AI development is now a core practice NEW

Software,
built lean.

We're a small, senior product studio that designs, builds, and ships custom software and AI products — faster, with less waste, and none of the bloat.

40+
Products shipped
6 wks
Avg. to first launch
100%
Senior engineers
AI-native
By default, not bolt-on

Trusted by teams shipping real products

NorthwindCobalt LabsVerdant Hatch & CoMeridianLoop
What we do

One senior team for the whole build.

From first prototype to production scale — design, engineering, and AI under one roof, with no hand-offs and no bloat.

FEATURED

AI Development

LLM apps, RAG, agents, and ML integration that actually ship. We make AI a dependable product feature — not a demo.

Product Engineering

Web and mobile apps built with modern, boring-on-purpose stacks. Fast, tested, and maintainable long after launch.

Platforms & Cloud

APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure designed to scale predictably — and to stay cheap to run.

Product & UX Design

Interface and product design that ships with the code. We design in-browser, not in a deck.

Modernization

Untangle a legacy codebase, cut the dead weight, and move fast again — without a risky big-bang rewrite.

Embedded Teams

Need senior firepower inside your team? We embed engineers who lift velocity and leave good habits behind.

AI development

Put AI to work — without the science project.

Most AI pilots never ship. We build AI features that are evaluated, observable, and production-ready from day one.

  • Chat assistants, copilots & agents grounded in your data
  • RAG & semantic search over your documents
  • Evals & guardrails so quality is measured, not hoped for
See our AI practice
How we work

Lean by design.

A tight loop that gets you to something real, fast — then improves it with evidence, not opinions.

Discover

One focused week to align on the problem, users, and the smallest version worth building.

Prototype

A working slice in front of real users within weeks — not a slide deck.

Build

Production engineering with tests, CI, and observability baked in from the start.

Scale

Measure, harden, and grow. We stay on as long as you need, and no longer.

Have something to build?

Tell us what you're working on. We'll come back within a day with how we'd approach it.