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Ship AI products in weeks, not quarters.

MVPs in 4-8 weeks. AI baked into the architecture from day one - not bolted on at the end. Production-ready infrastructure from launch. When the next model ships, you swap. You don’t rebuild.

Built for founders who want real code, not a no-code prototype.

The four reasons most AI MVPs don’t survive launch.

1

Traditional dev is too slow

Six months to MVP is the death of momentum. By the time you ship, the opportunity has moved or your seed runway is gone. You need weeks, not quarters - without the no-code ceiling.

2

AI is moving faster than your codebase

The model you started with is already two generations behind. If your AI integration is hard-coded to one provider, every model change becomes a refactor instead of a config swap.

3

Most MVPs aren't built to scale

The agency hands you a prototype. Three months later you’re re-platforming because none of the infrastructure was designed for real users, real data, or real load.

4

Agencies don't really do AI architecture

Most dev shops bolt a chatbot on the corner of your app. AI as a core capability - infrastructure-grade, integrated with your data, observable in production - is a different skill set.

From spec to shipped in four phases.

Each phase is fixed scope and fixed cost. You see the work evolve weekly, not in a single hand-off at the end.

011 week

Discovery

We map your product hypothesis, the AI use case, the data sources, and the success metrics. We define what “done” looks like for the MVP - not for the eventual product.

You walk away with

Lean product spec, schema sketch, AI-flow diagram, success metrics. Used as the contract for the build.

021 week

Architecture

We design the data model in Drizzle, the auth & permissions, the AI orchestration layer (model-agnostic, observable), and the deploy pipeline. Real infrastructure from the start - not throwaway.

You walk away with

Schema in TypeScript, RLS policies, AI integration design, infra blueprint, all reviewable before any feature code lands.

033-5 weeks

Build

Vertical slices: schema + server logic + UI + tests + AI integration per feature. Weekly syncs. Real product visible from week one. You see the build evolve, not a black-box reveal at the end.

You walk away with

Production-ready MVP deployed on Vercel, observable on Trigger.dev & Supabase, with documentation and handover-ready code.

04ongoing

Launch & iterate

We support the first weeks in production - monitoring, fixing the surprises, prioritising fast iterations based on real user behaviour. Then a clean handover to your team, or an ongoing retainer if you want us to keep shipping.

You walk away with

Stable launch, instrumentation in place, prioritised post-launch backlog. Handover or retainer - your choice.

Four engineering principles we don’t bend.

These are how we shipped Ohana’s payment system - and how we ship every product. They’re also why those products are still running.

  • AI-native architecture

    AI orchestration is a first-class layer, not a hard-coded SDK call inside a controller. Observable. Swappable. Testable. Trace AI calls like you trace database queries.

  • Model-agnostic via OpenRouter

    We never hard-code “the model.” All AI traffic routes through OpenRouter (or an equivalent abstraction), so swapping Claude, GPT, or any frontier model is a config change - not a refactor.

  • Real database from day one

    Postgres with row-level security, schema in TypeScript via Drizzle, migrations in version control. Not Firebase, not a JSON blob. Real data model from the first slice.

  • Production infrastructure from launch

    Vercel for hosting, Supabase for data & auth, Trigger.dev for background work, GitHub Actions for CI/CD. The same infrastructure pattern that powers Ohana - on track for $60M+ in annual payment volume in 2026.

Our stack philosophy

Stack varies by need.
Some choices we make most of the time, though.

Frontend & hosting

Next.js on Vercel. App Router, server components, edge deployment. Hire-able by your future engineering team.

Database & auth

Supabase Postgres with Drizzle ORM. Row-level security for permissions you can audit and version-control.

Background & jobs

Trigger.dev for anything async, scheduled, or retryable. Observable in production. No DIY queues.

AI orchestration

Model-agnostic via OpenRouter. Always the latest model per use case. No lock-in to yesterday’s SDK.

What you walk away with.

Real product. In your repo. Owned by you. Hire-able by your next engineer.

  • Production-ready MVP deployed to Vercel under your account
  • Drizzle schema (TypeScript) + Postgres - your data model in version control
  • Row-level security policies, reviewable and testable
  • AI orchestration layer with observability and provider-swap config
  • Trigger.dev tasks for async work - retryable, idempotent
  • Auth, billing, and admin scaffolding ready for real users
  • Linear board with every feature ticketed and prioritised
  • Documentation your next engineer can read on day one

When you’re not ready for an AI product.

Sometimes the right move is a no-code prototype to validate the demand first. Sometimes you need to ship a non-AI version of the product to find out whether anyone wants it. Sometimes the “AI” idea is a feature, not a product.

Discovery tells you which one you are. If a code MVP isn’t the right move yet, we’ll say so - and you keep the spec we produced.

Common questions.

How long does an MVP take?+
4-8 weeks for a focused MVP. Larger or more integration-heavy products run 8-16 weeks. Discovery (the first week) is when we agree the actual number for your product - and you can stop after discovery if the scope's too big.
What does it cost?+
Each phase is fixed-price, agreed before it starts. We quote discovery precisely after a 30-minute call - the number depends on product scope, the AI use case, and how much architecture work the build will need upfront. The build phase is then scoped from the discovery deliverable. No T&M overruns. No surprise invoices.
How is this different from no-code MVP shops?+
Code MVPs scale. No-code prototypes hit a ceiling at the first sign of real traction. We build production-grade from day one - same infrastructure pattern that powers Ohana, on track for $60M+ in annual payment volume in 2026. If you genuinely need a no-code prototype to validate, we'll say so.
Will my MVP be production-ready?+
Yes - that's the point. Real database, real auth, real CI/CD, real observability. The MVP scales from launch. We don't ship prototypes that need a rebuild at 100 users.
Can you swap AI models later?+
Yes. AI traffic routes through OpenRouter, so swapping Claude for GPT for an open-weight model is a config change. We test against the most current frontier model at delivery and document the swap procedure.
What happens after launch?+
You choose: clean handover with documentation to your team, retainer with us for ongoing iteration, or a hybrid. We don't lock you into ongoing fees - your code is yours, in your repo.

Got an AI product idea? Let’s ship it.

30-minute discovery call. Tell us the idea. We’ll talk realistic scope, realistic timeline, and whether we’re the right team.

No NDA. No slide decks. No PM in the meeting.