AI agent development US founders can put in front of an investor
Our AI agent development puts agents and features into your live product, not a scripted demo. Each one is tested against real and adversarial prompts before release, and cost monitoring is set up before launch so model usage doesn't become a surprise line on your burn rate.
- Idea to MVP
- 4-8 wks
- Equity taken
- $0
- Code & IP yours
- 100%
Where AI builds fall apart for US startups
Getting an AI feature to look good in a pitch is easy. Getting it to survive an investor's second question is the actual work.
It works in the demo, not in the diligence room
A few rehearsed prompts can make almost anything look production-ready. An investor or technical advisor asking unscripted questions will find the gaps a scripted demo hides.
No answer ready when someone asks about model cost
Token spend scales with usage in a way a fixed software cost doesn't, and founders are often asked to explain unit economics for an AI feature before they've measured them.
Security and data-handling questions with no owner
Enterprise pilots and cautious investors will ask what a model provider sees and how access is controlled. Without a documented answer, that question stalls the conversation.
What you get from a US AI build
An AI feature scoped to one job, tested against real inputs, and wired into what you already have.
- A use-case shortlist ranked by what users will adopt and what an investor will ask to see
- Agents built around your specific workflows, not a generic assistant bolted on top
- Answers drawn from your own documents and data, with the source shown so a reviewer can check it
- An evaluation report from real and adversarial test prompts that you can share in diligence
- Cost monitoring so model spend is visible per feature, not buried in one cloud bill
- Access controls and audit logs, the kind of practice that supports a later SOC 2 audit (this is not a certification and not legal advice)
- The feature shipped inside your current web or mobile app, with docs covering prompts, models and how to change them
Built for how US startups ship AI
Overnight iteration with founder review, cost control before launch, and groundwork for a later audit.
Model iteration happens overnight
Our 9am-6pm IST day runs overnight relative to ET and PT, so it doesn't overlap US business hours during the day. Retrieval tuning, prompt changes and evaluation runs happen while you're offline, and our founder reviews every model choice before it ships. You get a morning update on what changed and why, and we hold a weekly video review, scheduled at an agreed time in ET or PT.
Cost control before launch, not after the bill
We set up per-feature cost monitoring before an AI feature goes live, so a spike in usage shows up as a number you can act on rather than a surprise on the cloud invoice.
Practices that support a later audit
We build with access controls and audit logs from the start, the kind of groundwork that supports a SOC 2 audit later on. We don't claim SOC 2, HIPAA or GDPR compliance ourselves, and this is not legal advice.
How it works
From first call to live product in 4-8 weeks.
Free 30-min call
Walk us through your idea. You leave with the biggest risks and a realistic estimate. No obligation.
Product blueprint (weeks 1-2)
Scope, tech stack, architecture and a phase-1 roadmap before any code is written.
Build and test (weeks 2-7)
Weekly demos of working software. Security and performance testing before anything goes live.
Launch and grow (week 8+)
Go live, then iterate on real user feedback. Hand off to your own team whenever you are ready.
Our public case studies are four live Australian products, Gooday, Bookish, Metaboly and StrongHERside. They show how we scope, build and hand over a product end to end.
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Tell us what you're building
30 minutes with our founder. You'll leave with a clear next step, whether or not we work together.
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