Qatlama LTD in Coruzant: Furkat Kasimov on Model Independence
Coruzant's Digital Executive podcast features Qatlama founder Furkat Kasimov on model independence, AI workflow costs and application-layer companies.
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Coruzant published Furkat Kasimov’s Digital Executive interview transcript on August 12, 2026. The recorded episode with Kasimov is on YouTube. Kasimov founded Qatlama LTD and AppLayerAI, the venture studio described in Qatlama’s brand profile. AuthorityTech is Qatlama's earned-media partner and secured this feature.
The record
| Item | What the published sources show |
|---|---|
| Outlet | Coruzant's The Digital Executive podcast, hosted by Brian Thomas |
| Guest | Furkat Kasimov, founder of Qatlama LTD and AppLayerAI |
| Published | August 12, 2026 on Coruzant's profile and transcript pages |
| Format | Recorded interview, with a written transcript and a YouTube episode |
| Subject | How an application-layer venture studio evaluates AI opportunities, model independence, workflow economics and deployment risks |
For an executive assessing application-layer AI, the interview makes the studio's operating thesis concrete: keep company knowledge portable, measure the cost of a completed workflow and plan for governance before deployment.
What Kasimov says about the application layer
Thomas asks how Kasimov came to build AppLayerAI and Qatlama. In the published transcript, Kasimov describes working backward from business problems he expects AI to help solve. His thesis is that established companies may prefer to acquire a working, domain-specific solution rather than build every such application themselves.
Asked about model independence, Kasimov compares foundation models to cloud providers: an application should be able to replace one model with another without losing its own business knowledge. He names tacit knowledge, an ontology and an agent harness as layers a company should retain. For unit economics, he recommends measuring the cost of completing a workflow rather than using the most expensive model for every task. He says cheaper models can handle some jobs while more capable models are reserved for work that needs them.
On deployment, Kasimov distinguishes cheaper pilots from the harder task of implementation. He urges founders and executives to account for governance and consequences, and to keep a human in the loop. His closing advice is to build reusable company knowledge while staying focused on what makes the underlying business valuable.
Where to read the full account
The Coruzant interview transcript on AI venture building carries his full answers on model choice, workflow economics and deployment. The Qatlama brand profile collects the company's identity from its own site and the coverage timeline.
FAQ
What did Furkat Kasimov discuss on The Digital Executive? He discussed why AppLayerAI builds application-layer companies, how to avoid dependence on a single foundation model, how to measure AI workflow cost and why governance matters when pilots become deployed systems. The full transcript carries his answers.
How are Qatlama LTD and AppLayerAI related? Coruzant identifies Kasimov as founder of both. AppLayerAI is the venture-studio name in the Qatlama profile, grounded in the company’s own description of building AI-native businesses.