/ how we work
Big decisions, broken into small, reversible steps.
AI work carries enough uncertainty that betting the whole budget up front is the wrong move, for you and for us. So the engagement comes in stages: each priced before it starts, each ending at a natural exit.
/ 02 — how an engagement runs
No deck. No reveal. No retainer trap.
The audit call
freeForty-five minutes, free. Bring the job you'd rather never do again.
The scope
fixed quote, in writingA fixed price on one page. You know the cost before we write a line.
The build
demo every weekBuilt in short blocks you can steer as it takes shape. Nothing lands as a surprise at the end.
Handover
exit anytimeWe train your team, document everything, and stay on call. No retainer you can't leave.
/ even if you stop
- Stop after the call: the audit notes are yours, a map of where your hours go.
- Stop after the scope: the fixed quote is yours, take it anywhere.
- Stop after any build: the code, docs and accounts are yours, owned outright.
/ the usual way
- One big contract before anything works
- An open-ended retainer
- A platform you rent and can't leave
- A reveal at the end of the project
- AI for AI's sake
/ our way
- A free audit call before any money moves
- A fixed price on one page, stage by stage
- Code and accounts you own outright
- A working demo every week
- A straight no when AI won't pay off
/ principles, not promises
Every stage prices the next
You never commit to a number you haven't seen in writing. The audit call scopes the quote; the quote scopes the build.
Exit at every boundary
Stop after the call, after the scope, or after any build block. No penalty, no retainer to unwind.
The code is yours
Repository, accounts, documentation: in your name from the first paid stage. Nothing to rent, nothing we can hold.
Strategy before spend
We don't build first and justify later. If the job won't pay for itself, you hear that on the call, free.
/ two ways to start
Just talk it through
Send an enquiry and we’ll set up the free audit call. Forty-five minutes, no deck.
send an enquiry →Already know the job?
Answer a few structured questions and we’ll come back with a recommendation and an indicative price.
request a proposal →/ asked about the process
Fair questions.
Anything we haven’t covered, ask on the call. It’s free and it’s forty-five minutes.
What does it cost?
The audit call is free. After that, every stage is quoted in writing before it starts: a fixed price on one page, no open-ended retainer. You will never discover a number on an invoice.
What if AI isn't the right answer for us?
Then we say so on the call, and you keep the audit notes. It has happened, and it costs you nothing. We'd rather lose a sale than ship something that doesn't pay for itself.
Who owns what you build?
You do. Code, content, accounts and data, handed over documented, from the first paid stage.
Are you going to sell us a platform?
No. We build on accounts you own: your hosting, your data, your code. If an off-the-shelf tool is the right answer, we'll point you at it and help you set it up.
/ start here
Bring us the job you hate.
One call. Tell us the task that eats your week. We’ll tell you what automating it costs and what it saves, or tell you straight that it isn’t worth it.
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