Built by Fortune 10 bank veterans • 80+ AI agents shipped to production
We build AI agents that do your team's repetitive work.
48% of AI projects never reach production. We ship working automations in weeks, not quarters. No slide decks. No six-month “discovery phases.” Just AI agents handling real tasks for your team.
80+
Agents shipped to production
4–8 wks
Average delivery timeline
48%
Of AI projects fail. Ours don't.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Find the engagement that fits
THE SHIP-FIRST METHOD™
Four ways to start your transformation
Every engagement is founder-led. No junior consultants learning on your dime. No AI hype — just agents that ship.
Hourly Advisory
$425/hour
10-hour minimum engagement
Same way GLG, Catalant, and Guidepoint clients buy our time. Senior AI advisor on tap for architecture review, vendor selection, build/buy decisions, or live problem-solving sessions with your team.
- Direct access to a senior AI builder, not a researcher
- Use the hours how you want: deep dives, code reviews, vendor calls, working sessions
- Async Slack/Teams or scheduled calls
- No deliverables overhead — pay for thinking, not slide decks
- Hours pool you can draw down as needs arise
- Credit toward Kickstart if you upgrade within 30 days
AI Kickstart
$7,000 - $10,000
1-Week Intensive Embed
We embed with your team for one week to identify automation opportunities, scope the highest-ROI agent build, and ship a working prototype before we leave.
- Day 1-2: Workflow audit + automation opportunity mapping
- Day 3: Prioritized AI agent roadmap
- Day 4-5: Build and demo working agent prototype
- Agentic automation blueprint with ROI projections
- Implementation timeline with cost estimates
- Executive briefing deck
Fractional Chief AI Officer
$10,000/month
~8 hours/week embedded
Your team needs AI leadership but not a $300K executive hire. We embed as your fractional CAIO: driving your automation transformation, architecting agentic workflows, and making sure AI initiatives ship.
- Lead your automation transformation roadmap
- Architect and oversee agentic AI deployments
- Evaluate AI agents, platforms, and build-vs-buy decisions
- Train your team on agentic workflows and AI-first processes
- Monthly strategy review + quarterly transformation updates
- Direct Slack/Teams access between sessions
Automation Build
$15,000 - $25,000
Project-Based (4-8 weeks)
You have a workflow that should be automated. We build and deploy AI agents that handle it end-to-end, scoped, shipped, and production-ready in weeks.
- Custom AI agents that replace manual tasks your team does today
- Agentic workflows integrated into Slack, Jira, CRM, email
- Multi-step automation with decision-making and error recovery
- Contract review, customer triage, report generation agents
- Code review, data extraction, workflow orchestration agents
- Production-ready: monitoring, logging, team training included
THE SHIP-FIRST METHOD™
This isn't AI consulting. This is automation delivery.
What we don't do
- Slide decks disguised as AI strategy
- 90-day discovery phases before a single agent ships
- Junior consultants learning agentic AI on your dime
- Chatbot vendors calling themselves "AI transformation consultants"
- Framework PDFs that collect dust while competitors automate
What we do
- We embed, build AI agents, and ship production automations
- Every engagement is led by a founder who builds daily
- 80+ agentic automations deployed across fintech, SaaS, and enterprise
- If we can't automate it, we'll tell you on the first call, not after a $50K retainer
RESULTS
Agents deployed. Results measured.
Fintech
0%
efficiency gain in 90 days
Deployed AI agents for contract review and customer triage at a mid-market fintech firm. Agentic workflows now handle document extraction, risk flagging, and ticket routing autonomously. Same headcount, 3x throughput.
SaaS
0x
deployment frequency in 60 days
Embedded as fractional CAIO for a 50-person SaaS company. Built agentic code review, automated QA triage agents, and a deployment confidence scoring system. Releases went from biweekly to daily.
THE TEAM
Meet the team
Every engagement is led by James, our founder, and backed by a vetted bench of senior specialists he brings in as the work demands.
James Perkins
Founder
“22 years shipping software. Led AI transformations at Fortune 10 banks. I show up, I help, things get shipped.”
- Enterprise AI strategy at Fortune 10 financial institutions
- Full-stack engineering leadership across fintech and SaaS
- Built and scaled AI automation platforms
The bench behind the founder
James leads every engagement personally and pulls in a vetted network of senior operators as each project demands: AI and ML engineers, data engineers, full-stack builders, and domain experts across fintech, healthcare, legal, and SaaS. You get the right specialist for the problem and never a junior filling a seat.
QUESTIONS
Common questions
Not sure which engagement fits?
Book a 30-minute call. We will tell you honestly, even if the answer is “you don't need us yet.”