Iris Zimmerfrau — Independent Builder San Francisco, CA
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Projects & Work

Active work across companies, software, and research

16+ active projects across three parallel tracks: companies and operating roles, open-source software, and research initiatives. The throughline is shipping — every project produces something public.

Companies · AI Consultancy · Founded 2026

Iris Zimmerfrau Inc.

AI automation, bookkeeping, workflow integration, AI phone answering, GEO, SEO, CRM, and marketing systems for small businesses across six countries (US, UK, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq). Production site at iriszf.com.

Active · 2026

Companies · Iraqi SMB Web Design · Founded 2024

LocalWebIQ LLC

Web design subscription targeting Iraqi small and medium businesses without an online presence. Combined with an LLM-generated copy, layout selection, and image sourcing automation pipeline.

Active · 2024Instagram →

Companies · Sales Onboarding Platform · 2026

Blip × Chromonno Onboarding Portal

Production Firebase + React platform managing the full candidate lifecycle for business development and sales onboarding: intake, training, gated assessment, prospect tracking, daily reporting, commission calculation, AI helper integration, App Check security.

Active · 2026GitHub →

Companies · Director of Product Strategy · 2025–present

AutoGlass AI — Business Administration Consultant

Overseeing administrative operations, financial documentation, bookkeeping workflows, NDA and contract drafting, and SEO content strategy at an AI-powered automotive glass company.

Active

Quantum Computing · Education · Cross-Platform App

QuantumLab — Interactive Quantum Computing Playground

Browser-based quantum computing playground built in Flutter, deployed across web, Android, and iOS. Visual circuit builder with up to 8 qubits and 8 gates, real-time 3D Bloch sphere visualization, probability histograms, and 15 guided lessons covering quantum basics through OpenQASM. Powered by the same PFQVS engine that backs novum-qvm. No Python, no Jupyter, no installation — runs entirely in the browser.

Live · 2026Try it →

Quantum Computing · Novel Simulation Method

PFQVS — Perlin-Fourier Quantum State Simulation

Novel technique using Perlin noise seeded with environmental derivatives (humidity, temperature, time) as a true-randomness approximation for quantum state simulation. More resource-efficient than IBM's queued quantum computers for small-to-medium tasks. Performance benchmarks compiled; in preparation for academic submission. Reference implementation released as novum-qvm on PyPI and powering QuantumLab.

In Submission View GitHub

Quantum · Machine Learning · Hybrid Systems

Quantum-Classical Hybrid ML Experiment

novum-qvm as the quantum computation layer alongside a classical neural network. Benchmarks quantum vs. classical performance on structured tasks. A publicly documented independent quantum-classical hybrid implementation.

Planned

AI · Retrieval-Augmented Generation · Evaluation Infrastructure

RAG Pipeline with Eval Harness

Retrieval-augmented generation over a real Arabic corpus (Quranic text, classical poetry). Includes a custom evaluation layer tracking retrieval precision, answer faithfulness, and hallucination rate. Deployed via FastAPI and Docker with structured logging and latency dashboards. DECISIONS.md included to document all architectural tradeoffs.

Planned

NLP · Islamic Studies · Computational Humanities

Quranic Stylometric NLP Pipeline

Machine learning pipeline applying stylometric analysis to Quranic Arabic — authorship attribution, rhetorical structure detection, and intertextual cross-referencing. Intersects computational linguistics and Islamic manuscript tradition. Feeds directly into the RAG pipeline as a corpus source.

Research

AI · Fine-tuning · Low-Resource Languages

Fine-tuned LLM on Classical Arabic and Akkadian

Fine-tuned language model on classical Arabic poetry and Akkadian fragments — two severely underrepresented languages in existing training sets. Published to Hugging Face with full training documentation and bias analysis.

Planned

AI · Multilingual · Legal Technology

Arabic-English Legal Document Translator

LLM wrapper targeting MENA legal and business documents. Handles dialect variation, formal register, and jurisdiction-specific terminology. Addresses a real gap in the Arabic-speaking professional market with no comparable Arabic-language tooling at accessible price points.

Planned

AI · LLM Evaluation

LLM Output Evaluation Framework

Lightweight, model-agnostic evaluation framework for scoring LLM outputs on faithfulness, relevance, and toxicity. Addresses one of the most actively unsolved problems in production AI deployment. Modular architecture designed for easy integration with existing inference pipelines.

Planned

AI · B2B · Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence NLP Tool

NLP pipeline over news feeds, public filings, and industry forums to map market trends and competitor signals. Modeled on enterprise tools like Quid — built as an accessible demo for small and mid-size businesses in MENA and US markets.

Planned

AI · Privacy · Compliance Automation

PrivacyIQ — Privacy Compliance Automation Tool

AI-assisted compliance checker now covering five regulatory frameworks: GDPR, CCPA, Iraqi Personal Data Protection Law, Saudi PDPL, and UAE PDPL. Free analysis returns a compliance risk assessment in minutes. Targets the MENA market gap — a 28% CAGR space with almost no Arabic-language tooling currently available.

Live · 5 Jurisdictions

Business Systems · AI Automation · 2026 Launch

Iris Zimmerfrau Inc. — AI-Powered Business Systems

My second company, founded 2026. AI automation, bookkeeping, workflow integration, AI phone answering, GEO, SEO, CRM, and marketing systems for small businesses. Combines custom AI agents, financial operations, and growth infrastructure into one consultancy. Production website built with Next.js 16, full SEO/GEO optimization, and JSON-LD schema for AI search engines. Live at iriszf.com.

Active · Live

Linguistics · Gender & Language · Community Tools

Arabic Neopronoun System (انهف)

Linguistically coherent Arabic neopronoun framework designed for community use. Grammatically rigorous, culturally considered, and published for MENA LGBTQ+ communities as a practical linguistic tool. Incorporates classical Arabic morphology to ensure grammatical compatibility with existing language structures.

Research

Linguistics · Constructed Language · Digital Tools

Sübaymüdüs Language Reference & Tooling

Complete documentation site for an original constructed language with grammar, vocabulary, custom writing system, word generator, and translator. Built across seven handwritten notebooks over multiple years before being digitized. Android language pack and OS-level language package planned.

Active

Synthetic Biology · CRISPR · Vegan Nutrition

Chromosomal B12 Operon Integration in E. coli Nissle 1917

Research proposal for stable B12 biosynthesis in E. coli Nissle 1917 via CRISPR. Proposes Lactobacillus reuteri as the optimal organism for replicating herbivore B12 synthesis pathways. Currently under community review at Reclone.org.

Community Review

Community Infrastructure · Security · Human Rights

Iraqi LGBTQ+ Resource Hub

Anonymized, security-first resource platform for LGBTQ+ individuals in Iraq. XMPP + OMEMO encrypted backend. Phase 1 of a 10–20 year project modeled on the Castro movement — focused on making Iraq survivable for those who cannot or will not leave, not just facilitating departure. Managed from the US.

Active

Web Design · AI Automation · MENA Market

LocalWebIQ, AI-Powered Site Generation for Iraqi Businesses

Automated website generation pipeline layered onto LocalWebIQ LLC's existing subscription model. LLM-generated copy, layout selection, and image sourcing from a single client intake form. Founded 2024, actively serving Iraqi businesses. See GitHub for related code.

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See published work and preprints on the Publications page. Download open-source libraries including novum-qvm, amin-qvm, and other tools. Read more about the interdisciplinary path behind this work on the Background page, or get in touch for collaboration inquiries.