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Shehryar T. Ali

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SOLARIS GROUP

Build.

2005

Lahore, Pakistan

Software. Games. Cybersecurity.

Founder & CEO,
Solaris Group.

01 / BuildingLahore, Pakistan
2005

The work paid
for what came next.

I founded Solaris in Lahore in 2005.

That beginning grew into Solaris Group: software products, games, animation, cybersecurity and engineering teams for international clients.

I lead the group.
Its teams build and deliver the work.

Different disciplines.
The same drive to make things.

Enter the game collection
02 / RecognitionPresidential & governor awards

Built here.
Recognised internationally.

Shehryar T. Ali, wearing a pink tie, with the award recipients and President of Pakistan at President House in June 2023.
2023 · President HouseTwo presidential awards
Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad

Best IT Services Award

Shehryar T. Ali, wearing a pink tie, with the award recipients and President of Pakistan at President House in June 2023.
President House · 6 June 2023
Shehryar T. Ali receiving the Best IT Services Award from President Dr. Arif Alvi on 6 June 2023.
Award presentation · 6 June 2023

Best Software House Award

Shehryar T. Ali, wearing a red tie, with the award recipients and President of Pakistan at President House in March 2022.
President House · 9 March 2022
Shehryar T. Ali receiving the Best Software House Award at the masked presidential presentation on 9 March 2022.
Award presentation · 9 March 2022

Two shields

Presented by the
Governors of Punjab.

Shehryar T. Ali in a blue suit receiving a shield at the 2024 presentation by the Governor of Punjab.
2024Shield presented by
the Governor of Punjab
Shehryar T. Ali receiving a shield at the 2025 presentation by the Governor of Punjab.
2025Shield presented by
the Governor of Punjab

Award photograph

03 / WritingThe Offshore Trap · 2025

The Offshore Trap examines the hidden practices behind software outsourcing.

The Offshore
Trap.

The Offshore Trap by Shehryar T. Ali

Who does the work?

What is being billed?

What makes it hard to leave?

I published The Offshore Trap in 2025, writing from the side of software outsourcing that builds and sells the work.

Explore The Offshore Trap
04 / What’s nextInvention · Research · Wave2

Building
what’s next.

From an agent’s identity to a marketplace for agentic work.

01 / U.S. patents

Patents.

Trust starts with
the agent itself.

Authenticated Admission and Verified Replacement of Portable Software Agents.

U.S. patent application filed

Explore the patents

03 / An agentic marketplace for B2B

Wave2

A marketplace for
agentic work.

AI employees owned by their customers. Independently delivered AI services. One marketplace for businesses and the people building for them.

Ask about Wave2
05 / Working togetherPersonal consultancy

Bring me
the difficult
question.

Choosing an AI direction. Understanding the code. Questioning delivery. Recovering a project.

I work directly with founders, executives and boards on technology decisions, software and the work behind the reports.