Co-founder & CEO
Nicolas Hawat is the Co-founder and CEO of Start Me Up AI, bringing over a decade of experience in developing intelligent software solutions, particularly in the financial sector for trading software used by international banks and trading desks. He leads SMUAI's mission to deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions that save startups 6-12 months of development time.
In 2023, Nicolas began planning his transition from full-time employment to freelancing and becoming a digital nomad. While experimenting with Generative AI, he realized its potential to make software development faster and better. This led to the creation of an internalAI developer that became the foundation of SMUAI's rapid delivery capabilities.
The internal AI developer is the AI Co-CTO, designed to transform how development teams build, test, and ship software.
At Start Me Up AI, Nicolas leads the mission to empower startups and businesses withreliable, scalable, and cost-effective software solutions. By leveraging AI-powered development tools, SMUAI enables startups to avoid settling for modest solutions that are hard to scale, instead delivering enterprise-quality at startup-friendly prices.
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