about · the studio behind the X · est. 2026 rev · 2026.05

The studio
behind the X.

aixcl is an applied AI studio. We build operational platforms where AI does real work — agentic governance for builders, WhatsApp-native workforce for ops managers. Both audit-grade by design. The X in our name is the multiplier between AI and what your operation is trying to become. Our job is to engineer it.

// founded
2026
// based
Remote · EU + ME hours
// size
Small · by design
// products
Warden · Remote
// funding
Bootstrapped · pilot-backed
01 /Manifesto

Seven things we
actually believe.

Not aspirations. Convictions — about where AI is heading and how a business gets there. The things we'd argue for in front of a board. Each one is a position we've earned by building, not by speculating.

01// the audit

The audit is the product.

Most AI tools generate answers. We engineer decisions — replayable, reversible, regulator-ready. Audit is not a feature we added. It's the reason customers buy.

02// operations

Operations runs on decisions.

Every team is a decision factory. Most are running 1990 throughput against 2026 expectations. We close the gap.

03// demos

Demos are not products.

A model that works on stage is a science project. A model that works on Monday morning is a system. We only ship the second kind.

04// the X

The X is the multiplier.

AI alone is potential. AI × Operations × Audit = compounding excellence. We build the multiplications, not the inputs.

05// the ship

Ship in weeks. Compound in quarters.

Long roadmaps are an admission you don't know what works. We ship in four weeks, learn, ship again. Compounding beats planning.

06// the partnership

Diagnose before you prescribe.

You know your operations; we know where AI is heading and how to build it. The best answer always starts with understanding your business — then tailoring, never templating.

07// the bridge

Vision means nothing without the next step.

Anyone can describe where AI is going. The value is in connecting that trajectory to the one concrete move a business can make now. We trade in both — and never one without the other.

02 /Founder

One studio.
One founder.
For now.

aixcl is small by design. One studio lead. A small bench of named advisors. A roster of contract engineers and operators who join per engagement. We're a studio, not a startup — and we plan to stay that way.

GK
// founder · studio lead
G. Khatib
founder · ai engineering · decisions

G. Khatib started aixcl in 2026 after a decade of building AI systems that actually shipped — for operators in logistics, finance, and healthcare. The thesis behind the studio is the thesis behind every successful applied-AI engagement they've run: speed is table stakes, audit is the moat, and operations is where AI earns its keep.

Before aixcl, Gal led AI engineering at [prior company], where the team's systems processed several billion dollars in operational decisions annually — with a clean audit record across two regulatory reviews. Earlier work included [prior company] in [city], focused on document intelligence for the financial-services sector.

// previously
2026—aixcl · founder · studio leadAn applied AI studio for decision excellence.
2022—2026[prior co.] · head of AI engineeringBuilt the decision-intelligence platform that powered ops across three regulated industries.
2018—2022[prior co.] · ML lead, document IQShipped extraction systems used by 40+ enterprise customers.
2014—2018[prior co.] · senior engineerDistributed systems · platform infrastructure.
prior[school] · CS · MLThesis: governance and audit in machine-assisted decision systems.
03 /Advisors

Three operators.
One standing agenda.

aixcl's advisors are operators who've run the kind of teams we build for. They review every pilot brief, sit in on customer reviews, and tell us when we're about to build the wrong thing.

// advisor · 01
[Name pending]
former COO · Fortune 500 logistics

Ran an operations org of 3,400+ people through digital transformation. Now writes about decision velocity and audit-grade AI. Joined Q1 · 2026.

// advisor · 02
[Name pending]
former chief risk officer · EU bank

Led the bank's first regulated-AI program. Audit-pass record at two ECB inspections. Helps aixcl think about regulator-readability. Joined Q1 · 2026.

// advisor · 03
[Name pending]
applied AI researcher · ex frontier lab

Shipped evaluation frameworks and audit-trail systems used by three regulators. Reviews every Warden release. Joined Q1 · 2026.

04 /How we work

The studio,
at working pressure.

aixcl is run like a workshop, not a SaaS company. We work in tight loops, in close partnership with operators. Six principles govern how every engagement is run.

// 01

Four-week sprints.
Milestone-gated.

Every engagement is structured as 4-week sprints, each with a clear deliverable. Customers can exit at any milestone, no penalty. We earn the next sprint by shipping the current one.

// 02

Your data, your tenancy.

Customer data never leaves the customer's cloud. Our software runs inside your AWS / Azure / GCP — or on-prem for enterprise. We never train on your data, ever.

// 03

Two products. Both deepened.

aixcl Warden (the credential broker for AI agents) and aixcl Remote (WhatsApp-native workforce). We say no to engagements that don't fit either. The studio's job is to deepen what we build, not stretch across categories.

// 04

The studio works
with your team.

We embed alongside your ops team — not as consultants, but as shipping partners. By engagement end, your team owns the system. We're a phone call away, not a permanent line item.

// 05

Post-mortems published.

Every engagement ends with a post-mortem — what worked, what didn't, what we changed about the product. We publish anonymised versions. The studio learns in public.

// 06

Plain pricing.
Stated, not negotiated.

Our pricing is on the website. Pilots are fixed-fee. Production is per-decision. Enterprise is annual. We don't do bespoke discounts. Same price for everyone, every time.

// the studio · is small · talk to a human

Talk to the studio.

Every inbound email to hello @ aixcl.com reaches a founder. We reply within 48 hours. If we're not a fit, we'll tell you in the first reply — and point you at someone who is.

// hiring · selectively · we're looking for one applied-AI engineer with deep ops experience · say hello