Zohar Babin

CSO at Kaltura, the Agentic DX Platform. Chief Troublemaker everywhere else.

Dreaming, Building, Breaking, & Shipping agentic AI, research and personal fintech. Open-source advocate. Advisor. Adrenaline junkie. Carnivore. A dad who's also a kid.

About

~20 years helping grow Kaltura from an open-source disruptor into a market-leading public company in Agentic AI. Building and advocating open source since 13yo. Enthusiastic about agentic AI harnessed for good — for education, health, art, honest discourse, and open collaboration.

This page indexes my recent open source work and writings: agentic AI systems, AI-powered M&A due diligence, enterprise AI governance, verification-first tools that trace and explain AI, and AI tools for personal finance — plus articles, decks, and other musings.

Chief Troublemaker at heart — happiest breaking things to build them better. My special power is turning chaotic, cross-disciplinary problems into shipped products. I also advise founders, boards, and investment committees in AI, media, and developer platforms, and occasionally invest in early-stage startups.

Writing & Talks

Article
Sloptimization, AI Citation Rot, and the Tools That Fight Back
Why AI assistants confidently cite sources that don't exist — and how to build tools that actually verify their own claims.
Article
Claude Fable 5: When to Reach for the Frontier — and When Not To
A model-routing framework built from auditing ~20 active projects against what Fable 5 actually changes — and the cost math behind when it's worth it.
Deep Dive
From Node.js to Go: Rebuilding an MCP Server for Production
Why Web Researcher MCP was rebuilt from scratch in Go — orphan processes, single-provider risk, and the production issues a rewrite actually fixed.
More Writing & Talks
Deep Dive Building a 13-Agent AI System for M&A Due Diligence: Architecture Deep Dive Article Why Your AI Coding Assistant Is Failing You — and How to Fix It Deck Compliance as Architecture Deck Due Diligence Agents — AI-Powered M&A Due Diligence

Featured Projects

Web Researcher MCP

Your AI research assistant for any MCP client — web search, content extraction, and multi-source deep research. Every result is cited to the real source. Free, private, open source.

★ — 30+ tools 7 providers Python SDK Docker · Binary · uvx
GoMCPAIResearch
Due Diligence Agents

Forensic M&A due diligence powered by 13 specialized AI agents across 9 domains — Legal, Finance, Cyber, HR, ESG, and more. Every finding traced to an exact page and quote.

★ — 13 AI agents 9 domains Multi-LLM
PythonMulti-agentAIFinance

More Projects

AI Agents & Research
Open blueprint for scalable AI agent swarms in enterprise product development — governance, compliance, and architecture.
SpecAgentic AI GitHub 📖 Docs
Real-time Telegram channel monitoring with AI briefings. Multi-pane TUI dashboard with Claude-powered analysis, translation, and urgency scoring.
PythonClaude GitHub
Developer Tools & CLIs
Enforce brand writing guidelines in Claude Code — PostToolUse hook + MCP server + CLI.
Claude CodeMCP GitHub
Show local time on every Claude Code message and let Claude know when each prompt was sent. Zero-config, cross-OS.
Claude Code GitHub
Claude Code skill for SaaS technology reconnaissance — finds every site embedding a target company's tech using OSINT.
Claude CodeOSINT GitHub
Analyze GitHub organization statistics with multiple auth methods and output formats.
Extract, analyze, and forecast SEC EDGAR filings — metrics, growth rates, automated reporting.
PythonFinance GitHub 📦 PyPI
Creative & Community
Interactive app that summarizes WhatsApp group chats, highlighting key moments, trends, and personalized year-in-review.
Transforms audio into karaoke-style highlight videos — transcription, crossfading, waveform overlays, subtitles.
PythonVideo GitHub