Yermek Ibrayev is the Founder & CEO of Nxivo, an AI receptionist platform that answers calls 24/7, books appointments, and collects payments for small businesses. With 15+ years of engineering experience at Google, Meta, and Stash, he specializes in applied AI, LLM/RAG systems, voice pipelines, and MLOps. He built Nxivo's self-hosted AI infrastructure from the ground up — no third-party AI providers, full data privacy. He writes and speaks on practical AI adoption for small and medium-sized businesses.