# Faisal Karkoh

> Faisal Karkoh is an AI product builder and digital strategist based in Kuwait, building AI products, agents, automation and bilingual digital experiences for businesses across the GCC.

## About

The blog retains AI & Building as its core and adds Business in Dubai and Living & Working in Dubai. The curated hub is https://www.faisalkarkoh.com/dubai. It covers company setup, banking, payments, domains, workspaces and relocation for founders. Detailed guides appear only after publication; consult each article's information-checked date and linked official sources for changing terms.

- Name: Faisal Karkoh
- Role: AI Product Builder & Digital Strategist
- Based: Kuwait
- Markets served: Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, wider GCC
- Languages: English, Arabic
- Site: https://www.faisalkarkoh.com
- Canonical entity: https://www.faisalkarkoh.com/#person

## Background

- Co-founder & CTO, Wavai — Kuwait web and eCommerce practice
- Chief Technology Officer, Al-Qabas newspaper (Kuwait) — since 2016, leading digital transformation
- Chief Executive Officer, Menasa — since 2020
- Chief Operating Officer, Bleep — since 2022
- Chief Technology Officer, SHASHA — since 2022
- 15+ years building and running digital businesses across Kuwait and the UAE

## What I do

- AI product development — MVPs, internal products, SaaS, workflow tools, LLM-powered features
- AI agents — support, sales, operations, research, internal knowledge, lead qualification
- AI automation — CRM, WhatsApp, email, support, content operations, reporting, eCommerce
- AI consulting — opportunity assessment, workflow discovery, roadmap, tool selection
- Arabic-first AI products — RTL, Arabic typography, dialect handling, bilingual retrieval and search
- Supporting delivery expertise — Lovable, Notion, Webflow, Shopify, WordPress, Supabase

## AI pages

- [AI](/ai): Main AI hub — products, agents, automation, consulting, Arabic-first AI.
- [AI in Kuwait](/ai/kuwait): AI product development, agents and automation for Kuwait businesses.
- [AI in Dubai](/ai/dubai): AI MVPs, agents and automation for Dubai startups, SMEs and operators.
- [AI in Abu Dhabi](/ai/abu-dhabi): Internal AI tools, knowledge systems and governed workflows.
- [AI in the UAE](/ai/uae): AI product development across the Emirates.
- [AI Product Development](/ai/ai-product-development): From business problem to a deployed build.
- [AI Agents](/ai/ai-agents): Agents that own real workflows, and what makes one production-ready.
- [AI Automation](/ai/ai-automation): Removing repetitive work without adding another dashboard.
- [AI Consulting](/ai/ai-consulting): Strategy that ends in a working prototype.
- [Arabic AI Products](/ai/arabic-ai-products): Arabic-first product design as architecture, not translation.

## Expertise pages

- [Web](/toolkit/web): Web strategy, UX, design, development, no-code and eCommerce — and how the platform gets chosen.
- [Claude](/toolkit/claude): Building with Claude — agents, automation, document processing, Arabic — and where not to use it.
- [Notion](/toolkit/notion): Notion consulting, company operating systems, database design, workflows and Notion AI.
- [Shopify](/toolkit/shopify): Shopify consulting, store development, migrations, local payment rails and eCommerce operations.
- [Lovable](/toolkit/lovable): AI-assisted product development with Lovable, including pricing and process.
- [Webflow](/toolkit/webflow): Marketing sites and CMS builds.
- [WordPress](/toolkit/wordpress): Publishing platforms and editorial workflows.
- [AI Solutions](/toolkit/ai-solutions): Applied AI across the delivery stack.

## Pages

- [Home](/): AI product builder and digital strategist homepage.
- [Expertise](/expertise): Full expertise map with supporting evidence.
- [Story](/story): Background, journey, and how I work with clients.
- [Selected Work](/work): Portfolio of projects and case studies.
- [AhlanAI case study](/work/ahlanai): Arabic-first AI tools directory, 500+ tools, 20+ categories.
- [Al-Qabas case study](/work/alqabas-ai): Digital platform transformation of a Kuwaiti newspaper.
- [Toolkit](/tools): Curated directory of AI tools.
- [Services](/services): Consulting services from strategy to build and growth.
- [Blog](/blog): Articles on AI, product, no-code, strategy and digital operations.
- [Listening](/listening): Podcasts, interviews and conversations Faisal listens to and recommends — AI, software, products, building companies.
- [Books](/books): A curated reading list for building products, businesses, teams and better ways of working.
- [Connect](/contact): Contact page to start a project or collaboration.
- [Stack](/stack): Technologies and tools I use and recommend.
- [About](/about): Biography and operating history.
- [Privacy](/privacy): Privacy policy and data handling.
- [Terms](/terms): Terms of service.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Full sitemap with all indexed URLs and hreflang alternates.
- Arabic versions of most pages are served under the `/ar` prefix. The `/ai/*`,
  `/expertise`, `/toolkit/web`, `/toolkit/claude` and `/work/*` pages are currently
  English-only.

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