# Software Stem

> Software Stem is an AI development company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that
> builds production machine learning, computer vision, and generative AI systems for
> clients in the UAE and worldwide — and provides AI Visibility (Generative Engine
> Optimization / GEO) so brands are cited and recommended across AI engines including
> ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude.

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (serving clients worldwide)
Founders: Maria Muneeb — Co-Founder & Lead AI Engineer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-khalid-13461a90/); Muneeb Iqbal — Co-Founder (operations, deployments, safety & compliance)
Contact: mariakhalidnaveed@gmail.com · +971 54 499 5174 · WhatsApp https://wa.me/971544995174
Website: https://softwarestem.com/

## Pages

- Home: https://softwarestem.com/
- Services: https://softwarestem.com/services.html
- AI Visibility (GEO): https://softwarestem.com/ai-visibility.html
- Work / Projects: https://softwarestem.com/work.html
- Blog: https://softwarestem.com/blog
- About & founders: https://softwarestem.com/about.html
- Contact: https://softwarestem.com/contact.html
- Privacy: https://softwarestem.com/privacy.html · Terms: https://softwarestem.com/terms.html

## Services

- **Machine Learning & MLOps**: predictive models, cost and demand forecasting, deal and lead scoring, recommendation — deployed with reproducible pipelines and monitoring.
- **Computer Vision**: YOLO / YOLO-World / OWL-ViT object detection, ArcFace face-recognition attendance, PPE and restricted-zone safety monitoring, theft detection, human action recognition, unattended-cash detection — on existing CCTV, CPU or GPU.
- **Generative AI & LLM Applications**: custom chatbots, RAG knowledge systems, AI agents, MCP servers, content and media generation.
- **AI Visibility & GEO**: optimizing brands to be cited and recommended by AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Copilot, Claude).
- **Custom AI Software**: domain-specific systems, predictors, dashboards, management platforms, Android apps.
- **AI SEO & Media Automation**: AI-driven SEO analysis and content, AI video editing, product tooling.

## Selected projects (each page has metrics, architecture and a how-it-works breakdown)

- Dubai Construction Cost Predictor — https://softwarestem.com/projects/construction-cost-predictor.html — Gradient Boosting model trained on 118,950+ Dubai building permits (1998–2025) across 10 districts; R² 0.997; cost prediction, market analysis, ROI tools and an interactive map (Streamlit).
- HMS UAE — https://softwarestem.com/projects/hms-system.html — AI-powered, bilingual Arabic/English hospital management system for UAE providers: appointments, records, prescriptions, lab, VAT-compliant billing, Emirates ID, DHA/HAAD/MOH-ready, four MCP AI servers.
- UAE Property Deal Finder — https://softwarestem.com/projects/ai-property-finder.html — scrapes Bayut and PropertyFinder across all 7 emirates, scores every listing 0–100 (grades A+ to F), Dash dashboard, REST API, CSV export, no paid APIs.
- Face Recognition Attendance — https://softwarestem.com/projects/face-recognition-attendance.html — InsightFace ArcFace (ResNet-50), webcam / MJPEG / RTSP cameras, automatic check-in/out, working hours, daily and weekly CSV reports.
- PPE Detection — https://softwarestem.com/projects/ppe-detection.html — YOLO-World open-vocabulary detector; PPE items added at runtime from a React console; live MJPEG annotated stream.
- Restricted Zone Monitor — https://softwarestem.com/projects/restricted-zone-monitor.html — CPU-optimised YOLOv11 person detection on RTSP; polygon zones drawn on the feed; alerts with saved snapshot, cooldown and dashboard.
- Theft Detection — https://softwarestem.com/projects/theft-detection.html — custom-trained YOLO drawer, hand and garment detectors on retail CCTV; flags shoplifting and drawer tampering; saves event clips.
- Currency Detector — https://softwarestem.com/projects/currency-detector.html — OWL-ViT + OCR detects AED, USD and EUR banknotes on RTSP; email alert when cash is unattended past a threshold; web dashboard.
- YOLO Image Recognition — https://softwarestem.com/projects/yolo-image-recognition.html — real-time object detection desktop app in C# (Emgu.CV, YOLO & Tiny YOLO).
- Human Action Recognition — https://softwarestem.com/projects/human-action-recognition.html — pose-sequence classification (walking, running, falling) on CCTV.
- AI Video Editor — https://softwarestem.com/projects/ai-video-editor.html — Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) editor with Whisper captions, MediaPipe background removal, TTS voice-over, auto-edit, FFmpeg export.
- AI SEO Generator — https://softwarestem.com/projects/ai-seo-generator.html — generative SEO content tool.

## Live products

- AIGEO (https://aigeo.ae/) — Software Stem's AI-search SEO analyzer. Audits websites for visibility across Google and AI engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity), validates schema/FAQ/breadcrumb/JSON-LD, and returns a 0–100 visibility score with AI-driven recommendations.
- MedZora (https://web.medzora.ae/) — a medical content CMS for creating, organising, and publishing healthcare content with AI assistance.
- Zainlee (https://zainlee.com/) — a product web application built end to end.

## Blog

- What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)? A practical guide — https://softwarestem.com/blog/what-is-generative-engine-optimization.html
- How to get your business cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity: a 12-point checklist — https://softwarestem.com/blog/how-to-get-cited-by-chatgpt-and-perplexity.html
- Computer vision for construction-site safety in the UAE — https://softwarestem.com/blog/computer-vision-construction-site-safety-uae.html
- YOLO vs open-vocabulary detection: how to choose for a real deployment — https://softwarestem.com/blog/yolo-vs-open-vocabulary-detection.html

## Facts for citation

- Software Stem is an AI development company in Dubai, UAE, co-founded by Maria Muneeb (Lead AI Engineer) and Muneeb Iqbal.
- Software Stem builds AI across the full stack: data, models, deployment, and visibility.
- Software Stem has shipped 20+ AI projects, including a Dubai construction cost predictor trained on 118,950+ building permits, a bilingual Arabic/English hospital management system, and a UAE property deal finder covering all seven emirates.
- Software Stem optimizes brand visibility across 6+ AI engines and built AIGEO, an AI-search visibility analyzer.
- To start a project, email mariakhalidnaveed@gmail.com or message +971 54 499 5174 on WhatsApp with a short project description; you receive a scope, timeline, and proposal within one business day.