The build plan
The build plan
What the funding builds. A plan, not promises. Specifics need owner input. Drawn from the six-candidate map the pilots are drawn from.
1. A Doha operating base
Legal setup via the programme's registration channel, co-working-to-office progression, founder/manager resident from month one.
2. A Qatari team
Full-time local hires trained on the Protean operating layer (setup, deployment, review discipline), plus internship/talent-programme participation through the programme's talent support.
3. Two pilot deployments in Qatari industry
Drawn from the industry map (for example, one procurement-catalogue pilot with a manufacturer/contractor, one fleet-telemetry or compute-documentation pilot). Each pilot ships under the governed pipeline (frame → research → architect → design → build → verify → report) with the customer reviewing the delivered result, not a claim.
4. Localisation and R&D
Arabic-language handling in the spirit of Fanar, local-model tuning for on-premise deployment, and contribution back to the open-core kit.
5. Milestone tranches
Funds drawn against the mutually agreed milestones above, consistent with the programme's trenched structure. ASKA asks USD 300,000 to start.
What this page does not contain: revenue projections, hiring totals, customer counts, or timelines. None are documented. None are stated until the owner supplies them with sources.
The company
Company and founder
Applicant: ASKA Digital, the consulting division of ASKA Business Solutions Inc. The operating name is ASKA Consulting. The brand is ASKA.
ASKA designs AI workflows and custom software that remove repetitive work and keep decisions with your people. Its four practices (AI workflows, data-centre/compute economics, financial advisory, scenario/macro analytics) map onto the sectors Qatar's incentives programme names. ASKA Digital flagship.
Fee-based work is the standard starting point. Equity is taken occasionally, where the engagement is structured that way.
Base: Ontario, Canada. Contact: info@askaconsult.com, 289-928-9554.
Founder and owner: Ahraz Arifuddin. In his own words: “I build with a small firm called ASKA, software and AI workflows on one side, materials and making on the other.” His working motto: “Nothing is definite. Everything is interconnected.” His stated method: bound the discovery, test the difficult assumption first, keep an open list, define acceptance, check the actual result.
ASKA states its standard in writing: transparent fees, no fabricated credentials. It would rather say what it has not done than imply that it has.
Founder résumé: Ahraz Arifuddin (owner-confirmed)
Education: studied engineering and marketing at McMaster University (self-stated, not independently verified).
Roles: founder and former president of Aetherean Inc. Former CEO of ASKA Business Solutions. No current ASKA title is claimed.
- Director at ConStructural Canada
- CEO at Xplor
- Marketing Strategist at Plug and Play Tech Center
- Intern at Canada's Next Top Ad Exec
- Leadership / Chapter Member with DECA Inc.
- Director of External Affairs, Canadian Red Cross Youth Group
- Event organizing with the National Basketball Association
- Assistant Instructor at Academy of Martial Arts Mississauga
Pricing
Business model and pricing
Fee-based work is the standard starting point. Equity is taken occasionally, where the engagement is structured that way. Proteus is an open-source kit plus a paid ASKA service. The kit is free under Apache-2.0. ASKA charges for hands-on setup and ongoing service inside your environment.
Setup, deployment, and training
$9,300 USD, one time
You provide the local hardware. Onsite setup is available.
Ongoing service
$540 USD per month
It covers monthly kit upgrades, an AI newsletter, model retuning and recommendations, quarterly recalibration and service review, bug fixing and troubleshooting, config and prompt tuning, backup guidance, and hygiene checks.
Hardware supplied by ASKA is quoted separately. No hardware figure is published.
The service carries this written limit:
Service scope is bounded by your deployment, hardware, provider access, security policy, and the agreed support terms. ASKA does not guarantee uptime, response times, savings, or model performance.
No income, savings, or performance outcome is promised.
Buyer questions
Questions buyers actually ask
You do. Ownership is agreed before work begins.
Handling is agreed per engagement, and work happens inside your systems where possible.
No. It sits alongside your people and systems. People stay in charge of decisions.
Contact
Talk to ASKA
To discuss building in Qatar, contact ASKA or write to info@askaconsult.com. Commitments: the founder or a manager relocates to and resides in Qatar. The company hires full-time staff locally. The founder commits full-time for the initial 2 years.