We work with non-tech founders to build their AI-first companies
What we do
You bring the idea, the customers, the domain expertise. We bring the engineering team, the AI fluency, and the production discipline. Your company gets built, week by week, without you needing to hire a CTO or learn what a vector database is.
Start buildingYour company, your code
Every line ships into your repo from day one. We are a team you rent, not a vendor you depend on.
Working software weekly
You see something real in days, not quarters. Iterate until it feels right, then ship it to users.
AI woven in from day one
Not bolted on for the deck. The agents, models and data plumbing live inside the product from the start.
They trusted us with their products
From startups to global enterprises, teams pick us when shipping actually matters.
Testimonials
What it feels like to build with us
"Most dev teams give us what we ask for. This team shares what they know about what works best, and their solutions are far more elegant than what we requested. That high-level perspective is rare — it requires real intelligence and vision."
"I had almost stopped outsourcing development after too many sloppy handoffs. They treat our Figma files as a starting point — catching interaction flaws and shipping code our clients assume was built in-house. The partner I wish I had found years ago."
"They built our entire frontend web console — the face of our product. Delivery was always on time, even when we shifted priorities mid-sprint. The codebase is clean, well-documented, and easy for our team to extend. I recommend them without hesitation."
"The complexity of our requirements was significant, but they systematically worked through every layer and delivered a product we are genuinely proud of. The timeline ran longer than planned, but they refused to cut corners. I respect teams that prioritize doing things right over shipping fast."
The premise
The next decade of companies will be built by people who understand customers, not stacks
You know your market better than any engineer ever will. You see the workflow that is broken, the customer who is underserved, the product that should already exist. What you do not have is a team that can turn that into software, with AI baked in, before someone else does.
That is the gap we close. We act as the technical half of your founding team for as long as you need us. We build the first version, the second version, and the version that gets you to series A. By the time you need a full in-house team, you have a product worth hiring around.
The reader
Four kinds of founders keep finding their way to us
The operator who finally has the idea
Twenty years in an industry. You see the workflow nobody else does. You do not want to spend three of those years learning to code.
The agency owner ready to productise
You have been delivering services. Now you want a product that runs while you sleep. The team you have cannot build it.
The early founder with traction, no team
A landing page, a waitlist, maybe a pilot. Investors want a real product before they wire. You want one before they change their mind.
The exec spinning up a new venture
Inside a larger company or on your own. You have credibility and a thesis. You need an engineering org without spending a year hiring one.
How it works
Four moves, in the order they actually happen
- 01
We sit with you until the company is clear
Not a kickoff deck. A few working sessions where we map what you are actually building, who pays for it, and what the smallest version that can earn money looks like. We push back where it matters.
- 02
Something real is in your hands inside a week
A live product, in your browser, on a real URL. Not a Figma file. You click it, your customers click it, we change it. Every week the product gets visibly better.
- 03
AI ships inside the product, not on top of it
Agents, retrieval, evals, observability. We treat the AI surface like the rest of the product, with tests, monitoring and a way to fix it when it gets weird. Because it will.
- 04
When you are ready to hire, we hand the keys over
Documented codebase. Working runbooks. A first engineer we help you interview. You walk away with a company that does not need us. That is the point.
Capabilities
Pick the shape that fits, or write us about a shape we have not named yet
Full product engineering
Frontend, backend, infrastructure, data. The whole stack, built by people who have done it before.
AI-native architecture
Agents, LLM orchestration, retrieval, evals and guardrails. Designed for production, not the demo.
Embedded AI ops
A senior squad on retainer who joins your sprints and ships AI features continuously.
Fractional CTO partnership
Architecture decisions, hiring help, vendor calls. The technical co-founder you never found.
Frequently asked
What founders ask before they say yes
The invitation
Bring the idea
we will bring the company
Thirty minutes on a call. Tell us what you are building and who it is for. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right team and how we would start.
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