HYVE Labs
Building AI-native systems, custom software, workflow automation, and delivery foundations for businesses that need the work to hold up in production.
Managing Director, HYVE Labs
Shaheer Usmani
Shaheer Usmani runs HYVE Labs in Dubai, focusing on AI workflow systems, software, and infrastructure for teams dealing with operational drag.
The operating path
Closer to the systems layer.
After more than 15 years across growth, digital, CRM, retention, and execution roles, including work inside major regional retail environments such as Azadea Group, Apparel Group, and Landmark Group, Shaheer moved closer to the systems layer itself. HYVE Labs grew out of that shift: building AI-native systems, custom software, and delivery foundations for businesses that need execution to hold up properly.
Current focus
The work in motion now.
ANITA AI
Building a crypto-native digital human brand with AI at the center of the experience.
Ventures and build work
Co-founding SellThru with Ankit and backing ventures including myco.io.
Working principles
How decisions stay grounded.
Start with the bottleneck
The work starts with where execution is actually slowing down, not with abstract AI commentary.
Build for real use
Tools matter less than whether the workflow is measurable, monitored, and usable in production.
Stay close to the stack
Strategy gets sharper when the person shaping it can also get into the product, data, and automation layer.
HYVE Labs was built around a simple idea: if the workflow is unclear, the technology will not save it. The useful work starts by reducing drag and making the system easier to trust.
Written from the work