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Ship production-grade software in weeks, not months.

25+ enterprise projects delivered. $7M+ in client revenue generated. From AI systems to high-traffic platforms, we build what your users depend on.

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Organizations we've worked with

From billion-dollar industrials to fast-growing startups.

MIT logoBCG logoOCP Group logoUM6P logo1337 Coding School logoAfrica Business School logoKJR Telecom logoKumo logoPlatformShift logoRC2K logoFull Value logoFuze logoThe After Cancer logoMaroc Telecom logo
One roof

One team. Every layer.

Brief to production in a single handoff. You bring the problem, we route it across AI, platform, product, and infra. No account-exec wall, no vendor-switching tax.

How we think

Boring beliefs. Strong opinions.

Six engineering principles we bake into your codebase whether you ask for them or not. The reason the code is still running in two years.

Boring tech beats bleeding edge

We reach for Postgres before vectors, Django before Kubernetes, and REST before whatever lands on the orange site this week. Your next engineer will recognize the stack. Your 3 a.m. page will be easier to debug.

In practice

  • A single well-indexed Postgres quietly doing the work of three services
  • Server-rendered HTML before a framework you picked last quarter
  • A well-documented REST API before a GraphQL layer nobody asked for
PostgresDjangoRESTServer-rendered

Production is the first customer

Error handling, observability, and rate limiting land in the first commit, not a retrofit sprint. The happy path is the cheap feature. The failure modes are where the real engineering lives.

In practice

  • Metrics, logs, and traces wired before the first staging deploy
  • Retries, timeouts, and circuit breakers on every outbound call
  • A runbook committed to the repo before the first on-call shift
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The architecture is the team

The stack you pick filters who will want to work on your codebase eighteen months from now. We optimize for the hire you have not made yet, not the framework we learned last quarter.

In practice

  • Conventional patterns over clever abstractions every time
  • A README your next senior can act on without a call
  • Architecture Decision Records the team actually writes and reads
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Scope is always negotiable

Every project has a version of itself that ships in half the time. We find it together on Friday demos, not after burning the timeline. The feature you miss most is the one you did not test with users.

In practice

  • Weekly demos where scope can move in either direction
  • No change orders, no line-item negotiation over one-pagers
  • Honest "that is a v2" calls before the sprint starts, not after
Weekly demosNo change ordersv2 calls

No black boxes

You get the code, the docs, the infra keys, and the deploy access on day one. We treat every engagement as if the next engineer on the codebase is yours, not ours. Handoffs are boring by design.

In practice

  • Your org owns the GitHub org, cloud billing, and DNS from kickoff
  • Every design decision written down somewhere your team can find it
  • Final commit lands with a walkthrough Loom and a hand-off doc
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Honest reads over pitches

We have turned down five of the last twenty leads because we were not the right fit. Honest scoping beats billable hours. You will hear "you do not need us for this" more than you would expect from an agency site.

In practice

  • Go / no-go call inside the first 48 hours, not three sprints in
  • Warm referrals to better-suited studios when we are not the fit
  • Scope honesty that sometimes argues you down to half the budget
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Also: technical due diligence, legacy code rescue, performance audits, design systems.

Ask about a custom scope
What we build

We build AI systems.platforms at scale.engineering teams.the software you rely on.

Selected work

Featured projects.

AI & Analytics

AI Factory - MIT Partnership

Advanced AI-powered platform forecasting global commodity prices and demand. Integrated optimization models developed in partnership with MIT for strategic decision-making.

MIT Partnership, Strategic Forecasting

Project deck

Browse the shelf.

001 / 018 Security Tech

Data leak Surveillance

Advanced surveillance system detecting leaked account credentials. Collected 700+ million leaked records and prevented security breaches for multi-billion dollar companies.

700M+ records, Enterprise Security

002 / 018 Education Tech

Admission Platform

High-performance admission platform for a School serving 200,000+ users with peaks of 30,000 requests per second and 5 million requests in a single day. Built for maximum reliability during intense admission periods.

200K+ users, 30K req/sec peak, 5M daily requests

003 / 018 AI & Analytics

Competitive Intelligence Platform

AI-powered competitive intelligence platform that scrapes LinkedIn and competitor websites to analyze decision-making processes. Uses RAG and vector databases to surface actionable insights for businesses.

AI-powered competitive analysis

004 / 018 IoT & Energy

Solar Energy Management

Intelligent energy management platform integrating with inverters, meteorological stations, and power meters. Features interactive 3D campus reconstruction with real-time solar panel status visualization. Significantly reduced our client's electricity costs.

Cost optimization, Real-time monitoring

005 / 018 AI & Enterprise

Internal AI Chatbot

Enterprise AI chatbot using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines. Trained on comprehensive internal documentation to deliver accurate, context-aware responses, significantly improving knowledge accessibility for large organizations.

Enterprise knowledge management

006 / 018 AI & Computer Vision

Stock Pile Tracker

AI-powered volume computation system for industrial stockpiles using 3D reconstructions from multi-angle images. Supports both indoor (fixed cameras) and outdoor (autonomous drones) environments.

Automated inventory management

007 / 018 Education & AI

Code Plagiarism Detection

Advanced code plagiarism detection system from scratch that analyzed over 10,000 repositories with high accuracy. Uses sophisticated pattern matching algorithms and machine learning techniques to identify code similarities and potential academic integrity violations.

10K+ repositories analyzed, High accuracy detection

008 / 018 AI & Automation

AI Call Center

AI-powered call center agent using speech-to-text (Vosk), OpenAI's ChatGPT for reasoning, and TTS models for realistic responses. Provides accurate, dynamic support using predefined documentation.

AI-powered customer support

009 / 018 Healthcare Tech

Healthcare Survivorship Platform

Comprehensive digital clinic platform for healthcare survivors. Provides evidence-based education, peer support circles, and expert-led virtual sessions. Features bite-sized lessons on managing side effects and improving well-being.

Healthcare accessibility

018 / 018 And more

20+ shipped projects.

This is a slice. Ask for a full portfolio walkthrough on your next call.

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Impact

Numbers that matter.

We don't just ship code. We drive measurable outcomes for every client.

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Uptime across every production system we build and maintain

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Peak requests per second sustained on our highest-traffic platform

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Maximum response time on any client message. Most land within hours

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Records processed in our largest data security platform

How we work

Week by week.

01 Week 1

Discovery

Kickoff call, user interviews, architecture sketch. By Friday you have a scoped problem and a short list of open questions.

  • Stakeholder kickoff & alignment
  • User research sessions
  • Architecture sketch
  • Scoped problem statement
02 Week 2

Scaffolding

Repo, CI, staging, auth, core models. End of week two: a clickable skeleton running in staging, not a slide deck.

  • Repo & CI pipelines live
  • Staging environment deployed
  • Auth + core data models
  • Clickable skeleton in staging
03 Weeks 3 to 6

Build sprints

Weekly demo every Friday. You steer the roadmap, we ship features. Scope adjusts against what we learn, not what we guessed.

  • Friday demo every week
  • You steer the roadmap
  • Scope adjusts to reality
  • Continuous deploy to staging
04 Week 7+

Launch & steady state

Staged rollout, monitoring, on-call coverage for the first weeks. Then a retainer, a handoff, or continued sprints. Your call.

  • Staged production rollout
  • Monitoring & alerting live
  • On-call coverage first 2 weeks
  • Retainer, handoff, or sprints
01 Discovery
02 Scaffolding
03 Build sprints
04 Launch & steady state
Weekly Friday demo
Dedicated Slack channel
48h response SLA
NDA before kickoff
Industries

Deep domain expertise.

We don't just write code. We understand the industries we ship into.

  • 01 AI & Machine Learning LLMs · RAG · Vision · Forecasting 8 projects
  • 02 Enterprise & Industrial OCP Group, HSE, supply chain 6 projects
  • 03 Education MIT, UM6P, 1337 admissions 4 projects
  • 04 Healthcare Survivorship, clinical data 2 projects
  • 05 Energy & Sustainability Solar, SO₂, carbon tracking 3 projects
  • 06 Finance & Security 700M+ records, document AI 3 projects
  • 07 SaaS & Startups MVP → scale, zero to 30K req/s Ongoing
How we compare

Side by side.

Honest tradeoffs. Pick what fits the problem, not the brochure.

US Ophen Option A In-house hire Option B Big agency
Time to first ship 1 to 2 weeks 3 to 6 months 6 to 12 weeks
Senior engineer ratio 100% 1 per team 20 to 40%
Response SLA 48h, dedicated Slack Real-time Weekly syncs
Process overhead Light Moderate Heavy
Scope flexibility Rolling, no change orders Blocked by hiring Change orders
Code ownership 100% yours, day one Yours Often licensed back
Single point of contact Founder-led Multiple managers Account exec wall

What this usually adds up to: fewer meetings, more in production, scope that adjusts to what you learn, not what you pitched.

Book a 20-min fit call

About

Meet the founder.

Ayman Touhami, Founder & CEO of Ophen Technologies

Ayman Touhami

Founder & CEO

Scaled Ora Technologies to 300,000+ users, managed teams of 17+ developers across 5 teams, and delivered 25+ enterprise projects for organizations including MIT, OCP Group, and UM6P. Ranked #1 in Morocco and #91 globally out of 800,000+ developers on CodinGame. Expert in AI, distributed systems, and high-performance backends.

"Technology isn't just about building systems. It's about solving real problems and creating lasting impact. Every line of code should be a step toward transforming ideas into reality."

#1 in Morocco

Ranked #91 globally out of 800K+ developers on CodinGame Codeclash

$10M+ Raised

Co-founded and scaled Ora Technologies to 300K+ users as CTO

Nobel Laureate

Collaborated with a Nobel Prize laureate on education accessibility

$200B Company

Identified and reported a critical security vulnerability

Common questions

Before you decide.

Most projects start between $15K and $50K depending on scope and complexity. We offer three models: project-based (fixed scope, fixed price), monthly retainer, or dedicated team embedding. We always provide a detailed proposal within 48 hours of our discovery call. No surprises, no hidden fees.

We've delivered 25+ projects across healthtech, industrial IoT, education, energy, fintech, and enterprise AI, for organizations ranging from MIT to fast-growing startups. On our discovery call, we'll share relevant case studies from your industry. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you upfront.

You get a dedicated team with a direct Slack channel, weekly demo calls, and a 48-hour response SLA. Our founder personally oversees every project. We intentionally limit the number of active engagements so your project gets the focus it deserves.

We ship iteratively: you see working software every week, not a big reveal after months of silence. Our track record: platforms handling 30K requests/second, an AI system built in partnership with MIT, and 300K+ end users across our projects. We can connect you with past clients who'll speak to the experience directly.

You do. 100%. We sign NDAs before kickoff, and full IP transfer is baked into every contract. All source code, documentation, and assets are yours from day one. We've worked with organizations like OCP Group where data security is non-negotiable, and we treat every engagement with that same standard.

Most MVPs ship in 4 to 8 weeks. Complex enterprise systems take longer, but we scope milestones so you see value early. You'll get weekly demos from week one, so there's no disappearing for months.

We don't build and disappear. We offer ongoing maintenance retainers covering monitoring, bug fixes, security patches, and improvements. Most clients start with a focused project and expand into a long-term partnership.

Absolutely. We've delivered projects across the US, Europe, and Africa. We adapt schedules for overlap hours and use async tools to keep progress moving around the clock.

Book a call

Let's build together.

30 minutes. We'll scope your problem, talk through a delivery plan, and tell you whether we're the right fit. No pitch deck, no strings.

25+ projects shipped 300K+ users served $7M+ revenue generated

"They built our admission platform to handle 30,000 requests per second during peak registration. The system didn't flinch."

Director of Technology · 1337 Coding School
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