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Three ways we plug in.

Founder mode for startups. Pods for SMBs. Advisory + build for enterprises. Same team, same standards, different shape depending on where you are.

How we engage

Three shapes, one standard.

  • 01
    For startups

    Founder Mode

    Who it’s for

    Pre-seed to Series A founders who need to ship before they can raise again.

    What it is

    Full cross-functional pod: product, engineering, design, DevOps. We make the architecture decisions, ship the MVP, and hand you a working product with clean code and docs. No recruiting. No ramp. No equity.

    Shape

    4 to 8 week sprints. Dedicated delivery lead. Weekly demos. Shared Slack.

    What ships

    Working product in production, ready for your team to take forward.
  • 02
    For SMBs

    Pods

    Who it’s for

    VP Eng / CTO at a scaling company whose roadmap is outrunning headcount.

    What it is

    Senior engineering pods plugged into your stack and your rituals. AI, full-stack, DevOps, security, one delivery lead, so your PMs aren't herding individual contractors.

    Shape

    3+ month engagements. Pod sized to the work (typically 3 to 6 engineers). Aligned to your sprint cadence.

    What ships

    What's on your roadmap, faster, without paying the recruiting tax.
  • 03
    For enterprises

    Advisory + Build

    Who it’s for

    Enterprise CIO / CDO facing an AI transformation, a regulated-industry build, or an innovation mandate.

    What it is

    Advisory rigor at startup speed. We've trained Fortune 100 leadership on AI and built production systems in regulated industries. Short alignment decks, then we build. The deck is the start, not the deliverable.

    Shape

    Workshops and advisory cycles, often paired with an embedded build team. Scopes from 6 weeks to multi-quarter.

    What ships

    A shared mental model, a prioritized roadmap, and production systems, not a 200-page PDF.
Capabilities

What you can hire us to do.

Four disciplines. One standard: production-grade, compliant from line one, shipped.

  • 01

    AI Engineering & Data Science

    AI built into the product, not the pitch. Predictive models, intelligent automation, and LLM systems that run in production.

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  • 02

    Cybersecurity & Compliance

    Audit-ready from line one, in the product and across the program. HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 built into what you ship and how you operate, not bolted on after.

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  • 03

    Full-Stack Development

    Idea to shipped product, by one team that owns the outcome. Web platforms, mobile apps, and MVPs.

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  • 04

    Cloud, DevOps & Quality

    Infrastructure that ships itself. CI/CD, Terraform, observability, and automated testing.

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What a pod looks like

One team, one lead, one outcome.

Pods are self-sufficient, so your PMs aren’t coordinating five contractors with five onboarding docs. One delivery lead owns the outcome. Specialists plug in as the work demands.

Core
  • Delivery LeadSingle point of contact. Owns the outcome.
  • ProductScope, specs, prioritization.
  • EngineeringFull-stack seniors. Architect and ship.
  • DesignProduct design and interaction.
  • DevOpsCloud, CI/CD, observability.
Plug-in specialists
  • Data / AIWhen AI is part of the product, not the pitch.
  • SecurityRegulated industries, audit-grade.
Who we serve

The shape of the problem, by seat.

  • Startup founder / CEO

    How do I ship before I need to raise again?

    Our answer

    Founder Mode. Full pod, weeks not quarters, and no cap-table dilution.

  • Startup CTO

    I'm drowning and can't hire fast enough. What do I do?

    Our answer

    Pods. Senior engineers plugged into your stack next sprint, not next quarter.

  • SMB VP Engineering

    How do I scale a roadmap that's twice my headcount?

    Our answer

    Pods. Scale capacity without the recruiting cycle or the offshore tax.

  • Enterprise CIO / CDO

    The board wants AI. How do I avoid just handing them a deck?

    Our answer

    Advisory + Build. Alignment first, then production systems: short path, not slideware.

  • Enterprise CISO

    How do I find partners who actually understand compliance?

    Our answer

    HIPAA, SOC 2, and audit trails from line one, on every engagement, not as an add-on.

  • VC / Investor

    How do I get a portfolio company an engineering team right now?

    Our answer

    Founder Mode. We can be a founding team in days and hand it off clean.

Figure out which shape fits.

30-minute intro. Straight talk. We’ll tell you if we’re the right team, or we won’t.