A growth studio · Chicago — accepting 3 clients this quarter

Growth systems
for brands that refuse
to be average.

We build AI-powered websites, chatbots, and automation for ambitious businesses — 30+ scaled, across 6 industries.

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30+
Businesses Scaled
300%
Avg. Growth
4x
Average ROI

Selected Clients

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AquaFun

AquaFun

Nura Beauty

Nura Beauty

YayNuts

YayNuts

Marhaba Wefada

Marhaba Wefada

KO King

KO King

AquaFun

AquaFun

Nura Beauty

Nura Beauty

YayNuts

YayNuts

Marhaba Wefada

Marhaba Wefada

KO King

KO King

AquaFun

AquaFun

Nura Beauty

Nura Beauty

YayNuts

YayNuts

Marhaba Wefada

Marhaba Wefada

KO King

KO King

Our position

Most agencies sell you templates. We build systems that compound — revenue, brand, and time you get back.

30+
Businesses scaled
300%
Average growth
7d
Typical turnaround
01In their own words

Hear it straight from the founders we've scaled.

AquaFun Waterparks

World's Largest Inflatable Waterpark

What we built

  • AI voice receptionist — handles 100+ languages for tourist bookings
  • Automated customer support across social media & email
  • AI-powered inbox organizer
  • AI hiring screener
  • Full marketing strategy

Nura Beauty

Skincare Brand

What we built

  • Fully AI-optimized website
  • AI-planned social media content
  • AI customer support — 80% of DMs automated
  • In-clinic AI assistant & ideation
  • AI-powered SEO stack

Construction Pro

Construction Business

What we built

  • AI-powered lead outreach
  • Customer relationship system (CRM)
  • Automated SMS & comms flows

Tristan — Ref Cap

E-Commerce Brand

What we built

  • Full website rebuild
  • End-to-end AI customer-automation strategy
  • Operational process automation

Nataliia Herbs

Herbal Wellness Practice

What we built

  • Full digital process revamp
  • Conversion-optimized website rebuild
  • Paid ad campaigns driving in-person bookings
  • Automated client intake + follow-up flows
02The studio
Ahmed Karrar — Founder, AK Consulting
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Ahmed KarrarFounder · Chicago
— A note from the founder

Built by a founder —
for founders.

I started AK Consulting because I got tired of watching ambitious operators get sold templates, frameworks, and six-month retainers that don't move a single number.

What I build instead are growth systems that compound — the same stack I use on my own brands. AI where it helps, design where it sells, automation where it saves you time. Nothing cosmetic.

If you're running a business that refuses to stay average, I'd like to hear what you're building.

— signed,Ahmed
Attended
Harvard MiB — Muslims in Business 2026
Writing publicly on
X — @a7medkarrar
Operators advised
30+ founders across MENA and beyond
Based in
Chicago — working worldwide
Ahmed's personal work
04How we engage

Three ways
to work together.

Start with a call, ship a single build, or bring us on as your growth partner. Every engagement starts with clarity on outcomes.

01 · Starting point

Strategy Call

15 minutes · free

Figure out if we're the right fit — on me.

  • Audit your current growth stack
  • Spot the fastest revenue unlock
  • Clear next-step plan — you can run it yourself
  • Zero pitch, zero pressure
Most common
02 · Most common

Growth Sprint

14–30 days · fixed scope

We build one specific system — fast.

  • Website, chatbot, CRM, or AI automation build
  • Daily Loom updates during the sprint
  • Full handoff + team training on delivery
  • 30-day post-launch support included
03 · For operators

Growth Partner

Monthly · 3-month minimum

Your full growth stack — compounding.

  • Continuous build + iteration on the stack
  • Weekly strategy calls with Ahmed
  • Dedicated Slack or WhatsApp channel
  • Priority on all new AI + automation wins
05The process

Four steps.
No guesswork.

Discovery to launch in two weeks — transparent, tracked, built for compounding return.

01

Discovery

A 15-minute call to map your goals, bottlenecks, and the fastest path to revenue. No pitch — just clarity.

02

Strategy

We return with a tailored growth plan: the systems, the stack, the timeline, the numbers we're aiming at.

03

Build

Execution in 14–30 days. Websites, chatbots, CRM, automations — delivered as a working system, not a handoff.

04

Scale

We stay on as your growth partner: monitoring, iterating, compounding the system month over month.

06Selected results

Quiet systems.
Loud outcomes.

Featured · Mamba Panel
#4

Google Ranking

Ranked #4 on Google for "face search" in just 3 months with $0 ad spend. Their competitor PimEyes took 9 years to reach #1.

Mamba Panel results
YayNuts
AI

Powered Growth

Built an AI algorithm to qualify UGC content, automated customer support emails, and streamlined their operations — saving them time and money.

Marhaba Wefada
Full

Digital Build

Built their complete system from scratch — website, booking system, and brand identity. Everything they needed to launch and grow.

Nura Beauty
80%

DMs Automated

We deployed an AI system that handles the majority of customer inquiries — without sounding like a robot.

07Industries

Built for operators across six fields.

Different categories, same playbook: remove friction, compound traffic, automate the boring parts.

01

E-Commerce

02

Healthcare

03

Real Estate

04

Education

05

Food & Beverage

06

Professional Services

08Why us

Agencies talk.
We ship.

01

No BS, No Fluff

We don't hide behind jargon. You get full transparency into exactly what we're building and why it works.

02

Speed That Shocks

While other agencies take months, we deliver in 14-30 days. Ask us how on a free call.

03

4x ROI (On Average)

Our clients don't just break even — they see an average 4x return. We'll break down the exact formula for you.

04

Insider-Level Support

You get a dedicated account manager who knows your business inside-out. Not a shared inbox.

05

Tech Nobody Else Uses

We leverage AI and automation tools most agencies haven't even heard of yet. That's our unfair advantage.

06

We Win When You Win

This isn't a one-and-done. We become your growth partner and scale with you for the long haul.

09A different category

Why agencies
aren't us.

Traditional agencies optimize for billable hours. We optimize for your revenue. Side by side, the difference is hard to miss.

Typical agency
AK Consulting
Pricing
Hourly rates, retainer minimums, hidden add-ons
Fixed-scope sprints. You know the number before we start.
Team on your project
Account manager + rotating juniors
Founder-led. Ahmed is in every call that matters.
Timeline
3–6 months for the first output
14–30 days from kickoff to live system
What you're buying
Deliverables — a site, a campaign, a report
Systems — AI infrastructure that keeps compounding
Accountability
Reports on impressions, clicks, engagement
Tied to revenue. 4x ROI is the bar we hold ourselves to.
After launch
You get a handoff and an invoice
We stay, we iterate, we make the numbers move
10Restraint

What we
don't do.

Premium is as much about refusal as it is about delivery. Here's what you won't get from us — and why that's the point.

×
Logo contests

Brand is identity, not a Fiverr auction. We build it once, properly.

×
Hourly billing

You shouldn't have to price-shop your partner by the minute. Fixed scope, fixed number.

×
6-month retainers

If a sprint needs six months, the scope is wrong. Our sprints ship in 14–30 days.

×
Ghosting after launch

Handoff is the start of the system working — not the end of our job.

×
Sales-led "solutions"

We don't pitch you what we have spare. We build what moves your numbers.

×
Vanity dashboards

Impressions are for agencies. Revenue is for operators. We report on the second.

12Frequently asked

Questions?

Start the conversation

Let's build
something worth
talking about.

Fifteen minutes. No pitch. We'll walk you through the exact system we'd apply to your business, on the house.

WhatsApp AhmedNo commitment. No pitch deck.
30+
Businesses scaled
300%
Average growth
6
Industries served
7d
Typical turnaround