Founder & CEO, Mana

Mehrad Shekarrizمهراد شکرریز

I build AI systems from the architecture up — model design, infrastructure, and product — under Mana's own M-Space architecture. Background in network security; based in England.

About

Started coding at 13. Still doing it the same way — hands in the architecture, not just the interface.

I'm the founder of Mana, an AI model platform built on a proprietary architecture I call M-Space, and the family of models that sit on top of it. I work across the full stack of that problem: model design and training, the backend and infrastructure that serve it, and the frontend people actually touch.

Before AI, my background is in network security — which still shapes how I build: assume things will be probed, design for resilience, and don't ship what you haven't stress-tested yourself.

Most of the naming across my projects draws from Persian and Zoroastrian concepts — Asha, Mithra, Vohu — a deliberate thread running through the architecture, not just the branding.

RoleFounder & CEO, Mana
Based inIran, IR
BackgroundNetwork Security
StackJS · React · PHP · SQLite · CF Workers
Coding sinceAge 13
ArchitectureM-Space

What I build

Three disciplines, one system

AI Architecture

Designing the M-Space architecture and the Mana model family on top of it — from training to inference.

Full-Stack Engineering

Frontend in JavaScript and React, backend in PHP, SQLite and Cloudflare Workers — product end to end.

Network Security

A security-first background that carries into every system I ship — including incident response on my own infrastructure.

Mana

A model family named after what it means to think clearly

Every model in the Mana lineup is named for a Zoroastrian or Persian concept — the naming isn't decoration, it's a stated intent for what each model is for.

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Flagship

Asha 4.0

The flagship model — the broadest, most capable member of the family.

Coding

Mithra 4.0

Specialised for code — reading, writing, and reasoning about software.

Conversation

Vohu 4.0

Tuned for natural, everyday conversation.

Lightweight

Noa 4.0

A smaller, faster model for lightweight tasks.

Creative

Spenta 4.0

Built for creative and generative work.

Selected work

Projects I've shipped or shaped

Platform

Mana Platform

Admin dashboard, chat interface, and public site for the Mana model family — built end to end.

Research

MuskSoul 18M

A mixture-of-experts language model built from scratch in PHP, with full backpropagation and gradient verification.

Infrastructure

Edge & Streaming Tools

Cloudflare Worker SSE chat streaming, WebRTC video calling, and GeoIP tooling built in PHP.

Security

Incident Response

Identified and removed a backdoor found across cPanel subdomains on Mana's own infrastructure.

Open Source

flash-attention-php

A from-scratch PHP implementation of FlashAttention, built for publication on GitHub.

Product

Devotional & Utility Apps

A hands-free dhikr counter and a range of standalone PHP and JavaScript tools.

Side projects

A decade of small, sharp tools

Since I was 13 I've been shipping standalone tools alongside the bigger work — most named in four or five letters, each solving one thing well.

In the pipeline
clock transa — translator dicta mesa — mathematician 4 nota — text summary arta — painter mine — assistant
Contact

Building something in AI, security, or the Mana ecosystem? Let's talk.

Fastest way to reach me is Telegram or email — I read both.