Internal career system
JobFlow
Reads job postings, scores role fit from the verified career record, and holds every draft until a person reads and sends it.
Read case study →Shrish Manglik
I architected an enterprise of autonomous AI agents. They kept me on staff as their only human employee.
My background is operations, finance and benefits data. Since late 2023 I have designed and built AI products end to end, from the first diagram to the live site. Across The AGI Studio and Million Dollar Studio, specialized AI agents and tested software engines run the departments. I set the taste, hold the bank accounts and sign off on every release.
Building something instead? Email me about a project
Featured essay··Four findings from $50,000 of self-funded R&D
I Spent More Than $50,000 of My Own Money on AI. Here Is What Actually Works.
Why language models have hit a ceiling, why the real breakthrough is the harness around the model, and why I build for individuals and small businesses instead of large companies.
Finding one·Jump to section I →
AI will not replace human beings. It exists to amplify individual human potential.
A language model has no skin in the game.
Language models do not carry responsibility when an invoice is wrong, a tenant gets bad legal information, or a student learns a false formula. Wired properly, AI removes the clerical tax between one capable operator and the work that person knows how to judge.
R&D Contrast: What Failed vs. What Works
What Failed in R&D
Autonomous send loops that let a language model submit applications or study answers directly without an accountable person reading the output.
What Works in Production
AI drafts, scores and structures the heavy clerical intake while the human operator owns the final edit and explicit sign-off.
3-Tier System X-Ray: Tier 1: Fixed Template -> Tier 2: Rule Engine in Code -> Tier 3: Specialist AI -> Human Sign-Off
Tier 2: Rule Engine in Code · Tested Fact Filter
Verifies dates, credentials and source citations in tested software so no invented claim enters a draft.
Where this rule runs in shipped software
Student exam practice
Prep AI Studio
Turns real course material into structured study practice and worked solutions so students spend their time practicing instead of formatting notes.
Open Prep AI Studio ↗11 yearsof work in operations, finance, data and systems, first in Ahmedabad, then in Toronto.
- 2015Operations, Ahmedabad
- 2019Moved to Toronto
- 2022TELUS Health, benefits
- 2024Founded The AGI Studio
What I do
I design AI systems for real work, and I build them myself, from the data model to the screen a person uses.
Software for the steps that repeat, so the same input gives the same answer every time.
In Vedic Astro Studio, the same birth details give the same chart, every time. The AI stays out of the calculation.
AI for the calls that need judgement, like reading a messy request or summarising a long file.
In JobFlow, the system I built for my own job search, AI reads each posting, scores the fit and drafts the application from my record.
A person for anything that spends money, goes public or cannot be undone.
JobFlow never sends anything on its own. I read every application before it leaves. How JobFlow works
Every product below is built that way.
Products I have built
The projects page distinguishes recorded free previews from unfinished and private work.
NestIQ
For Ontario tenants who have received a notice from their landlord: what the notice means, the official sources behind it, and one place to keep the case. A free preview was recorded open on October 7, 2026.
I designed and built it: the notice check, the links to the official sources and the case file.
Pathway AI Studio
Practice for the TEF Canada French test and help with Canadian immigration steps. Public use has not been verified.
I designed and built it: the French test practice and the step by step immigration help.
Prep AI Studio
Exam practice built from structured course material. Public access has not been verified.
I designed and built it, including the step that turns course material into practice.
Vedic Astro Studio
Vedic astrology charts, calculated the same way every time, on the web and as a desktop app. The free chart tier was recorded live on October 6, 2026. Paid plans are not open.
I designed and built the chart engine and the web and desktop apps.
Owned and operated by The AGI Studio, with Mahesh Gupta as its public face.
Where I have worked
- The AGI Studio Toronto. Founder and AI systems architect. December 2024 to now.
- TELUS Health Toronto. Senior Benefits Analyst, promoted June 2025. August 2022 to now.
- The Beer Store Toronto. Operations Supervisor, leading a team of 18. May 2020 to April 2025.
- RBC Banking Advisor. 2021 to 2022.
I have also built five working prototypes for roles I applied to. None was commissioned or billed. See the prototypes
Full record and education →Email is the fastest way to reach me.
Roles, collaborations and systems architecture work all come to the same inbox. I reply within 2 working days.
shrishmanglik@gmail.com