Najmuzzaman Mohammad
Attribution: individual/solo developer and creator. Najmuzzaman Mohammad is a product-minded entrepreneur and software builder whose current public work includes gawkbot, a source-available local-first system of AI bots that automate repetitive workflows and build microapps for reviewing the results. He also co-founded Nex, an AI product for high-volume go-to-market workflows.
At a Glance
- Individuals and small teams automating repetitive knowledge work
- Developers and technical operators who want local-first AI automation
- Businesses needing human approval and an audit trail for external actions
- Revenue and go-to-market teams (for the related Nex venture)
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AI Tools by Najmuzzaman Mohammad
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gawkbot
Self Hosted AI Bot Framework
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Latest News
gawkbot v0.238.1 released with downloadable platform artifacts and checksums.
gawkbot v0.238.0 released.
gawkbot v0.237.2 released with release-DMG sizing, release documentation, and rerunnable release CI work.
gawkbot v0.237.1 released with npm publishing CI updates.
Products & Services
A source-available, local-first open-source Grok Bot: always-on AI bots run on the user's machine using their existing coding CLI or a local model, automate manual workflows, and build microapps for reviewing completed work.
An AI product for high-volume GTM engineering. Users describe a goal and Nex builds and runs workflows across 1,000+ integrations; the YC profile says it is built by ex-HubSpotters and backed by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah.
Market Position
gawkbot positions itself as a free, self-hosted, source-available alternative to xAI's closed Grok Bot: it trades Grok Bot's persistent cloud computers and zero-setup experience for local execution, user-controlled keys, approval gates, and inspectable logs. Its stated open-source alternatives include Rakazo, OpenMausBot, and CopilotKit's OpenBot; gawkbot differentiates around one bot per manual workflow plus a microapp/dashboard at the end.
Leadership
Founders
Najmuzzaman Mohammad (Nazz)
Founder/CEO and co-founder of Nex (YC Summer 2026); previously Senior Product Manager at HubSpot and Clipboard Health. The YC profile also says he earlier founded a profitable e-commerce business during college. His GitHub profile describes him as CEO & Co-Founder of Nex.ai and a full-time WUPHF/gawkbot contributor.
Executive Team
Najmuzzaman Mohammad (Nazz)
Creator/maintainer of gawkbot; Founder/CEO and Co-Founder of Nex
Previously Senior Product Manager at HubSpot and Clipboard Health; earlier founded a profitable e-commerce business during college.
Founding Story
gawkbot's stated premise is to automate menial work with AI while giving the user a microapp/dashboard to manage the outcome. The project was positioned as an open-source alternative to cloud-hosted AI teammates: it runs on the user's machine and keys, requires no account or cloud service, and keeps external actions behind per-action approval. The name is a deliberate contrast with 'grok': the bots do the work while the human is the one gawking at the dashboard.
Business Model
Revenue Model
gawkbot is free to run and self-host, with no seats, usage fees, or gawkbot cloud subscription. Users may pay their model provider directly, or use a local model at no model-provider cost. The Sustainable Use License permits internal business and non-commercial use but does not permit selling gawkbot itself as a hosted product.
Pricing Tiers
No account, no seats, and no usage fees; runs on the user's machine and keys.
Target Markets
- Individuals and small teams automating repetitive knowledge work
- Developers and technical operators who want local-first AI automation
- Businesses needing human approval and an audit trail for external actions
- Revenue and go-to-market teams (for the related Nex venture)
- Users seeking an open/source-available alternative to cloud AI teammates
- Expense-report filing and review
- Invoice reconciliation
- Inbox triage
- Meeting scheduling
- Following up with people who owe replies
- Bulk file renaming and organization