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US Founders Ship Their AI Product 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 startup to market fast, at a fraction of US agency rates.
Trusted by founders in New York, San Francisco, and Austin. 50+ products live.
The math on US engineering doesn't work for early-stage founders.
Hire a US Engineer
- $150k-$250k annual salary
- 3-6 months to hire
- 6-12 months to ship an MVP
- Still responsible for architecture
US Agency
- $100-$200/hr billing rate
- $150,000+ for a full MVP build
- Generic process, no AI delivery
- You're not their priority client
DevForge
- AI-augmented build process
- 4-8 weeks to live MVP
- Fraction of US agency cost
- Vikram personally involved
Your Build Ships While You Sleep.
DevForge operates out of Ahmedabad, India: 10.5 hours ahead of ET. 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 at 6pm ET. We pick up where we left off. You open your laptop at 9am ET 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 Work With Best
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. We have been the first builders for dozens of founders in exactly this position.
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 have done this for founders across wellbeing, social, fintech, and more.
What Founders Say About Building with DevForge
Both founders came to DevForge as non-technical founders with no prior experience working with a dev team. Both products are live.
“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
Your build progresses around the clock while you focus on business.
Same caliber as $200/hr US talent at a fraction of the budget.
Live MVP in weeks, not the 6-12 month average of US agencies.
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 rough build estimate. 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. We ensure your future in-house engineering hire can get up to speed in a day.
QA and Hardening
Security review, performance testing, and full documentation. We ensure your future in-house engineering hire can get up to speed in a day.
Launch
Your product goes live. We monitor the first two weeks of traffic and provide ongoing iteration support via a monthly retainer.
Questions 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.