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Emil Karlsson — Building smarter with AI

Stockholm, Sweden

Data Engineer & AI Agent Architect — Running 9 Projects With AI as Co-Founder

I build and run AI agent infrastructure — autonomous agents that publish content, monitor analytics, and run workflows across 9 running projects, entirely self-hosted. See the full stack →

Founder of The Unnamed Roads — an AI venture studio run by one person.

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Selected Career Projects

Agentic Data Organisation with Claude

Design and implementation of an agentic data organisation with Claude coordinating analytics, data platform, pipelines, governance, and data quality.

End-to-End Analytics Platform — Databricks, Streamlit & GPT-4o

Full-stack data intelligence system for a global manufacturer. Medallion architecture on Databricks, AI-powered natural language querying, z-score anomaly detection, and 10 production dashboards covering 14 markets — shipped in 12 weeks.

Conversational Analytics Prototype - Beyond Dashboards

Interactive prototype demonstrating the future of data analytics: natural language queries, proactive insights, and zero-training data exploration. Built to show what comes after traditional dashboards.

How I Built an AI Feedback Agent That Replaces Traditional Surveys – Using n8n and GPT-4

Self-Hosted Development Infrastructure - Coolify & Hetzner Platform

Complete self-hosted development infrastructure using Coolify on Hetzner cloud servers, enabling rapid Docker container deployment for tools like n8n, MageAI, Appsmith, and Grafana at just 250 SEK monthly cost.

AI-Powered Development Workflow - Claude MCP & React Prototype Platform

Comprehensive AI development workflow using Claude Sonnet 4 through MCP server, connecting multiple data sources to generate functional React prototypes from strategy to deployment in days.
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Writing

Agentic Data Organisation: How I Set Up an AI-Driven Data Organisation with Claude

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A practical walkthrough of my agentic data organisation: roles, ownership, agent coordination, and how Claude drives decision flow across analytics, platform, and governance.

From Raw Data to Revenue Decisions: Building an End-to-End Analytics Platform

How I designed and shipped a full-stack data intelligence system for a global manufacturing company — from Databricks pipelines to AI-powered dashboards.

Building With AI Agents as Co-Workers: My Stack, My Costs, and What I Actually Learned

How I run a 7-project publishing and product studio with AI agents as co-workers — the real stack behind it: OpenClaw, n8n, LiteLLM, Coolify, and a €26/month server bill.

I Built a System That Publishes 30 Articles a Week Across 10 Projects for $0.08 Each

A detailed breakdown of OpenClaw — my self-hosted AI content automation stack running on Hetzner. How it works, what it costs, and what I got wrong the first time.

My Self-Hosted AI Stack: Everything Running on One €4/Month Server

A complete walkthrough of the Hetzner + Coolify + n8n + LiteLLM stack I run in production. What each piece does, why I chose it, and the total cost breakdown.

Beyond Dashboards: Building Proactive Data Agents That Find and Share Insights Automatically

Discover how proactive data agents leverage AI and automation to automatically find and share critical business insights, transforming reactive BI into intelligent, interactive analytics.
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Tools I Use

n8n, OpenClaw, LiteLLM, Coolify, Qdrant — the AI agent infrastructure stack I use to run 9 running projects autonomously on ~€35/month. Full details: see my toolstack.

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Ready to automate your business?

I help founders and small teams automate their operations with AI — n8n workflows, self-hosted infrastructure, and agents that run without you.

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