About

An independent Irish consultancy with production roots.

Founded and run by Mohammed Saidu, ex AWS engineer, now bringing production AI engineering to companies that need it to actually work.

Mohammed Saidu, founder of Motekai

From the founder

Started out as a chef. Long hours, hot kitchens, fast hands. Wanted a different kind of pressure, so I went back to college. I'd always liked working with computers as a kid, and with the world clearly heading that way, it felt like the right time to explore properly. Finished the degree, walked straight into AWS, and spent a year there running production ML at scale.

Then I wanted a change. So I went solo, and Motekai is what came out the other side.

Mohammed

How I work

  • 01

    Production etiquette over demo polish.

    Real engineering practices behind every system. Observability, retries, audit trails. Not pitch slides.

  • 02

    One engineer, end to end.

    Solo by design. No handoffs, no juniors padded into the bill. You speak to the person doing the work.

  • 03

    Honest about fit.

    If we're not the right fit for what you need, we'll say so and point you to someone who is. Better to lose work than mis-sell it.

Ireland — the coast and country Motekai calls home
A few shots from the Ring of Kerry — a taste of Ireland

More of my work lives at mosaidu.com

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