AI automation and AI agents for Sulaymaniyah's educated, connected businesses. Give your team its hours back. Remote-first, project-based pricing.
Sulaymaniyah, known locally as Slemani, is the cultural and intellectual capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, often described as the region's most progressive and liberal city. Nestled in a valley surrounded by the Zagros Mountains, the city is home to the University of Sulaymaniyah, the American University of Iraq-Sulaymaniyah (AUIS), and a vibrant civil society that publishes more newspapers and magazines per capita than anywhere else in Iraq. This intellectual tradition extends to the tech sector: Slemani's developers, designers, and digital entrepreneurs form the most cohesive tech community in Kurdistan.
The local economy blends agriculture (the surrounding valleys produce some of Iraq's finest pomegranates, grapes, and walnuts) with a growing services sector centered on education, healthcare, and tourism. The Sulaymaniyah Museum houses one of the Middle East's most significant archaeological collections, and the city's annual cultural festivals attract visitors from across the region. Azadi Park, the bazaar, and the mountainside cafes of Sara and Goizha create a quality of life that increasingly attracts both Iraqi returnees and international professionals.
EIGHTY8 sees Sulaymaniyah as a digital market with exceptional potential. The city's educated, cosmopolitan population is highly connected and research-oriented. They search before they buy, which makes both SEO and well-designed automation unusually effective here. We are a Netherlands-based, remote-first AI automation and consultancy studio: we build Kurdish-, Arabic-, and English-capable AI agents and workflow automations for Slemani's clinics, schools, agencies, and retailers, alongside clean, thoughtfully written websites that match the city's intellectual and creative spirit. For agricultural producers looking beyond the bazaar, we build e-commerce with multilingual product content. Every engagement is delivered remotely and quoted per project, at a scale that fits Slemani's market.
Sulaymaniyah has Kurdistan's most educated and digitally engaged population, high internet penetration, and virtually no professional web agency competition. Businesses that establish strong SEO positions now will dominate local search for years as the market grows.
We are set up for exactly that kind of early-stage work. The American University of Iraq-Sulaymaniyah produces a growing number of tech-oriented graduates and startups, and our project-based pricing scales down to what an early-stage company can carry. A clear quote up front, no retainer.
Absolutely. Sulaymaniyah's agricultural sector (pomegranates, honey, dried fruits) is increasingly looking to sell online. We build e-commerce sites with product photography showcases, shipping integration, and multilingual content to reach both Iraqi and export markets.
Kurdish Sorani uses a modified Arabic script with right-to-left layout. We implement proper Kurdish typography, character encoding, and RTL design. Not just Arabic with Kurdish text pasted in. This ensures readability and SEO performance for Kurdish-language search queries.
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