Investment Case
QAYNEX

Make AI accountable
before it scales.

A Qatar-first, bilingual operational AI governance platform that turns policy, risk and data controls into one auditable workflow.

Arabic + English·No-code·Enterprise accountability·Qatar-first
Zonair Rana — Founder
Pre-revenue prototype. Product metrics are simulated unless explicitly sourced.
Prototype · simulated data
Investment thesisQAYNEX · 02/19

Qatar is accelerating an AI economy.
Someone has to make it governable.

AI creates opportunity.

Scale creates accountability.

QAYNEX is positioned between the two.

Qatar's Digital Agenda 2030 targets approximately

QAR 40B

~US$11B · Projected cumulative annual digital economic impact.

26,000

ICT jobs targeted by 2030.

Source: Qatar Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Digital Agenda 2030. Figures are national targets, not QAYNEX projections.
Public fact
The risk is already measurableQAYNEX · 03/19

AI adoption is moving faster than governance.

63%

of breached organizations surveyed either lacked an AI-governance policy or were still developing one.

97%

of organizations experiencing an AI-related security incident reported lacking proper AI access controls.

+$670K

average breach-cost premium associated with high levels of shadow AI.

AI is not the exposure.

Uncontrolled AI is.

Visibility. Ownership. Evidence.

Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025. Global statistics; not Qatar-specific.
Public fact
Why Qatar. Why now.QAYNEX · 04/19

The policy environment is moving toward accountable AI.

Digital Agenda 2030
Qatar prioritizes data, emerging technologies, digital government and secure ICT infrastructure.
National AI Policy
The 2025–26 consultation includes AI governance among its national policy pillars.
Institutional momentum
The Qatar Shura Council publicly discussed AI governance and the need for a coherent national framework in April 2026.

Policy creates responsibility.

Responsibility demands execution.

Execution needs infrastructure.

QAYNEX is pursuing that operational layer.

Sources: Qatar MCIT, Digital Agenda 2030 · Qatar National AI Policy public consultation (2025–26) · Qatar Shura Council public session on AI governance (April 2026).
Public fact
The broken status quoQAYNEX · 05/19

Policy exists. Execution is fragmented.

Today, governance can be spread across

Policy documents
Spreadsheets
Emails
Security tickets
Compliance reviews
Manual evidence collection

This creates

  • ×No unified AI inventory
  • ×Inconsistent data classification
  • ×Disconnected ownership
  • ×Manual approval chains
  • ×Evidence reconstructed after the fact

Another policy document will not solve this.

A control system might.

The solutionQAYNEX · 06/19

QAYNEX is the operational control layer for enterprise AI.

01
Register

What AI are we using?

02
Classify

What data does it touch?

03
Assess

What could go wrong?

04
Approve

Who accepts the risk?

05
Monitor

What changed?

06
Prove

Can we demonstrate control?

Policy→Decision→Owner→Evidence

QAYNEX turns governance from something organizations document into something they operate.

Describes the target product workflow. The current prototype demonstrates this model with simulated data.
Future target
Product experienceQAYNEX · 07/19

Governance should feel like software.

Not bureaucracy.

One AI system.

One accountable owner.

One evidence trail.

QAYNEX prototype — AI Decision Trace
AI Decision TraceSimulated
Prototype screen: AI Decision Trace. Simulated data.
Prototype · simulated data
Adoption advantageQAYNEX · 08/19

The best governance platform is the one people actually use.

No-code
Business users should not need programming knowledge to participate in AI governance.
Guided
Complex governance requirements become understandable questions, actions and approvals.
Role-based
Executives see exposure.Compliance sees controls.Product teams see actions.Auditors see evidence.
Arabic + English
Governance should operate in the language of the organization.حوكمة الذكاء الاصطناعي

Localization translates words.

Qatar-first product strategy translates context.

Management strategy
PrototypeQAYNEX · 09/19

The idea already has an interface.

The next step is production.

Prototype environment — simulated data
QAYNEX prototype — Executive Dashboard
Executive DashboardSimulated
QAYNEX prototype — Classification
ClassificationSimulated
QAYNEX prototype — Assessments
AssessmentsSimulated
QAYNEX prototype — Approvals
ApprovalsSimulated
QAYNEX prototype — Evidence & Audit
Evidence & AuditSimulated
QAYNEX prototype — Decision Trace
Decision TraceSimulated

Funding advances the prototype toward

  • —Enterprise architecture
  • —Production integrations
  • —Security hardening
  • —Private deployment
  • —Validated Arabic localization
  • —Pilot-ready infrastructure
Real screenshots of the working QAYNEX prototype. Prototype environment — simulated data. No production customers.
Prototype · simulated data
Competitive positioningQAYNEX · 10/19

The category is proven.
The adoption experience is not finished.

Focus areaGlobal governance suitesConsulting-led programsQAYNEX intent
Enterprise AI governanceEstablishedAdvisoryCore
Arabic operating experienceVariesVariesCore design goal
No-code business workflowVariesNot software-ledCore design goal
Qatar-focused implementationVariesVariesPrimary market
Evidence and auditabilityEstablishedDocument-basedCore
Ease of pilot deploymentVariesEngagement-based8–12 week pilot
Operational simplicityVariesVariesDesign priority

QAYNEX's strategic positioning

Qatar-firstArabic + EnglishNo-codeOperationalEvidence-drivenPilot-first

QAYNEX does not need competitors to be weak.

It needs to be easier to adopt.

Competitive positioning represents management strategy and requires continued customer and market validation.
Management strategy
Target customersQAYNEX · 11/19

Primary buying trigger

“We are deploying AI faster than we can govern it.”

Initial customer categories

Government ministries and public-sector entities
Financial institutions
Healthcare organizations
Telecommunications
Critical infrastructure
Large enterprises adopting generative AI and AI agents

Target economic buyers

CIOCISOChief Data OfficerRisk leadershipCompliance leadershipDigital transformation leadership
Management strategy
Business modelQAYNEX · 12/19

Land with a pilot. Expand into infrastructure.

Pilot
QAR 75K–150K
≈ US$20.6K–$41.2K
8–12 weeks
  • —One business unit
  • —Core workflows
  • —Policy mapping
  • —Proof of value
Enterprise
QAR 250K–600K+ annually
≈ US$68.6K–$164.7K+ annually
Annual software / private deployment
  • —AI inventory
  • —Approvals
  • —Controls
  • —Audit evidence
  • —Integrations
Implementation & services
QAR 50K–200K+
≈ US$13.7K–$54.9K+
Per engagement
  • —Configuration
  • —Migration
  • —Training
  • —Governance setup
Management pricing assumptions. QAYNEX currently has no contracted revenue. USD shown at approximately QAR 3.64 per US$1.
Management assumption
Recurring valueQAYNEX · 13/19

Every AI system creates another governance obligation.

One department→More AI systems→More decisions→More policies→More evidence→More integrations→More departments

Over time, QAYNEX can become the institutional memory of AI accountability.

Strategic thesis, not existing traction.
Management strategy
Founder-market fitQAYNEX · 14/19

My career has been about finding failure before users experience it.

Now I am applying that discipline to AI accountability.

ZR

Zonair Rana

Founder, QAYNEX

B.S. Computer Science & Information Systems
University of Maryland Global Campus

A.S. Cybersecurity
Anne Arundel Community College

Languages

English · German · Italian · Urdu · Punjabi · Hindi · Spanish (basic)

Cross-market product experience · DACH localization exposure · International operating perspective

01 — AI / Meta

Senior QA automation supporting Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses. A primary German-language QA lead for DACH-market validation across conversational AI, NLP, firmware, localization and release readiness. Part of the quality effort supporting release into the German market.

45% faster regression · +60% AI automation coverage · −30% flaky failures

02 — Regulated domains

Government & Defense — federal-grade testing, traceability, audit-ready reporting, release gates.

FinTech — banking systems, PCI-DSS, fraud testing, transaction validation, audit trails.

Healthcare — HIPAA-sensitive systems, claims, member portals, PHI data validation.

Quality, controls, evidence and accountability have been recurring themes across every domain.

03 — Technical depth

Python · JavaScript · Java · SQL · Playwright · Selenium · WebDriverIO · Appium · Cypress · PyTest · REST APIs · Postman · Jenkins · GitHub Actions · AWS · BrowserStack · Jira · TestRail

AI / NLP validation · Conversational AI · Voice-model accuracy · Intent / entity validation · i18n / l10n · Multilingual QA

04 — Founder / operator · ANELUX Athletics

Product sourcing, supplier coordination, pricing, B2B sales, customer acquisition, custom manufacturing, international supply-chain coordination, enterprise and government-facing outreach.

My career has revolved around four questions

  1. 1What can fail?
  2. 2How do we detect it?
  3. 3Who owns it?
  4. 4Can we prove it was controlled?

AI governance asks the same questions — at institutional scale.

Why Qatar is more than a marketQAYNEX · 15/19

Software creates access.
Local capability creates lasting value.

QAYNEX intends to

We intend to establish operations in Qatar, recruit local technical and governance talent, transfer quality-engineering knowledge, deepen Arabic product expertise and use Qatar as the operating base for regional expansion.

From Qatar. For the region.

A Qatar-headquartered AI governance and quality-engineering company with regional ambition.

Stated intentions. QAYNEX does not currently have a Qatar entity or Qatar-based staff.
Future target
Why this matters to QatarQAYNEX · 16/19

As AI adoption scales, governance infrastructure becomes increasingly important.

Will Qatar only import that capability — or participate in creating it?

01Qatar-headquartered enterprise technology
02Arabic-first capability
03Local technology employment
04Quality-engineering knowledge transfer
05Qatar-focused product development
06Regional export potential

The opportunity is larger than software.

It is capability Qatar can originate and export.

Future target
Go-to-marketQAYNEX · 17/19

The first objective is not scale.
It is proof.

Validate → Prove → Expand

0–6 months · Validate
  • —Qatar entity setup
  • —Security architecture
  • —Arabic terminology validation
  • —2–3 design partners
  • —Initial Qatar hires / advisors
6–12 months · Prove
  • —Flagship government or regulated-enterprise pilot

Measure

  • ·Governance-cycle time
  • ·Approval time
  • ·Evidence completeness
  • ·Manual effort reduction
12–24 months · Expand
  • —Convert pilots into annual contracts
  • —Expand across departments
  • —Add integrations
  • —Create sector templates
  • —Prepare regional expansion

One respected Qatar reference customer can change the trajectory of the company.

Planned milestones. No pilots or design partners are contracted today.
Future target
Funding askQAYNEX · 18/19

Turn the prototype into infrastructure.

Funding target

Up to US$1.1M

Subject to Startup Qatar / QDB diligence and program terms.

Product & Engineering35%

Enterprise platform · Integrations · Private deployment

Security & Governance25%

Security architecture · Testing · Control library · Assurance

Qatar Go-To-Market20%

Pilots · Partnerships · Customer discovery

Local Talent12%

Arabic product · Governance expertise · Technical talent · Customer support

Legal & Operations8%

Entity · Contracts · Compliance · Infrastructure

18-month target

18 months from prototype toward enterprise readiness:

  • —Qatar entity
  • —Production-ready platform
  • —Validated Arabic UX
  • —Qatar-based team
  • —Flagship pilots
  • —First recurring enterprise customers
Funding target is subject to Startup Qatar / QDB diligence and program terms. No funding has been approved.
Future targetManagement assumption
QAYNEX

AI will scale.
Accountability must scale with it.

Qatar has already chosen acceleration.

The next question is how that acceleration remains visible, governed and accountable.

QAYNEX wants to answer that question from Qatar.

Control.

Accountability.

Scale.

Zonair Rana · Founder, QAYNEX