A monthly engagement covering AI development, strategic guidance, and priority founder access — so the systems we (or someone else) built keep working, evolving, and earning their keep.
Light enough to be sustainable. Concrete enough to actually move the work forward.
A reserved block of senior engineering capacity each month. New features, integrations, model upgrades, performance work — drawn from a shared backlog you control.
Monthly working sessions with a founder. We read the data, the roadmap, and the market — and tell you where to spend the next month's effort.
A dedicated channel to a founder for urgent calls — when a model misbehaves, a vendor pivots, or a board question lands and you need a real answer fast.
The retainer works best for SMEs that are past the question of whether AI is relevant — and ready to move.
You ran a pilot or an audit, you know where the value is, and now you need a technical team to keep building without hiring full-time.
Your operations are growing and manual processes are becoming bottlenecks. You need AI capacity on demand without the overhead of recruitment.
You have strategic clarity but lack the AI and data engineering depth to execute. You want founders who can challenge your thinking and ship at the same time.
No lock-in. Cancel any month. The point is to earn the renewal, not contract for it.
A working session to understand your systems, your team, and what success looks like. We agree the monthly cadence and capacity.
60 minutesCode, data, and infrastructure walk-through. Shared backlog set up. First strategic session scheduled. We're operational by week's end.
3–5 daysReserved development capacity drawn from the backlog, a monthly strategic session, and priority access throughout. Cancel any month.
RecurringMost retainers start after a Custom AI Build — but we also pick up systems built by others when the team that shipped them has moved on, the original vendor went quiet, or the codebase is starting to drift.