01 · Underneath
Stuck between the demo and real users
That's where AI pilots tend to stall: real data is messier than the demo's, and the costs start to add up.
A small senior team of tech experts, led by Sachin Garg, CTO
We get AI pilots out of the demo and into your users' hands.
We work out what's realistic, what it will really cost, and what to build first, then lead the work with your team.
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90 minutes with Sachin Garg, CTO · $500 · Refundable in one click
Stuck in the demoIn your users' hands
2008 Founded
27+ Years building software
30+ Products delivered
21+ Years leading teams
AI at real volume
A self-hosted AI project, crawling for nine months, shipped in two.
We start with your team, your code, and your data, lead the work with your team, and make sure it ships.
We don't rent you developers. Anyone we help you find joins your team, not ours.
Same project, before and after
At a crawl
With the right specialists
A New York based VoIP company had spent nine months on an AI project that was moving at a crawl: self-hosting ASR models and LLMs for transcribing and summarizing calls, to keep costs down at scale. We brought in the right specialists, and it shipped in two months. We also drove the GPU batch-processing optimizations.
What we usually find
The demo works. Real data is messier.
We find the piece worth building, and make sure it ships first.
02 · What we do first
Measured on your own data
Before the budget moves, we make sure it's tried on your own data and measured. We also work out whether it's cheaper to run it on your own hardware or pay per use.
03 · What a demo doesn't answer
When it's wrong
What happens when the model is wrong? Who notices, and who checks the output before a customer sees it?
Some of the work
Heavy algorithms, fast on real hardware.
Open any result for the story. Clients stay unnamed; Sachin can walk you through any of them.
18.8×
Faster compression on GPU
Deep tech · Image compression
100 at 30 FPS
Objects tracked in real time
Deep tech · Computer vision
18.8× · Deep tech · Image compression
Compressing an 8 megapixel image with a proprietary algorithm took 3 to 4 minutes on iOS and Android. We moved the same algorithm onto the GPU, and it took around 10 seconds, 94.7% less time. We used OpenGL shaders instead of CUDA or OpenCL, so it stayed portable across desktop and mobile.
100 at 30 FPS · Deep tech · Computer vision
In 2013, we developed and trained computer vision machine learning models for detecting and tracking fish species in open waters. Keeping detection and tracking separate made it far more efficient: up to 100 objects at 30 FPS on a 3.1 GHz 4-core Intel i7, using OpenCV.
How we work
From stuck to self-running.
Your team takes on a little more each month, until it runs without us.
01 Weeks 1–3
Get clear
Where things really stand, including what leadership doesn't hear.
02 Early on
Make it visible
Honest updates, and a working build you can try every week.
03 Along the way
Build it up
Simpler architecture, vendors held to their word, gaps filled.
04 When you're ready
Hand off
Nothing depends on one person, including us.
01 · Weeks 1–3 What we look at first
- What you're trying to achieve, and where things really stand.
- The quality of the work so far. It can go either way: sometimes it's worse than it looks, and sometimes it's much better than it feels, simply because it isn't finished yet.
- The skills the job needs against the skills on the team.
- Whether your timeline and budget estimates are realistic.
- The gap between what we hear from leadership and what we hear from the people doing the work. That gap usually tells us the most.
02 · Early on Progress everyone can see
Status updates that say what's really done, in enough detail to act on, and a working build you can try every week. A lot of the misunderstandings we see start with updates that skip the details.
03 · Along the way Stronger, step by step
A simpler architecture, vendors held to what they promised, and specialists added where the team has gaps. Your people take on a little more each month.
04 · When you're ready A team that doesn't need us
Knowledge moves to your team, and we help you hire anyone who's missing. By then, no part of your product should depend on one person, including us.
Ways to start
Everything starts with one call.
By the end of it, we'll both know whether there's more to do, and which of the other two options fits.
01 · Start here
A first call
$500
- 90 minutes with Sachin on your real problem
- Real answers and clear next steps on the calls themselves
- Up to two follow-ups, with you or your team
- Not worth it? One click, full refund
The right first step for nearly everyone.
Some teams take the solutions and run with them on their own. That's a perfectly good outcome.
02 · After the call
A fixed-scope review
$3.5–6K Fixed price, 2–3 weeks
A close look at the pilot, your data, and what it costs to run, with solutions worked out alongside your team.
- The pilot, the data it runs on, and the team behind it
- What it will really cost to run, at real volume
- Solutions to the problems we find, worked out together with you and your team
03 · After the call
Working together
$8–12K a month or a fixed-scope project
Our senior team works the plan with your people, through to a planned hand-off.
- Sachin sets direction and checks the work
- Milestones tied to features your users can actually use
- A planned hand-off to your own team
Book your first call.
Bring whoever on your team knows the pilot best.
Why is the first call paid?
Because it's working time on your problem, and you get real answers on the call itself. It also covers up to two follow-ups.
What if our data isn't ready?
Then getting it ready is usually part of the first piece of work. It's rarely a reason to put everything on hold.
Who writes the code?
Your developers, or specialists we help you hire who have done this exact work before. We lead the work and make sure it ships. We don't rent you developers.
What if AI isn't the answer?
Sometimes it isn't, and we'll tell you early, before more of the budget goes into it.
Do you take commissions from vendors?
No. We take no reseller fees or commissions from any vendor, so we're truly on your side, with only your best interest in mind.
90 minutes with Sachin Garg
$500 · paid at booking · How refunds work
- 90 minutes with Sachin on your real problem
- Real answers and clear next steps on the calls themselves
- Up to two follow-ups, with you or your team
- Not worth it? One click, full refund
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Need one senior person rather than a team? Sachin also works directly as a fractional CTO. Meet Sachin →