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Hi, I’m Ali Alkhateeb.

Founding engineer at Bustem ($7M ARR in year one). Built the AI behind FireDesign.ai. Founder of alstro.

I build software for businesses.

Hi, I’m Ali. Ask me anything about my work, alstro, or where to find me.

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What I’m building and learning, as I go.

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Founder of

alstro

Custom software and AI for businesses.

New York City

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Where I build.

Studied at

NJIT

BS, Computer Science

Email

alialkhateeb404@gmail.com

Tell me what you’re building.

Work

Bustem

Founding Engineer

Third engineer at a bootstrapped brand-protection company that hit $7M ARR in its first year.

Bustem’s preview image: an original seller’s product next to a fake copy

Think Big Technology

Software Engineer

AI software for high-stakes industries, from MVPs to enterprise SaaS.

Think Big Technology’s preview image: “You dream it. We build it.” beside its services

FireDesign.ai

Software Engineer

The first AI that turns floor plans into code-compliant fire sprinkler designs.

FireDesign.ai’s preview image: “Automate fire sprinkler design from your floor plans” over a floor plan drawing

Poseidon

Software Engineer

One platform for construction trades to run their projects, costs and field reports.

Poseidon’s preview image: its sales dashboard on a laptop and its field app on a phone
  • PeerlinkCraigslist, rebuilt so every user is verified and both sides agree before they talk. I built it solo and shipped it to the App Store.
  • InternshipsCrestron Electronics and ADP.

About

I’m a software engineer in New York City with a computer science degree from NJIT. I build software that businesses run on, at startups and through my agency, alstro.

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Need something built? That’s alstro.

alstro is my agency in New York City. Tell us how your business works, and we’ll build the software and AI around it.

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