The mind behind Niobotics — builder, designer & AI engineer
📍 Gorton, Manchester · 🇬🇧 UK
Mubeer Ahmed grew up in Gorton, Manchester — a place that shaped his no-nonsense approach to solving problems. From an early age he was drawn to how things are designed: why one interface feels effortless while another creates friction, why some products feel alive and others feel dead.
That curiosity led him deep into visual design and front-end development, where he spent years crafting digital experiences — building brands, designing user interfaces, and engineering the code to bring them to life. He became fluent across the full stack: from pixel-perfect Figma mockups to production React apps backed by serverless APIs.
"I started Niobotics because I got tired of seeing small businesses turned away from AI because of cost. The technology exists. It's not expensive to run. The only thing that was expensive was the agencies charging for it."
— Mubeer Ahmed, CEO & FounderWhen AI started moving fast — ChatGPT, Claude, GPT-4 multimodal — Mubeer was already building. He recognised immediately that LLM function-calling, RAG pipelines, and structured outputs were going to change what small developers could deliver. He built Niobotics to put that power in the hands of businesses that couldn't afford a £30,000 agency quote.
Long before Niobotics built its first AI system, Mubeer was fascinated by robotics. The iRobot Roomba represented something profound to him: a machine that could autonomously navigate a messy, unpredictable real-world environment and just… get the job done. No human required.
That philosophy — autonomous systems that handle complexity so humans don't have to — is baked into everything Niobotics builds. Every API, every agent, every automated listing pipeline traces back to this idea: the best technology is the kind that works in the background while you focus on what matters.
"iRobot were doing agentic AI before anyone called it that," says Mubeer. "A robot mapping its environment, replanning in real time, completing a task without supervision. That's exactly what modern LLM agents are. The robot just got a lot smarter."
Mubeer's background in design isn't just aesthetic — it shapes how he engineers. Systems he builds are clean because he thinks visually. UIs he creates feel right because he's spent years studying how people interact with interfaces.
Years of UI/UX work across mobile apps, brand identities, and web products. Every pixel placed with intent — Mubeer designs systems, not just screens.
An enduring fascination with autonomous systems. iRobot's approach to solving real-world problems with AI directly inspired Niobotics' philosophy of silent, effective automation.
You'll spot Mubeer around Greater Manchester in his distinctive red Škoda Fabia — compact, reliable, no-nonsense. Much like the code he ships.
Building with GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini — not just prompting but engineering. Function schemas, RAG pipelines, agent loops, and structured output systems.
Born and raised in Greater Manchester. Gorton shaped his outlook — practical, direct, and deeply aware that great work doesn't require a London postcode.
Obsessive about moving quickly without compromising quality. Most Niobotics projects go from brief to deployed in days, not months. Speed is a design choice.
Ask anyone in the Niobotics circle and they'll tell you about the red Fabia. It's become a bit of a symbol — unpretentious, gets the job done, and somehow always ends up exactly where it needs to be. Just like the software Mubeer builds.
Most Niobotics projects are around £100 with free lifetime maintenance. No agency bloat. Just Mubeer and a fast build.