Hi, I'm Igor Bobriakov,

AI Architect & Strategic Advisor.

Author of Production-Ready AI Agents.

I provide the strategic oversight and architectural guardrails your team needs to build robust, production-ready AI systems - faster and with less risk.

Stop navigating the complex and fast-moving AI landscape alone.

How I Deliver Value

🎯 ROI-Driven Roadmaps

Aligning AI strategy directly with your business goals to ensure maximum impact and return on investment.

🚀 A Force Multiplier for Your Team

Mentoring your team on AI best practices to accelerate development and build lasting internal expertise.

🏛️ Architecture Built to Last

Designing production-ready AI systems that are scalable, secure, and cost-effective from day one.

🔎 Clarity in Complexity

Providing expert technical due diligence for vendor selection, hiring, and high-stakes strategic decisions.

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Is This Your Situation?

• Are we choosing the right architecture for our new AI initiative?
• Can we move our RAG prototype to production successfully?
• How can we accelerate our AI roadmap to stay competitive?
• Are we making the right trade-offs (RAG vs. Fine-Tuning, LangGraph vs. CrewAI)?

A single architectural misstep can cost months of development time. I am your insurance against that risk.

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About Me

I am a Principal AI Architect and the founder of ActiveWizards. I specialize in designing the end-to-end systems that power the autonomous enterprise.

In Nov 2025, I published "Production-Ready AI Agents", the definitive technical playbook on moving agentic systems from R&D to scale. I bring this same rigor - Observability, Reliability (Pydantic), and Security (Sandboxing) - to every advisory engagement.

• As an Architect: I review your schemas and code to prevent "Silent Failures”.
• As a Founder: I run ActiveWizards, a boutique AI engineering studio. I know what it takes to ship because my team ships every day.

View my full profile on LinkedIn →

From Architecture to Impact: The ActiveWizards Portfolio

The strategic principles I apply in my advisory work are the same principles that have driven successful, enterprise-grade projects at my firm, ActiveWizards. My architectural guidance is grounded in years of real-world execution and proven results.

Below are examples of the work my firm has delivered, showcasing the power of robust AI systems built on a solid architectural foundation.

Explore the ActiveWizards Portfolio →

Engagement Packages

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Architectural Guardrails

Advisor

Best for: Teams that have engineers but lack a Principal-level architect to validate decisions.

The Promise: I audit your decisions so you don't burn cash on bad architecture.

• Weekly 60-min Strategy & Architecture Board session.
• Async Code & Architecture Reviews (GitHub/Loom).
• Priority Slack Access for critical blockers.
• Cap: ~10 hours/month.

Investment:

$4,500 / month

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Fractional Head of AI

Leadership

Most Popular

Best for: Founders/VPs who need an interim leader to drive a critical Q1/Q2 initiative.

The Promise: I embed with your leadership to define what we build and how we build it.

Everything in Advisor, plus:

• Weekly Sprint Planning & Roadmap definition.
• Vendor Selection & Technical Due Diligence (Vector DBs, LLM Ops).
• Hands-on Schema Definitions (I define the MCP/API contracts).
• Cap: ~20 hours/month.
• Note: I do not write production code in this role; I direct your team

Investment:

$9,000 / month

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Production Audit

Fixed Price

Best for: Unblocking a stalled project.

The Promise: A forensic analysis of your agentic system against the standards defined in my book.

Scope:

• Scope: Deep dive into your LangGraph flows, State Management, and Evals.
• Deliverable: A "Red/Yellow/Green" Report with a remediation roadmap.

Investment:

$15,000 (2-Week Sprint)

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Need Hands on Keyboards?

My personal advisory services provide the Brain. If you need the Muscle, I deploy my agency, ActiveWizards.

• The Squad: A dedicated team of AI Engineers and Data Architects trained on my methodology.
• The Benefit: Seamless integration. I design the architecture; my squad builds it.