Tawfique Ahmed
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Tawfique Ahmed

Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Building practical AI businesses.

Build / Selected ventures

A builder’s body of work.

Practical AI is the current chapter. Commerce, retail, logistics, and business technology are the operating experience behind it.

Tawfique Ahmed with colleagues at a team gathering

01 / Current work

Experience, applied to practical AI
Building now

Pinacall

A conversation is
only the beginning.

Behind a customer’s question is work to be done. Understand the request. Find the right information. Take a useful next step.

That is the problem I’m building Pinacall around: conversational and agentic AI for businesses operating in Bangla, Banglish, and English.

Why I’m building it
p.FROM CONVERSATION TO ACTION
01 / A customer asks

Kal 3tay appointment hobe?

“Is an appointment possible tomorrow at 3?”
UnderstandCheckRespond
02 / The work behind the answer

Check availability.
Confirm the details.
Keep a person in reach.

An illustrative workflow. Visit Pinacall for current product capabilities.

People → Systems → Business → Intelligence

Operating evidence

Businesses shaped by the work.

Pinacall is the current flagship. Earlier and active ventures add experience with customers, products, teams, and delivery.

Since 2015

Vapor World

Five retail outlets plus online sales. A decade of operating decisions, stock, teams, locations, and customer relationships.

Since 2020

BeShuddho

More than 20,000 customers served through agro-commerce and delivery work, with quality and fulfilment at the center.

Active

NearbyGadget

Consumer technology, sourcing, online sales, and product discovery in a difficult retail market.

Established, active & earlier work

Each business adds a different perspective
02
Active

NearbyGadget

Consumer technology & commerce

A consumer-technology business combining product sourcing, online sales, and content-led commerce. Its operating focus is how people discover, evaluate, and buy useful products.

03
Established

Vapor World

Retail & operations

Operating since 2015, with five retail outlets and online sales. The retail network includes Dhanmondi, Gulshan, Banani, and Mirpur 1. The business brings experience in day-to-day operations, distribution, and customer relationships.

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Operating since 2020

BeShuddho

Agro-commerce & delivery

An agro-commerce and delivery business that has served more than 20,000 customers. Product quality and delivery are central to its operating work.

05
Selected work

Port Catalyst

Logistics & delivery infrastructure

Consultancy, project management, and operations work supporting home-delivery services with Bangladesh Post Office. Part of Tawfique’s experience connecting institutional systems with practical delivery operations.

06
Emerging

ParkQ

Parking automation

An emerging product focused on making manual parking operations more transparent through ticketing and management visibility.

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Earlier

DExHUB

Business technology

Earlier digital and IoT work, part of a broader history of applying technology to operating businesses.

Operating details are reported by Tawfique Ahmed, updated October 2026. They describe the businesses’ scale and history; results reflect the work of their teams.

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