About
The firm
Gulf Digital is an independent consulting firm based in Naples, Florida. We help businesses put AI to work on their operations: capturing the knowledge the business runs on, deploying AI on real workflows, and keeping the system current as the business changes.
We use what we sell. The firm's own operations run on the same kind of system we build for clients, and it has run that way in production for years.
How we work
We are skeptical by trade. We will tell you plainly what AI cannot do for your business, and we scope every engagement so you can stop at any stage and keep what was built.
We work in plain language. If a recommendation cannot be explained to the owner in one sitting, it is not ready.
We build for independence. Everything is documented, everything belongs to the client, and a client who leaves should be more capable than when they arrived.
Background
Gulf Digital was founded by Akram Ayyash, a finance executive with nearly two decades of experience spanning Wall Street and corporate finance, from trading and financing desks at global institutions to running treasury at a technology company. He is also an adjunct professor of finance at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Akram is AI-fluent in the practical sense: he has been building with AI since ChatGPT first launched, and he designs, runs, and maintains production AI systems every day, including the ones that run this firm.
The firm works with a small network of senior engineers and operators as engagements require.