Hadi Mahboob

Turning ambitious ideas into products, systems and companies that scale.

Hadi Mahboob

Entrepreneur and technology strategist in San Francisco, working across AI, software, fintech and digital assets. I help founders and businesses decide what to build, then build it.

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Fifteen years of building, 2011 to now.

Five chapters.

From a first product in 2011 to a venture studio in San Francisco.

  1. Chapter 1

    2011

    Started with a telehealth marketplace.

    I built DrClick in 2011, years before a video call with a doctor was normal. It taught me to ship.

  2. Chapter 2

    2012

    Went early into Bitcoin.

    I entered Bitcoin and blockchain in 2012. The next year I co-founded CoinIran, education and news about digital assets in Farsi. Then years across infrastructure, trading, fintech and crypto products. In 2018 I organized Blockchain Summit Istanbul.

    Blockchain Summit Istanbul, 2018

  3. Chapter 3

    2018

    Co-founded INVALERT.

    Digital-asset intelligence first, then AI-powered infrastructure for asset management. Real AI, on real money.

  4. Chapter 4

    2024

    Built payment rails for stablecoins.

    BraidPay connects modern digital assets to real-world business payments. Modern money, ordinary invoices.

  5. Chapter 5

    2025

    Founded a studio in San Francisco.

    BraidNest is a venture studio and technology partner for founders who need it built, not described.

I look at the whole company, not only the software. What to build, how it should work, what it should cost, how to explain it, and how to get it in front of customers and investors.

BraidNest — San Francisco venture studio

Building with founders, not just advising them.

Through BraidNest I work with a team across strategy, design, engineering and AI. We take companies from concept to production, with active clients doing exactly that today.

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IN — an ideaOUT — a company that scalesBusinessDesignTechnology1Strategy2Design3Engineering4AI5Launch6ScaleWhere mostadvice stopsWhere we keep going

We don't hand a company a deck telling it what to do. We help build it.

The work happens where these overlap.

Five disciplines. The advantage is the combination.

  • Software — architecture, web platforms, APIs, SaaS, cloud
  • AI — LLMs, agents, automation, data systems, AI product strategy
  • Fintech — payments, stablecoins, digital assets, wallets
  • Product — strategy, MVPs, UX/UI, roadmaps, GTM
  • Venture building — formation, founder strategy, fundraising, business models, scaling

  • Software × AI

    Agentic systems and internal AI tools

  • Software × Fintech

    Payment rails and wallet infrastructure

    BraidPay

  • Software × Product

    SaaS platforms and API products

  • Software × Venture building

    Architecture that survives due diligence

  • AI × Fintech

    Intelligence for asset management

    INVALERT

  • AI × Product

    AI products that solve a business problem

  • AI × Venture building

    Automation that lets small teams operate large

  • Fintech × Product

    Stablecoin payments customers understand

    BraidPay

  • Fintech × Venture building

    Digital-asset companies since 2012

  • Product × Venture building

    MVPs ready for customers and investors

    BraidNest