The Story Behind BuyPilot
2008
The Firsthand Pain
Launched my first retail business and learned early on how much friction exists when sourcing suppliers and moving goods to a shelf.
2014
The Economic Theory
Completed a PhD focused on how information technologies reduce transaction costs. I knew back then that software would eventually eliminate manual business friction.
2011–2024
The Enterprise Execution
Spent a decade and a half building enterprise and supply-chain software as an engineer, tech lead, and head of department — learning how supply networks operate in large companies.
2023
The B2C Growth Experiment
Founded DzScan, an EdTech app helping parents verify homework. Scaled to tens of thousands of users in two months without a marketing budget. Made the strategic decision to shut down after discovering insufficient willingness to pay.
Past 3 Years
The Modern Friction
While running my own e-commerce marketplace, I stepped back into the trenches of modern procurement. Despite all modern tools, I found myself trapped in dozens of chat threads just to discover suppliers, request quotes, and track orders — the exact economic "transaction cost" I had studied a decade prior.
2024–2025
The Technological Breakthrough
Leading AI initiatives at a large software company, I architected and deployed an enterprise LLM platform from scratch. Integrated open-source models like Qwen via vLLM and drove adoption across the organization — saving an estimated 13–19% of employee working time.
2026
The Vision: BuyPilot
Everything converged. The economic framework, supply-chain expertise, battle-tested AI engineering background, and a deeply personal frustration with modern B2B ordering led to the birth of BuyPilot — liberating companies from manual email chains and allowing procurement to run on autopilot.