From blank page to shipped product.
We plan, design, build and run digital products, with small senior teams and AI agents in the same loop. A scoped MVP ships in 30 days.
Three chapters.
The same people carry a product from the first conversation to the release. No handoffs between teams, because the handoff is where most work dies.
CH.01 / Plan
Work out what is worth building.
Five days of hard questions before a line of code. We pressure test the idea, talk to the people who will use it, and come back with a scope you can argue with.
- Problem definition and user interviews
- Scope, risks and what we deliberately leave out
- Technical approach and architecture
- A fixed price and a date for the build
CH.02 / Design
Design on a phone first.
Most of your users arrive on a mid range Android over patchy data. We design for that first, then scale up. Every screen is prototyped and tested before it is built.
- Mobile first flows and interface design
- Clickable prototype, tested with real users
- A design system your next developer can read
- Every state covered: empty, loading, error, offline
CH.03 / Build
Ship it, then keep shipping.
Production code, reviewed line by line, live on a real URL from the first day of the build. You use the real thing long before launch day.
- Mobile first web on boring, reliable tooling
- Live from the first build day, demoed twice a week
- Tests, monitoring and a security pass before launch
- Handover, or we stay on as your team
What AI-native actually means.
Every studio says it uses AI. Here is exactly where agents do the work, where people do, and what we will not hand to a machine. It is how a small senior team ships a scoped product in 30 days.
Agents
- Research synthesis
- First-pass specs
- Scaffolding
- Test suites
- Edge case states
- Living documentation
People
- What to build
- What to cut
- Design
- Every line that ships
- Architecture
- Talking to you
Never automated
- Product judgement
- Security review
- Data modelling
- Anything touching money or personal data
Thirty days, and what fits in them.
A promise with no boundary is marketing. Here is the shape of a 30 day build and, just as importantly, what does not belong in one.
01–05Days
Discovery
Interviews, architecture, and a fixed scope and build price you sign off. You can stop here with the plan.
06–12Days
Design
Flows, screens and a clickable prototype, tested on phones with people who match your users.
13–26Days
Build
Live on a real URL from the first day of the phase, demoed twice a week. You use it as it is built.
27–30Days
Harden and launch
Performance, accessibility and security passes, analytics, legal pages, then release.
30+Days
Run
We keep it running and improving, or hand it over with documentation. Your call.
Fits in 30 days
- One primary user journey, end to end
- Mobile first web, usable on a mid range Android
- Accounts, the core data model and the main flow
- Deployed on your infrastructure, with real users on it
- Analytics on the events that matter
Does not
- Several user types each needing their own app
- Offline first sync and conflict resolution
- Native iOS and Android builds
- Integrations with legacy or on premise systems
- Anything requiring regulatory review or an audit
Three ways to start.
Every build is a fixed price agreed before it starts, not an hourly rate that moves. Tell us what you are building and we will quote it.
One week
Time Trial
Discovery on its own, one week against the clock. We pressure test the idea, talk to the people who will use it, and come back with a scope, a technical plan, a fixed build price and a date. Yours to keep even if you build it with someone else.
Ask about a Time TrialThirty days
Sprint
One scoped product, live and in front of real users inside a month. The first five days are discovery; scope and build price are fixed when it ends, and you can stop there with the plan.
Ask about a SprintMulti month
Marathon
The major build. Several user types, real integrations, the work that does not belong in thirty days. Paced over months, scoped the same way, and quoted at a fixed price.
Ask about a MarathonQuestions.
What does AI-native mean in practice?
Agents do the first pass on specs, scaffolding, tests, edge cases and documentation. People decide what gets built, design it, review every line that ships and own the architecture. Product judgement, security review and anything touching money or personal data are never automated.
Who owns the code?
You do, from the first commit. Your repository, your cloud accounts, your domains. No lock-in and nothing proprietary you have to keep paying us for.
What happens after launch?
Either we keep running it or you do. Running it covers monitoring, incident response, dependency and security updates, and new features on an agreed cadence, on a monthly agreement you can exit. If you would rather take it in house, we hand over the repository, the accounts and the documentation whenever you ask.
Do you only build for startups?
No. Early stage founders are a natural fit, but the same three chapters apply to a company launching something new alongside an existing business. The difference is usually procurement and integration, not the way the product gets made.
Who will I work with?
Named people, from the first call to launch day. You talk to the people doing the work, not an account manager in front of a rotating bench.
Tell us what you are building.
A short description is enough. We reply within two working days, and we will say so if we are the wrong studio for it.
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