AI & Data Development Agency

We build AI systems that
solve real problems.

Boutique agency delivering computer vision, LLM integrations, data pipelines, and AI-powered automation — from prototype to production.

What we do

Core Services

End-to-end AI development — from research and prototyping to deployed, monitored systems.

Computer Vision

Object detection, image classification, medical imaging analysis, and thermal image processing with PyTorch.

LLM & AI Agents

RAG systems, document analysis, and AI assistants. OpenAI / Anthropic API integration and prompt engineering.

Data Engineering

Data pipelines, ETL, automated reporting, and API development using Python, Pandas, and FastAPI.

Case Studies

Selected Projects

Real projects, real results. Every engagement below was delivered by our core team.

Botable.dev — AI Bot Generation Platform

LLM

AI platform for creating Telegram bots via natural language. Users describe the bot — the system generates production-ready code, deploys, and manages it. HubLab's flagship product.

272+ Automated tests
79 Dev stages completed

Maritime AI Analytics — Communication Automation

LLM

Long-term engagement with a European travel marketplace. Full cycle: from research model on Jupyter/CLI to Dockerized backend with workers and REST API. LLM Router with CRM memory and event-driven pipeline.

12+ mo Active partnership
83.7% Classification accuracy

Legal AI Platform — CTO & AI Analytics

LLM

CTO role at a legal AI platform. Managing a team of 9. Built the analytics pipeline and AI user classification system. 48,000+ users in 7 months. Client under NDA.

48K+ Platform users
9-person Team managed

IPNote — Patent Search AI

LLM

Deep Research Agentic pipeline for patent search, built for a US LegalTech startup ($1M seed round). Multi-agent system for automated patent database analysis.

$1M Startup seed round
Deep Research Agentic patent search

Agreemer — AI Contract Risk Analyzer

LLM

LLM-powered tool for analyzing NDAs and contracts. Automatically identifies risk clauses, unfair terms, and jurisdiction mismatches. First version launched in 2022 on early ChatGPT API.

NDA/contracts Automated risk analysis
2022 Among earliest LLM tools

Exam Proctoring — Computer Vision System

CV

Computer vision system for detecting exam violations from overhead cameras. Model training, camera calibration, real-time object detection.

Real-time Object detection
YOLO + DETR Two model families

MyMind — Cognitive Diagnostics via Gesture Recognition

CV

Application for early screening of age-related cognitive conditions via hand gesture recognition. Won AstanaHub Battle 2023. Accepted into Draper University accelerator (USA).

7,000 Images in dataset
+11% Model accuracy improvement

SpaceVela — CV for Additive Manufacturing in Space

CV

Defect segmentation model for 3D printing of spacecraft components. Accepted into CDL Space Stream at University of Toronto. On-premise deployment.

12+ Team managed
On-prem Device deployment

RAG System for Logistics Company

LLM

Enterprise chatbot built on RAG for a freight transportation company. Vector embeddings and semantic search across internal documentation.

RAG Enterprise Q&A
Vector search Over internal documents

Hotel Sales Bot — AI Assistant

Chatbot

Telegram-based AI sales assistant for a hotel chain in Thailand. Built parsers for three major hotel providers. International team, solo backend development.

3 providers Hotel market parsing
24/7 Automated inquiry handling

UK School Data Platform (POC)

Data

Proof of Concept analytics platform for a UK school network. RAG + Text-to-SQL for querying student data via natural language.

Text-to-SQL Natural language queries
RAG + SQL Hybrid approach

Thermal Image Augmentation

CV

Novel data augmentation method for thermal imaging in autonomous driving. Published research. Trained with PyTorch.

Published Research paper
PyTorch CV model training
Tech Stack

Tools We Work With

Battle-tested technologies across our AI and backend projects.

Python PyTorch FastAPI LangChain OpenAI API Anthropic API Pandas NumPy PostgreSQL Python PyTorch FastAPI LangChain OpenAI API Anthropic API Pandas NumPy PostgreSQL
Docker Jupyter Git Telegram Bot API RAG / Vector DB HTML / CSS / JS React Embedded C STM32 / Arduino Docker Jupyter Git Telegram Bot API RAG / Vector DB HTML / CSS / JS React Embedded C STM32 / Arduino
Process

How we work

01

Discovery

We analyze your data and business needs to define the right AI strategy.

02

Prototyping

Rapid development of an MVP to validate the core algorithm or model.

03

Scale

Deploying at scale with monitoring, optimization, and team mentoring.

Value

Why HubLab

R&D DNA

Our roots are in research — from university labs to published academic papers.

International

Clients in Portugal, Thailand, Kazakhstan, and beyond. We work across timezones.

Mentors

22+ graduates mentored. We transfer knowledge, not just code, to your team.

Recognition

Featured In

Media coverage, awards, and ecosystem partnerships that back our work.

The Astana Times

Featured in coverage of the Kazakhstan-France AI Roundtable at Astana Hub (April 2025).

Digital Bridge — $25K Award

MyMind project won “Best Social Impact” at AstanaHub Battle, awarded by Tim Draper.

AI'Preneurs Batch 2

Graduate of Astana Hub's AI accelerator program for AI-first startups.

IFA Berlin & TechCrunch

kScooters showcased at IFA Berlin 2018 and TechCrunch 2023. 10+ years of hardware R&D.

People

Our Team

Ivan Kononov
AI & Product Lead

Ivan Kononov

Rapid prototyping, microcontrollers, and legal AI integrations. Drives product R&D and international partnerships.

Margarita Ermacenkova
Engineering & Research Lead

Margarita Ermacenkova

Computer vision, embedded systems, and robotics research. Deep technical background in CV on thermal images.

Let's Build Something Great

Have an AI challenge? We'll scope it, prototype it, and ship it.