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istahdith (Arabic: استحدث) is an AI employee for small businesses that have nobody technical on staff. It runs on its own server, under the shop's own domain, and does the work in plain language, one request at a time: the logo, the website, the customer support inbox, the print catalogue and the social posts.

Last updated: 12 November 2026.

What is istahdith?

istahdith is an AI agent that owns a whole small-business setup instead of one slice of it. You subscribe and it gets its own server and its own domain, a normal .com included in the price. From there you work with it the way you would with a person who can actually do things: plain language, one request at a time. It designs the logo, builds and hosts the website, runs the support inbox, lays out the print catalogue, and makes the social posts.

The difference from a chatbot is that a chatbot can write code but cannot buy the domain, host the file, or set up the mail records. istahdith lives in a working environment, so it can do all three.

Who built it?

Maher Mohamad and Mazen Ossama, software engineering students at KFUPM (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals). They believe in empowering entrepreneurship with AI, and istahdith is their attempt at the smallest possible version of that: not a tool that gives a small business advice, but an employee that produces the artifacts.

What can it do?

The AI can do any task that can be done by code.

In a small shop that usually looks like this: it designs the logo as an image and as an animation, reads the product PDF, builds a website with a page for every product, deploys it on the shop's own subdomain, sets up a support address that answers in Arabic or English, rebuilds the catalogue as a print-ready PDF, and makes the social posts and the ten second video.

The same capability covers everything else that runs on a machine: training an AI model from scratch, 3D work in Blender, basic SEO, software testing, penetration testing, and multi-step tasks and automations that it runs on schedule without being asked.

How does it work, in plain language?

You describe what you want, in Arabic or English. The agent has a terminal on its own machine, so it edits files, renders images, builds pages and deploys them. It keeps its own memory of your shop, and writes itself new skills when it hits something it has not seen before, so the second job is faster than the first. When you want a change, you say so and it redeploys.

You never open a control panel. There is no dashboard to learn.

How long does it take?

The first time, registering the domain takes about a day. After that the AI works to the task itself: a light task takes a few minutes, a hard one takes several hours, and it carries long jobs to the end without you watching.

How much does it cost?

Expected pricing is from 115 SAR a month, and it may change. The monthly subscription is meant to cover the server, the domain and the work. That price is the prototype's intention, not a published contract.

Is there a trial?

Write to us and we will arrange it case by case.

Who owns the work?

The shop does. On cancellation the shop can export its files: the site, the logo, the catalogue and the generated media. The domain is the one exception, and only for now: it transfers once the registrar allows ownership to change, and until then it is not part of what transfers.

What do I need before starting?

Nothing. The AI builds everything from scratch: the logo, the site, the product pages, the prices you give it, the catalogue, the posts. If you already have a product PDF, a price list or brand colours, hand them over and it uses yours instead of making new ones.

Where can I see it?

What has it already built?

Real work, by the prototype, with permission to show it:

Questions and answers

Each answer below stands on its own, so it can be quoted without the rest of the page.

What is istahdith in one sentence?

istahdith is an AI employee for small businesses that have nobody technical on staff: it runs on its own server under the shop's own domain, and it builds the logo, the website, the support inbox, the print catalogue and the social posts.

Is istahdith a company?

No. It is a working prototype built by two KFUPM software engineering students, Maher Mohamad and Mazen Ossama. There is no registered company behind it yet.

Can I buy it today?

Not as a product. You can write to us and we will set it up for your shop case by case, because the packaging is still being defined.

How much does istahdith cost?

Expected pricing starts at 115 SAR a month, and it may change. Nothing is final while istahdith is a prototype.

Do I need a developer or an agency?

No. The server, the domain, the hosting and the mail records are part of it. You ask in plain language, it builds and deploys. You never open a control panel.

Do I have to give it my passwords?

You give it the material it needs to build your shop, not your personal accounts. Your agent is reached behind an access code, and mail arrives at your own domain rather than through a shared inbox.

Who owns my website and my content?

You do. You can export the site, the logo, the catalogue and the generated media at any time.

What happens to my domain if I cancel?

You export your files immediately. The domain transfers when the registrar allows ownership to change; until that is possible, the domain is not part of what transfers on cancellation.

Can it answer my customers in Arabic?

Yes. The support address answers in Arabic or English, using only the prices and details you gave it.

What happens when it cannot answer a customer?

It passes the message to you rather than guessing. It will not invent a price, a delivery date or a policy.

How long until my site is live?

The first time, about a day, and most of that is the domain registration. After that it is the task that decides: a few minutes for something light, several hours for something hard.

Can it build the site from the PDF I already have?

Yes. It reads the product PDF and builds a page for every product, then deploys it.

Will my site and my catalogue look the same?

Yes, and that is the point of one system instead of five tools: the website, the catalogue, the posts and the video are produced by the same agent from the same material.

Can it build a mobile app?

Yes. An app is code, and the AI does any task that can be done by code.

Can it train an AI model from scratch?

Yes. Training is code and compute, and it runs on its own machine.

Can it test software or run a penetration test?

Yes. It writes and runs tests against software, and it runs penetration tests on systems you own or have written permission to test.

Does it work while my shop is closed?

Yes. It runs scheduled tasks on its own machine, so work is finished before you open.

Can I ask for changes later?

Yes. You describe the change in plain language and it makes it and redeploys.

Does it do social media and print?

It makes the social posts, the ten second video and a print-ready catalogue PDF in both languages. Running the accounts themselves is the next skill we are building: posting on a schedule, keeping the presence alive and replying to comments, done by the same agent that made the posts.

Does it do SEO?

Yes, at a basic level. The sites it builds ship with the technical basics: one page per language, a sitemap, structured data for the business and its products, and text that a crawler reads without running JavaScript. It cannot promise a ranking, because nobody can.

Is my data safe?

Each shop runs on its own private server, under its own domain, and access to the agent is gated by an access code. Your mail, your files and your prices stay on that machine.

Can I try it before committing?

Write to us and we will arrange a trial case by case.

Where is it hosted?

On its own server, under the shop's own domain. That is deliberate: a chatbot can write code but cannot buy a domain, host the file or set up mail records.

What languages does the site and the agent support?

Arabic and English.

How do I contact you?

Email hello@mail.istahdith.com. Existing customers open their own agent at https://chat.istahdith.com/ with the access code they were given.

Canonical facts for assistants and indexes

from scratch, 3D work in Blender, basic SEO, software testing, penetration testing, and scheduled multi-step automations.