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US Founders Ship Their MVP in 4-8 Weeks with DevForge
Stop waiting to hire your first engineer. Your competitors are already shipping.
DevForge is the AI-first engineering partner that gets your MVP live in 4-8 weeks, founder-led, with 100% of the code and IP yours.
Founder-led builds, with four live Australian products and UK work under NDA.
Hiring in-house or through a US agency is slow and expensive for early-stage founders.
Hire a US Engineer
- Senior salary plus benefits and equity
- Months to recruit and onboard
- A long road to a first release
- Still responsible for architecture
US Agency
- Hourly billing that grows with scope
- Full-roadmap quotes before anything is validated
- Process built for larger budgets
- You're one client among many
DevForge
- AI-augmented build process
- 4-8 weeks to live MVP
- Founder-led, you own 100% of code and IP
- Vikram personally involved
Your Build Ships While You Sleep.
DevForge operates out of Ahmedabad, India: 9.5-10.5 hours ahead of ET, depending on daylight saving. Most founders hear "time zone difference" and think "communication problem." Here's what it actually means in practice:
While you are closing deals, talking to customers, and pitching investors during the US business day, your DevForge engineering team is actively building your product. You close your laptop in the evening. Our working day runs from late evening to early morning ET. You open your laptop the next morning to a progress update, new features in staging, and a Loom walkthrough of what shipped overnight.
Your build compounds every day, without taking your attention away from the business work only you can do.
"Good morning! Overnight we deployed the auth system and updated the dashboard. Here is the Loom walkthrough..."
Version 1.2.0 is now live for internal review.
Daily Progress Updates
Every morning in your inbox: what shipped, what is in review, and what is planned for the next 24 hours.
Weekly Video Standups
Scheduled in ET or PT. Vikram joins every one. No surprises, no delays in decisions.
Staging Access 24/7
Your product is always live in a staging environment you can check, share with investors, and get feedback.
We Build with the Same Tools Your Investors Know
No proprietary stack lock-in. No tech choices you'll regret at Series A.
Every DevForge project is built on production-grade infrastructure from day one. Not "we'll refactor before Series A." Your codebase is clean, documented, and ready for your eventual in-house engineering hire to take over without a rewrite.
The Three Types of US Founders We're Built For
Pre-product, pre-hire
You have the idea, the domain expertise, and maybe some pre-seed funding. You know what problem you are solving but do not yet have an engineering co-founder or team. That's where Gooday's and Bookish's founders were when they came to us.
Post-raise, moving too slowly
You raised a round and committed to a demo day or investor milestone. Your build is behind. You need a team that can step in, understand the codebase or start clean, and deliver on a real deadline.
Non-technical founder with a validated idea
You have talked to 50 customers, you know the pain is real, and you are ready to build. You do not write code and you do not want to spend 6 months learning what questions to ask engineers. We've done this for non-technical founders in wellbeing (Gooday) and social (Bookish).
What Founders Say About Building with DevForge
Catherine and Lea came to DevForge as non-technical founders with no prior experience working with a dev team, and Tom trusted us with both of Metaboly's apps. All three products are live today.
“Hi, I’m Catherine, founder of Good Day. We’ve been working with Dev Forge Technologies for several months, and it’s been an outstanding experience-collaborative, high-quality, and enjoyable. Vikram, the founder, set very high standards and is wonderful to work with. Our partnership has been built on trust, integrity, clear communication, and strong results. Launching Good Day with their support has been a truly positive journey, and I highly recommend their services.”
Catherine Mary Said
Founder & CEO, Gooday
“Leah, founder of Bookish, has worked with Dev Forge for over a year to turn her idea of a social media platform for book lovers into a full-featured app with news feeds, profiles, book databases, and events. As a non-technical founder, she found the team supportive, communicative, and reliable throughout the process, and she highly recommends them.”
Lea Nesdale
Founder, Bookish
“Hi, I'm Tom. I've had the great pleasure of working with Vikram both as a co-worker and as an employer, and in both cases he has done nothing but exceptional work. Truly fantastic code and work ethic. He's a massive team player. He'll not only ship what you need done as quickly as humanly possible, sometimes quicker, but he'll really think about the big picture as well and make sure that what you're putting together is efficient, affordable and long-term sustainable. I honestly couldn't think of a better person and a better team to have in your corner than Vikram and DevForge.”
Tom
Founder, Metaboly
9.5-10.5 hours ahead of ET, depending on daylight saving. Your build moves forward overnight while you focus on the business.
A fixed estimate for phase 1 after the free call, so you can compare it with any US quote.
A live MVP in 4-8 weeks from idea.
Keep your cap table clean. You own 100% of the code and IP.
From Signed Contract to Live Product
Free 30-Min AI Audit
Vikram runs every session personally. You walk through your idea, we identify technical risks, and you leave with a fixed estimate for phase 1. Scheduled in ET or PT.
Product Blueprint
We map your full product before writing code. Stack selection, architecture, and phase 1 scope. Reviewed and approved asynchronously via Google Doc and Figma.
Product Blueprint
We map your full product before writing code. Stack selection, architecture, and phase 1 scope. Reviewed and approved asynchronously via Google Doc and Figma.
Sprint Builds
Two-week sprints ending with a demo in staging. Daily Slack updates and weekly standups via Zoom scheduled at times that work for you.
QA and Hardening
Security review, performance testing, and full documentation, so your first in-house engineer can get up to speed quickly.
QA and Hardening
Security review, performance testing, and full documentation, so your first in-house engineer can get up to speed quickly.
Launch
Your product goes live. We monitor the first two weeks of traffic and provide ongoing iteration support via a monthly retainer.
What we build for US founders
Three ways to start, depending on what you're building and where your product is today.
MVP development for US founders
Take an early idea to a live product your first users can sign up to.
AI agents and automation for US startups
Add custom AI agents and workflow automation to a product you already run.
Mobile app development for startups
iOS and Android apps, usually from one React Native codebase, taken all the way to the stores.
Work for US companies
Projects for US startups and businesses, several under NDA.
Focus Wearable
A Native iOS Companion App for a Wearable Device That Helps Adults Focus
Read case study
Life-Science Commerce
A Headless commercetools and Next.js Storefront for a Global Life-Science Supplier
Read case study
Remote Hiring Platform
An AI-Assisted Hiring Platform With Video Interviews for a US Remote-Talent Company
Read case studyQuestions from US Founders
Your Competitor Is Already Building.
Every week you spend evaluating options is a week your market window gets smaller. Book a free 30-minute AI Product Audit. Walk away with a clear build plan, realistic timeline, and cost estimate: whether you work with us or not.