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Rooted in Ethiopia. Connected to the world.

Our entire delivery operation runs out of Addis Ababa: the engineers who build your software, the specialists who automate your workflows and guide your AI adoption, and the embedded talent who join your team. Vetted to global standards, working your hours, accountable through one firm.

ዛሬ · “ZARE” MEANS TODAY

AI without people fails. Teams without AI fall behind.

We bring the two together: AI systems and automations built for your business, run by AI-savvy engineers and operations staff who join your team.

40+ specialists. 20+ clients across the US, Europe, and Africa. Every placement starts with a risk-free trial. See how it works →

Clients

  • AFIG Funds logo
  • Mastercard Africa Growth Fund logo
  • Joveo logo
  • Africa Communications Media Group logo
  • Exelia Technologies logo
  • KEFI Gold & Copper logo
  • Pickrell Global Technologies logo
  • Kagool logo
  • 251 Marketing & Communications logo
  • Medrafa logo
  • KeySquare Labs logo
  • CRDLE logo
  • 10.13 Enterprise logo
  • Tenasol logo
01 · Technology & AI

From idea to launch, and the team to run it.

Zare designs, builds, and operates software and AI systems end to end — from discovery and product design through engineering, deployment, and support. Our Addis Ababa engineering centre delivers agentic AI, workflow automation, and full-stack web, mobile, and enterprise platforms, with evaluation, guardrails, and monitoring built in from day one. Most companies now have AI tools and no idea how to use them properly, so we also teach your teams how to work with AI day to day — where it earns its keep, where it doesn't, and how to move from scattered experiments to measurable adoption. Tell us what's slowing you down and we'll scope it in a week.

Build with Zare
  • Multi-agent systems, RAG, and MCP integrations
  • AI adoption and enablement — audit workflows, train your teams, measure the gains
  • Workflow automation across your existing tools and data
  • Voice and multimodal AI
  • Full-stack web and mobile platforms
  • Custom ERP and CRM systems
02 · Embedded Teams

Your team member, our payroll.

Embedded means your engineers work inside your workflow. Your Slack, your standups, your codebase, your roadmap. They remain part of a stable Zare engineering team, with the management, review, and continuity that implies.

Zare is the legal employer in Ethiopia and handles payroll, taxes, and compliance. You direct the work and pay one monthly invoice. Placements are dedicated to one client, never shared.

Build an embedded team
  • One monthly invoice, all-in
  • Risk-free trial on every placement
  • Dedicated placements, never shared
A · Technology Talent

Vetted engineers, inside your standups.

Engineers, developers, technical specialists, and dedicated product teams integrated into your organisation.

  • Dedicated engineers and managed development teams
  • Product and engineering specialists
  • Client-specific talent matching
  • First vetted candidate in 1 to 2 weeks
B · Business Operations

Managed operations, run as your own.

Managed customer experience and back-office teams designed to operate as an extension of your business.

  • Customer and technical support
  • Data processing and administrative operations
  • Virtual assistance and back-office workflows
  • Operational reporting
In-house US hireZare embedded
First candidate3 to 9 weeks2 to 4 weeks
Cost of a wrong fitFull salary, then a restart$0 during the trial, free replacement
How we deliver

Three ways in. One standard of delivery.

AI unchecked makes mistakes. Teams without it fall behind. We ship the combination. Most clients start with one track and add the others.

01 · Build

We build the system.

Agentic AI, workflow automation, and full-stack platforms — discovery to production, then operated after launch.

  • LangGraph · MCP · RAG
  • React · Next.js
  • Python · FastAPI
  • AWS · Azure
  • Evals · Tracing · Guardrails
02 · Adopt

Your team learns to run it.

Most companies have AI tools and no working practice around them. We audit the workflows, ship the agents, and train the people who use them daily.

  • Workflow audit — where AI earns its keep, where it doesn't
  • Role-specific training for engineering, sales, and operations
  • Adoption measured against baseline, not vibes
03 · Embed

Or we join your team.

Engineers, AI specialists, designers, QA, and operations staff placed inside your workflow — employed and managed by us.

  • AI-native by default, not learning on your time
  • First vetted candidate in 1 to 2 weeks
  • Risk-free trial: wrong fit, no invoice
The first seven weeks

Same four phases, whichever way you start.

You commit at the end of phase two, not phase one. Follow the lane that matches your engagement.

01TalkDay 1
02ProveWeek 1–2
03StartWeek 2–4
04OwnWeek 4–7
Build & Adopt
Scoping conversation on the problem, not the spec.
Paid discovery sprint returns a fixed scope, timeline, and price.
Two-week build cycles, a working demo at the end of each.
Handoff, team training, 30-day stabilization, full IP transfer.
Embed
Discovery call: role, stack, and the bar you hire at.
First vetted candidates presented. You interview and choose.
Risk-free trial begins. Wrong fit? Free replacement in 2 weeks or less.
Long-term placement confirmed, one monthly invoice.
↑ You decide here
Working together

One delivery centre. Your working day.

Our team works from one place, Addis Ababa, at UTC+3. Ethiopia does not observe daylight saving, so the distance between your team and ours only changes when your clocks change, never when ours do.

Hours behind Addis · standard / daylight saving
US West
−11h / −10h
US East
−8h / −7h
US Central
−9h / −8h
GMT
−3h / −2h
Germany
−2h / −1h
South Africa
−1h
Cyprus
−1h / same time
How the work happens
  • In your Slack, not a ticketing portal
  • In your standups, on your schedule
  • In your codebase, on your permissions
  • On your roadmap, not a separate backlog

An embedded team member is reachable the way your own team is reachable. There is no account manager between you and the person writing the code.

Featured work

Evidence, not adjectives.

Case studyCustom AI & Software · Scienthesis, Washington DC
LitCurrent

A clinician evidence platform, surveillance to point of care.

The problem

Clinicians need to stay current with the literature and answer questions at the point of care, but the evidence lives across PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, and ClinicalTrials.gov, four databases with different interfaces, overlapping records, and paywalled full texts.

What we built

Scienthesis, a platform with two products: LitCurrent, the evidence-awareness workspace with literature surveillance, article library, audio learning, and AI-supported analysis; and LitPortal, point-of-care evidence search with citation-verified synthesis. Four services, one login, one shared library.

LitScreen: the scheduled literature feed with abstracts, AI summaries, and save-to-library screening
99%+Deduplication accuracy
4Backend services, one login, one shared library
<2sInitial search response
LIVEDeployed in production
Read the case study →
Results
40+

jobs created locally

20+

clients across the US, Europe, and Africa

50%+

cost savings for US engineering companies, while exceeding performance standards

In their words

What our clients say.

Over the past six months, the Zare team has demonstrated exceptional commitment, quality, and thoughtfulness. The final product received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with very few change requests — a true reflection of the team's excellence and hard work. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together and excited to carry this momentum forward.
Mastercard Africa Growth FundOn the Womentor Africa platformSix months into the engagement
The developers we hired through Zare Innovations have been a great addition to our team, reliable, skilled, and solid contributors. We've also been impressed with how Zare proactively managed performance, making sure their developers meet expectations. A great partner to work with!
Pickrell Global TechnologiesOn their three-developer embedded pod5.0 review on Clutch, February 2025
Great experience with Zare; we have one of the most talented engineers to work with, couldn't be happier!
KeySquare LabsOn their embedded engineerClient feedback
We are all very impressed with his designs, his professionalism, and how well he manages relationships with our clients. He is a diamond and we are extremely happy to have him as part of the Exelia family.
Exelia TechnologiesOn the senior designer Zare placedClient feedback
Security and IP

How we protect your work.

Practised today
  • Access-controlled delivery: your infrastructure, your permissions.
  • Role-based permissions on every engagement.
  • Encrypted communication and secure cloud tooling.
  • NDA on day one, before any code or data is shared.
  • Employee confidentiality agreements across the roster.
  • Monitoring and backup procedures on managed systems.
Contractual
  • Contracts under Delaware law. Zare Innovations, LLC is a US legal entity.
  • Full IP assignment on all work product, in every contract.
  • Dedicated placements, never shared across clients.
  • Service-level agreements on managed engagements.
Roadmap
  • Formal certifications: published here as they are pursued and earned.
  • Data residency options under evaluation for regulated clients.
Next step

What should we build together?

If there is a role you cannot fill or a system you need built, the first conversation is 30 minutes and costs nothing.

What happens next
  1. 01

    You send the details

    Six fields. Nothing we do not need in order to reply usefully.

  2. 02

    We reply within one business day

    A real answer from someone who has read it, not an autoresponder.

  3. 03

    A 30-minute scoping call

    With the people who would do the work. No sales layer in between.

We reply within one business day.