": "...",
  "citations": [
    {"snippet_id": "snp_x7f2"}
  ]
}

Confidence scoring

{
  "confidence": 0.94,
  "threshold": 0.70,
  "action": "answer"
}

Low confidence -> escalate

{
  "action": "escalate",
  "confidence": 0.32,
  "reason": "low_confidence"
}

Webhook payload

POST /your-webhook
{
  "event": "escalation",
  "query": "...",
  "request_id": "req_..."
}

Isolated by key

zard_sk_prod_... -> prod workspace
zard_sk_dev_...  -> dev workspace
zard_sk_test_... -> test workspace

Drop-in chatbot widget

import AgenticChatbot from "./AgenticChatbot";

<AgenticChatbot />

Simple integration

How it works. Three steps to intelligent support.

  • 01 Upload snippets Policies, FAQs, documentation.
  • 02 Call /v1/answer One simple API endpoint.
  • 03 Get answers or escalate Route intelligently to your stack.

Enterprise ready

Developer trust, built-in. Every response includes traceability. Every request is logged. Everything you need to debug, audit, and scale with confidence.

  • Request IDs on every responseEnd-to-end traceability.
  • Strict JSON outputStable schemas for your parsers.
  • Rate limits + usage countersVisible controls per workspace.
  • Keys never stored in plain textSafer operational hygiene.

Response headers

x-request-id: req_9k3m4f7x2n
x-confidence: 0.94
x-latency-ms: 127
x-ratelimit-remaining: 9847
x-ratelimit-reset: 1703980800
content-type: application/json

Use cases

What you build with it. From customer support to internal tools.

  • In-app support widget Embed intelligent support directly in your product without breaking flow.
  • Documentation assistant Help users navigate complex docs, API references, and guides.
  • Internal support bot Answer employee questions about policies, procedures, and internal tools.
  • Helpdesk deflection layer Reduce support ticket volume by 40-70% before they reach your team.

Watches

Tokenizing luxury watches end-to-end.

Watches.com vaults physical pieces then mints on-chain ownership. Chainlink Proof of Reserve shows every watch is actually in custody; Data Feeds update valuations; CCIP moves tokens across networks; optional ACE keeps KYC/AML intact. Holders trade, collect, or redeem whenever they want.

View on GitHub

Enterprise copilots

MAXIMO, IBM, Interac, NBC Bank.

Voice-first fault logging, document intel agents, and payments safeguards all shipped from my desk. Every engagement comes with compliance packets, telemetry dashboards, and demos that feel like the future.

IBM Canada · 2023—2025

Azure cloud modernization

Was in the Azure Cloud team modernizing client platforms: microservices on AKS, CI/CD for ML training, automated data pipelines with Azure Data Factory, and a fully redesigned notification center that now anchors their production UI. Over 100 automated tests keep releases stable, and the architecture sits on AzureML, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Certifications: AZ-900 · AI-900 · DP-900

Interac · 2020—2022

Payments-grade operations

Senior Operations Analyst and earlier Technical Analyst roles taught me how to be the single point of contact for financial institutions, settlement discrepancies, and mission-critical SLAs. Every Zard project borrows those habits: daily status rituals, escalation paths, Jira/ServiceNow rigor, and stakeholder-ready language.

Peel Region · 2021

Enterprise support at scale

Provided remote support for 6,000+ users, hardened ServiceNow flows, and built knowledge bases that reduced call volume. That foundation informs Paula’s help-first tone and the documentation that accompanies every deployment.

Trajectory

How the mission stays credible.

I treat each launch like a briefing. Grand visuals for the public, precise documentation for auditors. Here’s the condensed flight path.

Foundation

Interac and IBM drilled governance into me. Payments architecture, MAXIMO experiments, and stakeholder orchestration taught me how to ship inside regulated worlds.

Creative stack

Paula AI, Bopp Music, WalkAway, FTube, and Watches each live on their own stack. I ship them end-to-end—design, Swift/SwiftUI, Firebase, IPFS, and AI ops— so clients see breadth, not prototypes.

Enterprise

At IBM I built NBC Bank’s agentic document converter and worked in a team to create a MAXIMO voice copilots. 60% faster intake, hands-free work-order logging, and confidence from executives because the paperwork and the UX were equally polished.

Present

Paula’s Vision Pro relaunch, Bopp’s creator marketplace, WalkAway’s rewards program, FTube’s decentralized broadcast stack, and new AI pilots for civic + finance partners—all running simultaneously by one founder.

Send the mission parameters.

Founder@Zardapp.com · zardapp.com · I answer within one business day with Paula footage, WalkAway telemetry, Bopp flows, and the compliance kit your procurement team will ask for.