# Adilet Gaparov > Building AI agents that talk to thousands of candidates and make decisions affecting their careers. Founding AI Engineer at Orbio AI. Elche, Spain. This file is the machine-readable version of https://adilet.fyi. Individual pages: https://adilet.fyi/md/. Blog posts: https://adilet.fyi/md/blog/. Every post inline, in one file: https://adilet.fyi/llms-full.txt --- # Adilet Gaparov (https://adilet.fyi/) ## profile - **name**: Adilet Gaparov Β· Adi - **role**: Founding AI Engineer - **org**: Orbio AI - **location**: Elche, Spain - **focus**: AI agents Β· recruitment Β· voice AI Β· building in public ## about > I build AI agents. I'm a founding engineer at Orbio AI, and our agents talk to thousands of job candidates a day. Before that I did software and risk models at Capchase (financing for SaaS companies), ML at Volvo Cars, and cloud at Microsoft. > > I write a Substack called The Working Prototype, and a blog here that is less about work. > > I'm from Kazakhstan πŸ‡°πŸ‡Ώ and live in Elche πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ with my family of four. ## links - [github](https://github.com/adgapar) - [twitter](https://twitter.com/adgapar) - [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adilet-gaparov/) - [threads](https://www.threads.com/@adilet.gaparov) - [substack](https://theworkingprototype.substack.com/) ## recent - `2026-07` *newsletter* β€” [what kind of poker player is an AI](https://theworkingprototype.substack.com/p/what-kind-of-poker-player-is-an-ai) - `2026-06` *blog* β€” [riding the wave](/blog/riding-the-wave) - `2026-02` *talk* β€” [10,000 interviews without a human πŸ‡°πŸ‡Ώ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IoO2fA1FM) - `2025-12` sister visited Elche β€” first time together since Chicago, 2017 - `2025-02` moved from Madrid to Elche. traded traffic for sunshine. --- # CV (https://adilet.fyi/cv) ## work - **Founding AI Engineer** β€” Orbio AI πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Β· Apr 2025 – Β· current - **Global Mentor** β€” IE University πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Β· Jul 2023 – Β· current - **Software Engineer** β€” Capchase πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Β· Apr 2022–2025 Β· past - **Bootcamp Instructor** β€” outpeer.kz 🌍 Β· Aug 2022–2025 Β· past - **Data Scientist** β€” Volvo Cars πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Β· Aug 2020–2022 Β· past - **Sales Engineer** β€” Microsoft πŸ‡°πŸ‡Ώ Β· May 2016–2018 Β· past ## projects - **Teya** β€” home AI 🏠 Β· live a family agent for the home, running on a spare Android phone - **the blog** β€” writing 🌍 Β· live essays on learning, building in public, and figuring things out - **The Working Prototype** β€” writing 🌍 Β· live newsletter on AI reliability and alignment, from a practitioner - **BI Consulting** β€” consulting πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Β· past data pipelines, dashboards and analytics for a Swedish company - **AI Consulting** β€” consulting 🌍 Β· past agents for others β€” video analysis, moderation, an AI tutor ## education | degree | school | period | | --- | --- | --- | | MSc Business Analytics & Big Data | IE University πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ | 2019 – 2020 | | BSc Robotics & Mechatronics | Nazarbayev University πŸ‡°πŸ‡Ώ | 2011 – 2016 | | Visiting International Student | U. of Wisconsin-Madison πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 2015 | ## elsewhere - **linkedin**: [the formal version, with dates](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adilet-gaparov/) - **github**: [the code](https://github.com/adgapar) --- # Writing (https://adilet.fyi/writing) ## blog Learning, building in public, career, and things I am figuring out. 15 posts Β· published here Β· when inspiration strikes ## newsletter [The Working Prototype](https://theworkingprototype.substack.com/) AI reliability, alignment and safety for people building agents β€” no PhD required. 10 issues Β· on substack, by email Β· archived here to read ## blog posts - `2026-07-16` [how and why i built a home ai assistant](/md/blog/teya-intro) - `2026-06-26` [riding the wave](/md/blog/riding-the-wave) - `2026-03-15` [sorry for writing so late](/md/blog/sorry-for-writing-so-late) - `2025-11-15` [the economy of blame](/md/blog/economy-of-blame) - `2025-11-03` [prince of constraints](/md/blog/prince-of-constraints) - `2025-10-27` [local maxima](/md/blog/local-maxima) - `2025-09-20` [polyworking: why one job isn't enough anymore](/md/blog/polyworking) - `2025-06-29` [a loop is all you need: building conversational ai agents](/md/blog/loop-is-all-you-need) - `2025-06-10` [debugging my twenties: that summer in france](/md/blog/debugging-my-twenties) - `2025-06-08` [writing in public: what i discovered during my 8-month writing break](/md/blog/writing-in-public) - `2024-09-29` [my take on education and learning](/md/blog/is-education-broken) - `2024-04-22` [learn to sell: b2b sales lessons from microsoft](/md/blog/sales-lessons) - `2024-02-15` [why i started my tech career as a sales engineer @ microsoft](/md/blog/why-sales-engineer) - `2024-01-12` [everyone should have a personal website](/md/blog/personal-website) - `2023-12-12` [how i got the data science interview with a cool scale-up without cv](/md/blog/blog-better-than-cv) ## newsletter issues - `2026-07-13` [what kind of poker player is an ai?](/md/newsletter/what-kind-of-poker-player-is-an-ai) - `2026-06-28` [context solves alignment?](/md/newsletter/context-solves-alignment) - `2026-05-18` [judgement at scale](/md/newsletter/judgement-at-scale) - `2026-04-09` [how to do agentic evals](/md/newsletter/how-to-do-agentic-evals) - `2026-04-03` [build for reliability](/md/newsletter/build-for-reliability) - `2026-03-22` [the legible agent](/md/newsletter/the-legible-agent) - `2026-03-15` [in character](/md/newsletter/in-character) - `2026-01-31` [from finding bias to fixing it](/md/newsletter/fixing-bias) - `2025-11-16` [the vulnerable world hypothesis](/md/newsletter/vulnerable-world-hypothesis) - `2025-11-15` [why this newsletter exists](/md/newsletter/why-this-newsletter) --- # Contact (https://adilet.fyi/contact) ## contact host is up Β· open to network, collaboration, discussions, AI conversations ## channels | port | state | service | | --- | --- | --- | | [email](mailto:me@adgapar.dev) | open | direct conversations | | [twitter](https://twitter.com/adgapar) | open | thinking out loud Β· public | | [linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adilet-gaparov/) | open | professional network | | [github](https://github.com/adgapar) | open | code Β· building together | | [threads](https://www.threads.com/@adilet.gaparov) | open | casual Β· low stakes | | cold-sales | filtered | β€” |