Resume

Mahmoud Abdelkarim

AI engineer, Business minor and NCAA All-American at Grand Valley State.

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I build AI systems that people run real work on. Production code, real users, measured results. I hold it to the same standard I hold myself to in the pool: show up every day, and let the numbers speak.

Mahmoud swimming butterfly at the 2026 NCAA Division II Championships Mahmoud diving off the blocks at the start of a race Mahmoud behind the blocks before a race
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GVSU Swim & Dive

NCAA All-American, GLIAC champion.

7th in the 100 back at the 2026 NCAA Division II Championships. Training full time alongside an Honors course load.

Hrs → MinDocument review time, cut by AI extraction
13Domain modules built end to end
38Users in production
5Live construction projects
Work

Where I’ve shipped.

Production systems and venture work inside real organizations.

RME · CairoJun – Jul 2026Next.js · TypeScript · Prisma

RME Intelligence

An AI operating system for one of Egypt’s major construction contractors. It reads the documents construction runs on, from bills of quantities and payment certificates to tenders and specifications, and turns them into structured data. Leadership gets one view of the money: contract versus certified, pending IPC value, claims exposure, forecast margin and automated risk flags.

Manual takeoff and certification review went from hours to minutes.

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IngestStaged async document workflow
ii.
ExtractLLM pipelines behind a provider-agnostic AI and OCR layer
iii.
StructureQueryable data, knowledge graph and retrieval layer
iv.
DecideExecutive dashboard and natural-language assistant, role-based access, Vitest suite
13 modulesBOQ·IPC·Tender·Specification·Document Intelligence·Quantity Surveying·Variation·Claims & Delay·Technical Office·Workflow·Knowledge Graph·AI Assistant·Analytics
Emerge CapitalDubai · RemoteExposure program

Venture Builder

Supported market research, pitch content and product ideation for portfolio ventures across AI and Web3, with a front-row view of how early-stage companies get built and funded.

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Startups

What I’m building.

Products I founded and run, from live to still under wraps.

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Fintech · AILive

FINU

An AI money assistant: spending analysis, autopilot savings, and putting idle cash to work. Backed by $200K in Google Gemini credits.

meetfinu.com ↗
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Health · AIIn development

FORGE

A training app built by an athlete: WHOOP recovery, strain and sleep data, lift logging, and an AI nutrition coach in one place.

NYX
Autonomous AILive

NYX

An autonomous AI product with tiered subscriptions, built on Netlify and Resend.

nyxsystem.online ↗
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SMEs · MENALLMs · Voice

AI receptionists

Booking, intake and follow-up automation for gyms, clinics and restaurants across Egypt and the MENA region.

TONED Studios ↗
UpcomingStealth

Stealth

Something new is in the works. More soon.

Experience

Where I’ve worked.

AI Integration Intern, Strategy & PMO

Rowad Modern Engineering · Cairo · Jun – Jul 2026
  • Designed and shipped RME Intelligence, live with 38 users across 5 construction projects.
  • Built 13 domain modules end to end on Next.js, TypeScript and Prisma.
  • Engineered LLM extraction pipelines for BOQs, payment certificates, tenders and specifications.
  • Partnered with Flex Labs on RME’s consultancy engagement and delivered Strategy & PMO reporting, including portfolio dashboards and board packs.

Founder & Engineer

Independent AI Projects & Consulting · 2024 – Present
  • Design and ship AI products for SMEs across Egypt and MENA, from concept through deployment.
  • Prototyped AI receptionist and automation tools using LLMs and voice APIs.
  • Building two startups: FINU, an AI money assistant backed by $200K in Google Gemini credits, and FORGE, a WHOOP-integrated training and nutrition app.
  • Launched NYX, an autonomous AI product with tiered subscriptions.

Venture Builder

Emerge Capital · Exposure program · Dubai, remote
  • Supported market research, pitch content and product ideation for portfolio ventures in AI and Web3.
Toolkit

What I build with.

AI & ML

LLM integration, RAG and retrieval, document extraction, agentic workflows, knowledge graphs, prompt engineering, OpenAI and Anthropic APIs

Languages

Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL

Full-stack

Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Vitest, Git

Infrastructure

Vercel, Netlify, Docker, AWS, GCP

Product

Requirements, process mapping, PMO reporting, market research, financial modeling

Spoken

Arabic, native. English, fluent.

Contact

Let’s build something.

mw.abdelkarim@gmail.com
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In the water

Grand Valley Swim & Dive.

Sprint free, back and fly. Live roster and results, straight from the source.

gvsulakers.com/sports/swimming-and-diving/roster/mahmoud-abdelkarim/19186 Live Open ↗

Mahmoud Abdelkarim

Sprint Free / Back / Fly · Cairo, Egypt · Previously Lewis University

2026NCAA Division II Championships
  • All-AmericanHonour
  • 100 Back7th · 46.85
  • 200 Medley Relay6th
  • 400 Medley Relay7th
2026GLIAC Championships
  • 100 BackChampion · 47.00
  • 100 Free2nd · 43.38
  • 200 Medley RelayChampion
  • 400 Free RelayChampion

Results as of October 2026. Open the live page for the latest.