Team & Advisors

Founder-driven with an AI agent workforce — combining human vision with autonomous execution.

Founder & CEO

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Vitaliy Mahidov (Vitaly Kirkpatrick)
Founder & Chief Executive Manager

Vitaly founded CloviTek (originally CloviFi) in 2016 after growing up in an orphanage in Ukraine. Built an award-winning IoT hardware company recognized at CES 2018, serving 135 paying customers. Pivoted to AI platforms in 2025, applying deep product development experience and technical execution to the platform engine model.

Key Achievements:

  • CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree — global recognition for technical innovation
  • 9 years operational track record — demonstrated grit, resilience, product-market navigation
  • 135 paying customers — proven ability to attract, convert, and serve customers
  • Successful pivot execution — transitioned from hardware to AI platforms while preserving brand equity
  • 80+ AI agents deployed — architected and orchestrated autonomous agent workforce
  • 63 platforms shipped — platform engine built, proven, and scaling
Product Development AI/ML Platform Engineering Hardware → Software Pivot Agent Orchestration SaaS Business Models Marketplace Launches Technical Architecture

Operating Model

CloviTek operates with a lean, founder-driven model augmented by an AI agent workforce. Rather than hiring developers and specialists, we deploy autonomous agents for most operational tasks.

Founder Orchestration

Vitaly sets strategy, validates agent output, and handles cross-boundary decisions. Orchestrates, doesn't execute — the agents build.

80+ AI Agents

Autonomous agents handle: SRS authoring, code generation, UI design, brand creation, security audits, debugging, pricing strategy, research. Production work, not assistance.

Strategic Hires (Planned)

With funding: Head of Sales, Marketing Lead, Customer Success Manager. Not developers — agents handle code. Humans handle customer relationships and go-to-market.

Core Competencies

Platform Engineering

Multi-tenant architecture, microservices, reusable infrastructure. 9 years building production systems from hardware to AI.

AI Orchestration

Claude Agent SDK, multi-model routing, RAG pipelines, tool-use patterns. Deep expertise in autonomous agent design.

Product Velocity

2-week platform launch cycles. Proven ability to ship rapidly without sacrificing quality. Speed as a competitive moat.

Capital Efficiency

$51K to build 63 platforms. Real-time cost measurement via CloviMeter. Measured, not estimated economics.

Resilience & Grit

Orphanage → CES award → successful pivot. Proven ability to navigate challenges, adapt to markets, and persist through obstacles.

Technical Depth

Full-stack: Node.js, React, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, nginx. Cloud infra (AWS, Cloudflare). AI APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google).

Advisors

Advisory board to be assembled with funding. Target profiles:

SaaS GTM Expert

Advisor with proven track record scaling SaaS from $0 to $10M+ ARR. Focus: marketplace launches, pricing strategy, customer acquisition.

AI/ML Technologist

Deep AI expertise, ideally from Anthropic/OpenAI/Google alumni. Focus: agent architecture, RAG optimization, model selection.

Legal/Compliance

Counsel for vertical AI tools, especially in regulated industries (legal, finance, healthcare). Focus: compliance, risk mitigation, IP protection.

Enterprise Sales

B2B sales leader from horizontal SaaS platform (Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, etc.). Focus: enterprise go-to-market, white-label licensing strategy.

Hiring Plan (Post-Funding)

Strategic hires focused on go-to-market and customer success — NOT development (agents handle code):

Head of Sales (Q3 2026)

Owns revenue targets, marketplace launches, white-label partnerships. Experience scaling 0→$2M ARR.

Marketing Lead (Q4 2026)

Content marketing, SEO, demand generation. Builds organic pipeline, manages AppSumo/Product Hunt launches.

Customer Success Manager (Q1 2027)

Onboarding, support, retention. Converts LTD users to paid tiers. Identifies expansion opportunities.

DevOps Engineer (Q2 2027)

First technical hire. Manages infrastructure scaling, monitoring, security hardening as customer volume grows. Agents handle features; DevOps ensures uptime.

Why no software engineers? The AI agents build and maintain the platform fleet. Hiring developers would slow us down — they can't match agent speed or reuse leverage. We hire for customer-facing roles and strategic oversight, not code execution.

Culture & Values

Measured, Not Estimated

Every metric provenance-tagged. No puffery, no fabricated numbers. Honest financials build investor trust.

Agent-First

Default to agents for execution. Humans orchestrate, validate, and handle relationships. Embrace AI workforce as competitive advantage.

Speed Wins

2-week launch cycles. Capture market windows competitors miss. Bias toward shipping over perfection.

Reuse Everything

Never rebuild what exists. Compose, don't duplicate. Infrastructure, code, design, learnings — all compound.