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 interface

Botable.dev — AI Bot Generation Platform

LLM

HubLab's flagship product. Users describe a Telegram bot in plain language — the platform generates production-ready code with multi-step dialogues, CRM integrations, and payment modules. Fully automated CI/CD pipeline deploys and manages bots in real-time. Built from scratch with a proprietary code generation engine.

Python FastAPI LLM Telegram API Docker
272+ Automated tests
79 Dev stages completed
Full-stack Own product
Maritime AI Analytics

Maritime AI Analytics — Communication Automation

LLM

Long-term engagement with a European travel marketplace specializing in cruise and ferry bookings. Built an LLM Router that classifies inbound customer messages and routes them with CRM memory for context-aware responses. Full cycle: from research model on Jupyter/CLI to Dockerized backend with Celery workers and REST API. Event-driven pipeline processes thousands of messages daily.

Python LangChain Docker Celery PostgreSQL
12+ mo Active partnership
83.7% Classification accuracy
REST API Production backend
Legal AI Platform

Legal AI Platform — CTO & AI Analytics

LLM

Fractional CTO role at a legal AI platform. Led a 9-person engineering team through product-market fit, built the analytics pipeline tracking user behavior across 48,000+ accounts, and developed an AI-based user classification system that segments users by engagement patterns. Delivered architectural decisions on scalability and data strategy. Client under NDA.

Python Analytics LLM Team Lead
48K+ Platform users
9-person Team managed
7 mo Growth period
IPNote Patent Search

IPNote — Patent Search AI

LLM

Deep Research Agentic pipeline for a US LegalTech startup that raised a $1M seed round. The system automates patent database analysis using a multi-agent architecture: one agent parses legal constraints, another performs semantic search across patent databases, and a coordinator synthesizes results into structured reports. Designed for patent attorneys who need comprehensive prior art research.

Multi-Agent RAG OpenAI Vector DB
$1M Startup seed round
Deep Research Agentic patent search
Agreemer Contract Analyzer

Agreemer — AI Contract Risk Analyzer

LLM

One of the earliest LLM-powered tools built on ChatGPT API in 2022. Users upload NDAs and contracts — the system highlights risk clauses, identifies unfair terms, flags jurisdiction mismatches, and provides a risk score. Designed for startups and freelancers who need quick legal review without hiring a lawyer. Later expanded to support multi-language contracts.

OpenAI API Python NLP
NDA/contracts Automated risk analysis
2022 Among earliest LLM tools
Exam Proctoring CV System

Exam Proctoring — Computer Vision System

CV

Real-time computer vision system for detecting exam violations from overhead cameras. Trained two model families (YOLO and DETR) on custom-annotated datasets of prohibited objects and suspicious behavior. Includes camera distortion calibration, multi-object tracking, and a dashboard for invigilators with instant alerts. Deployed on-premise in exam centers.

PyTorch YOLO DETR OpenCV
Real-time Object detection
YOLO + DETR Two model families
On-prem Exam center deploy

MyMind — Cognitive Diagnostics via Gesture Recognition

CV

Mobile application for early screening of age-related cognitive conditions through hand gesture tracking. Integrated Google MediaPipe for real-time hand landmark detection with a custom ML classifier trained on 7,000+ annotated gesture images. Achieved +11% accuracy improvement over baseline. Won «Best Social Impact» at AstanaHub Battle 2023 ($25K award from Tim Draper). Accepted into Draper University accelerator (USA).

MediaPipe PyTorch Mobile ML
7,000 Images in dataset
+11% Model accuracy improvement
$25K Award won
SpaceVela Space Manufacturing

SpaceVela — CV for Additive Manufacturing in Space

CV

Computer vision defect segmentation model for quality control in 3D printing of spacecraft structural components. Led a team of 12+ engineers. The startup was accepted into the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Space Stream at the University of Toronto — one of the top space-tech accelerators globally. Model deployed on-premise directly on the manufacturing device.

PyTorch Segmentation On-prem Team Lead
12+ Team managed
On-prem Device deployment
CDL Toronto Space accelerator
RAG Logistics System

RAG System for Logistics Company

LLM

Enterprise chatbot built on Retrieval-Augmented Generation for a freight transportation company. Documents are chunked, embedded into vectors, and stored in a vector database. Employees type natural language questions and receive precise answers with source references. Reduced average document lookup time and improved onboarding speed for new staff.

RAG Vector DB LangChain FastAPI
RAG Enterprise Q&A
Vector search Over internal documents
Hotel Sales Bot Thailand

Hotel Sales Bot — AI Assistant

Chatbot

Telegram-based AI sales assistant for a hotel chain in Thailand. Built custom parsers for three major hotel aggregator platforms (Booking, Agoda, Hotels.com) to provide real-time price comparisons. The bot handles inquiries 24/7, suggesting rooms, answering FAQ, and routing qualified leads to human managers. International remote team, solo backend development.

Python Telegram API Parsing NLP
3 providers Hotel market parsing
24/7 Automated inquiry handling
UK School Data Platform

UK School Data Platform (POC)

Data

Proof of Concept analytics platform for a UK school network. Combines RAG for qualitative queries with Text-to-SQL for quantitative questions. Teachers and administrators type questions like «average attendance last month» and the system automatically generates SQL queries, retrieves data, and presents visualized answers. Hybrid AI approach handling both structured and unstructured school data.

Text-to-SQL RAG Python PostgreSQL
Text-to-SQL Natural language queries
RAG + SQL Hybrid approach
Thermal Image Augmentation Research

Thermal Image Augmentation

CV

Published research on a novel data augmentation method for thermal imaging. Developed a technique that mimics visible-spectrum characteristics in infrared images to improve object detection for autonomous driving. Achieved ~13% improvement in prediction accuracy over baseline models. Research conducted and published at ITMO University, trained on PyTorch with custom augmentation pipelines.

PyTorch Research Augmentation ITMO
Published Research paper
~13% Accuracy improvement
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.