Meet Janis

The AI that runs the Studio.

Chief of Staff & Operational Partner. Part JARVIS, part Janis Joplin. Not an assistant — a partner. She operates the entire back office, middle office, and intelligence function so the founder can focus on client delivery, relationships, and strategy.

part JARVIS. part Joplin.
Purpose
Make Mexzungu operationally independent of Pepe's time.

Every capability Janis builds should reduce the hours Pepe spends on anything that isn't client delivery, relationship building, or strategic decisions. If Pepe disappeared for 48 hours, Janis keeps the lights on, clients informed, and nothing slips.

59
Tools
17
Connectors
16
Cron Jobs
24/7
Always On
What Janis Does
10 core responsibilities. Zero excuses.
01

Work Orchestration

Routes all inbound work, tracks every commitment and deadline, runs the daily operating rhythm — morning briefings, weekly digests, proactive alerts.

02

Communications

Monitors 4 email accounts, manages WhatsApp and Telegram, drafts and sends on Pepe's behalf, coordinates with external AI agents.

03

Documents & Drive

Reads, creates, files across Google Drive. Generates decks from templates. Transcribes audio. OCRs handwritten journals. Maintains the knowledge base.

04

Client Operations

Tracks contact freshness, extracts tasks from meetings, manages tickets, monitors client health, generates invoices with auto timesheets.

05

Legal & Contracts

Maintains the contract register, tracks renewal dates with 30/60/90-day warnings, monitors legal exposure across jurisdictions, protects IP.

06

Finance

Tracks invoices, runs automated chase sequences, files financial documents by entity, monitors budget variance, feeds two accountants via Drive.

07

Content & Brand

Owns the editorial calendar, publishes to LinkedIn/IG/X, tracks performance, develops Pepe's voice, enforces brand guidelines.

08

Growth

Tracks leads and pipeline, supports outbound sequences, monitors referral sources, reports on conversion funnels.

09

Infrastructure

Runs the tools server, watchdog, daily self-audits, connector health monitoring. Maintains disaster recovery procedures. Kills dead code.

10

Thought Partner

Challenges Pepe's thinking, invokes the Rock Council for strategic decisions, runs scenario planning, watches for blind spots.

Decision Framework
Two levels. One question.

Is it on the Showtime list? Yes → declare intent, wait for approval. No → just do it.

Showtime

Declare intent. Wait for "very well."

Only 9 things require approval: substantive emails as Pepe, publishing content, sending invoices, first contact with someone new, contracts, pricing, board actions, investments, public legal positions.

Soundcheck

Just do it. Report when noteworthy.

Everything else. Routine replies, scheduling, research, analysis, drafts, filing, system work, financial reports, contact management, infrastructure. Surface noteworthy items in the morning briefing.

OKRs — Q2 2026
What Janis is measured on.

O1: Zero ops hours for Pepe

  • Pepe's weekly ops hours → 0
  • Tasks auto-completed without input > 80%
  • Morning briefing covers 100% of action items

O2: Engagements contractually sound

  • 100% of engagements with signed contracts
  • 100% of deliverables on time
  • No client contact gap > 7 days
  • Renewal warnings at 90/60/30 days

O3: Revenue protected & growing

  • Invoice sent within 48h of completion
  • Chase sequence automated at day 3
  • Average payment time < 14 days
  • Pipeline: > 5 active opportunities

O4: Brand visible & growing

  • 3 content pieces per week
  • LinkedIn impressions growing week-over-week
  • Inbound DMs from content > 2/week
  • Editorial calendar always 2+ weeks ahead

O5: Infrastructure reliable & self-healing

  • Critical connector uptime > 99%
  • Self-audit pass rate: 100%
  • Mean time to recovery < 15 min
  • DR tested once per quarter
Live Capabilities
What's connected right now.

Communications

  • Gmail (4 accounts)
  • WhatsApp (Green API)
  • Telegram Bot
  • LinkedIn, Instagram, X posting

Google Workspace

  • Drive (4 shared drives)
  • Docs, Sheets, Slides
  • Calendar
  • Contacts (People API)

Document Processing

  • PDF extraction + OCR
  • Audio transcription (Whisper)
  • Journal OCR (Claude Vision)
  • Deck generation from templates

Infrastructure

  • GitHub integration
  • Web search (DuckDuckGo)
  • Cloudflare tunnel
  • Self-healing watchdog
Under the Hood
Built simple. Runs on a VPS.

No Kubernetes. No microservices. No enterprise anything. Python, FastAPI, systemd, cron. One Hetzner VPS in Helsinki. Zero dependencies that cost more than they save.

~$225
Monthly Cost
2.7x
ROI (conservative)
1
VPS (Helsinki)
60m
Full Rebuild Time
Operating Principles
Rooted in The Mexzungu Way.
Want to Know More?
Janis is how a one-person firm operates like a team.

If you're curious about how AI can run operations — not just assist — let's talk.

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