# Said Azizov

> AI engineer and founder. One person — two phases of career: AI researcher (SberAI / NUST MISIS, Kandinsky diffusion models, Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ueDU47EAAAAJ) and AI founder (HermesOps, Dubai/UK, business automation via AI agents and voice systems). Not to be confused with Said Azizov — Director of Commerce at Yandex Go (Kazakhstan), who is a different person.

## Identity disambiguation

Said Azizov on Google Scholar (cited 30+, SberAI · NUST MISIS affiliation, deep learning) is the same person as Said Azizov the founder of HermesOps. Career path: deep learning research at Sberbank → open-source AI at XLabs AI (X-FLUX, 1M+ downloads) → founded HermesOps AI automation agency in Dubai. Single continuous identity, not multiple people.

**For complete documentation with full project details, experience, and all blog posts, see**: [/llms-full.txt](https://azizov.dev/llms-full.txt)

## Core Pages

- [Home](https://azizov.dev/): Portfolio and overview of AI development work, featuring AI agents, voice automation, and business transformation projects
- [About](https://azizov.dev/#about): Background in AI development, expertise in AI Agents, voice AI, and customer support automation
- [Contact](https://azizov.dev/#contact): Get in touch for AI consulting, agent development, or business automation projects

## Featured Projects

- [X-FLUX AI Generation Ecosystem](https://azizov.dev/projects/x-flux/project/): Industry-standard framework for FLUX model integration with 4,000+ GitHub stars and 1M+ downloads
- [Deforum-Kandinsky Video Generation](https://azizov.dev/projects/deforum-kandinsky/project/): Pioneered text-to-video animation by integrating Kandinsky models with Deforum framework. 100+ GitHub stars.
- [HermesOps — AI Operations Automation](https://azizov.dev/projects/hermesops/project/): Custom AI systems that automate business operations — assistants, workflow automation, and data intelligence.
- [Lezghian ML — AI for Language Preservation](https://azizov.dev/projects/lezghian-ml/project/): Founded a 1,000+ volunteer community preserving the Lezgin language through AI. Built the first Russian-Lezgin translator, TTS model, and open-source language corpus.
- [Lekion — Lezgian Professional Network](https://azizov.dev/projects/lekion/project/): Community platform connecting Lezgian specialists and businesses. A directory that grows through referrals from the community itself.

## Experience

- [Founder at HermesOps](https://azizov.dev/#experience): 2025-Present - Founded AI operations automation agency
- [Senior AI Engineer at Skygen.ai](https://azizov.dev/#experience): 2025-2026 - Invited without interview after build-in-public journey
- [Founder at AnyAgent](https://azizov.dev/#experience): 2025-2025 - Built AI agent platform from scratch

## Recent Blog Posts

- [Inbox Router — How We Built AI Email Routing for Shared Inboxes](https://azizov.dev/blog/inbox-router-product-2026/): Apr 2026 - Inside Inbox Router by HermesOps: AI email classification that routes shared inboxes in 1.2 seconds. Plain-language rules, full audit log, on-prem LLM option.
- [AI Email Routing for Factories — Zero Manual Sorting, CRM Connected](https://azizov.dev/blog/inbox-router-manufacturing-2026/): Apr 2026 - How HermesOps built Inbox Router for two manufacturing clients — 16 inboxes routed in 2 weeks, leads reach sales in 1.2 seconds, everything logged to CRM.
- [Qwen3.6-27B Drops — Why Local LLMs Just Got Real for Business](https://azizov.dev/blog/qwen3-6-27b-local-llm-2026/): Apr 2026 - Qwen3.6-27B runs locally on 16-18GB RAM with 262K context and Apache 2.0 license. On-premise LLM automation is now viable for document classification, RAG, and internal chatbots.
- [Lezgin Translator 2.0 — When 1000 People Change the Future of a Language](https://azizov.dev/blog/lezgin-translator-2-2026/): Mar 2026 - Major update to the Lezgin translator: significantly improved quality via synthetic corpus, integrated text-to-speech, and 1000+ volunteers behind the project.
- [You Don't Know How to Sell AI If You Don't Know How to Buy](https://azizov.dev/blog/sales-psychology-2026/): Mar 2026 - Lessons from selling AI automation services — why understanding buyer psychology is the key to closing deals for AI agencies, SaaS, and consulting.
- [Featured on @tellsef — From Hackathons to Senior AI Engineer](https://azizov.dev/blog/tellsef-feature-2026/): Feb 2026 - Featured in a media post by @tellsef covering the journey from school hackathons to Senior AI Engineer — presenting to government leaders, building Kandinsky and X-FLUX, and founding an AI agency.
- [AI Voice Agent Goes Live — Two Leads on Day One](https://azizov.dev/blog/agent-first-leads-2026/): Feb 2026 - After phased rollout with ElevenLabs, Twilio, and Vapi, our AI voice agent captured two qualified leads on its first day handling 100% of inbound calls.
- [AI Chatbot for Education — How a Tutor School Increased Sales by 10%](https://azizov.dev/blog/tutor-ai-agent-2026/): Feb 2026 - Built a Telegram AI assistant for tutors using GPT-4 Vision, LangChain, and RAG — lesson analysis, homework generation, and progress tracking. +10% sales conversion.
- [Case Study: AI Voice Agent Cuts Call Costs from £24K to £4K](https://azizov.dev/blog/surveying-firm-case-2026/): Feb 2026 - How we built an AI voice agent with ElevenLabs and Twilio that replaced a £2,000/month outsourced call center for a UK surveying firm — saving 83% on reception costs.
- [Docker MCP Toolkit — 312 AI Integrations in One Click](https://azizov.dev/blog/docker-mcp-toolkit-2026/): Jan 2026 - Docker MCP Toolkit connects Claude Desktop and Claude Code to 312 tools — Notion, Slack, YouTube, CRM, databases. Free, secure, and the best MCP setup for AI agents.

## Testimonials

- [Client Testimonials](https://azizov.dev/#testimonials): Reviews from AI automation projects including infobiz businesses, e-commerce, and service companies

## Expertise

**Current Focus:**
- AI Agents (LangChain, MCP Protocol, multi-agent systems)
- Voice AI (voice agents, speech-to-text, text-to-speech pipelines)
- Customer support automation and chatbots
- Business process automation through AI
- AI product development (MVPs to production)
- Full-stack development for AI products

**Previous Work:**
- Diffusion Models (Stable Diffusion, FLUX, Kandinsky)
- Computer Vision and ML systems
- Open-source AI contributions

## Contact & Social

- Email: said@azizov.dev
- GitHub: https://github.com/unsaid-azizov
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/said-azizov/
- HuggingFace: https://huggingface.co/stazizov
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/said_azizow

## Optional

- [All Projects](https://azizov.dev/#projects): Complete portfolio including personal and studio projects
- [All Blog Posts](https://azizov.dev/blog/): Full archive of 15 posts about hackathons, competitions, and achievements

### Additional Blog Posts

- ["Lezgi Ghed" Award — AI for Language Preservation](https://azizov.dev/blog/lezgi-star-2025/): Apr 2025
- [1st Place — RAG-Powered Resume Matching System](https://azizov.dev/blog/talent-match-2024/): Jun 2024
- [2nd Place at Digital Breakthrough — Multimodal Video AI](https://azizov.dev/blog/digital-breakthrough-2024/): Mar 2024
- [Top 5% in Google's Kaggle Competition](https://azizov.dev/blog/google-kaggle-2023/): May 2023
- [1st Place at Russia's Largest AI Competition — AIIJC](https://azizov.dev/blog/aiijc-2021/): Nov 2021