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In 30 days.

Fixed scope · Fixed price · Fixed timeline

A managed product team that builds with modern tooling — Claude, Cursor, and battle-tested stacks. Whether you're shipping a classic SaaS or an AI-native product, we deliver production-ready code on a fixed timeline.

30+MVPs shipped
100%Code & IP — yours
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acme-ai · /lib/agent.tsDay 30 · Live

agent.tsroutes.tsschema.sql

import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

import { tools } from './tools';

const client = new Anthropic();

export async function runAgent(input: string) {

const res = await client.messages.create({

model: 'claude-sonnet-4-6',

max_tokens: 4096,

tools,

messages: [{ role: 'user', content: input }],

});

return res.content;

}

// Production-ready in 30 days. Not a prototype.

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TypeScriptDeployed · 2m ago

30+MVPs shipped

100%IP ownership

30 daysFixed delivery

The founder bottleneck

You have an idea. Everyone has advice. Nobody has shipped.

In 2026, the bottleneck isn't ideas — it's execution. You've probably already tried:

Hiring freelancers

Three weeks in, you're managing chaos, not building. Half-finished branches. Vanishing Slack messages.

Using no-code

Fine for a prototype. Breaks the moment you need real product features, custom auth, or production scale.

Vibe-coding with ChatGPT

Works until you hit auth, payments, or production. Then every fix breaks two other things.

Hiring a senior developer

$8K/month. 3-month ramp. No guarantee they ship. And now you have an employee instead of a product.

Meanwhile, your competitor just launched. Sound familiar?

The shift

AI changed what's possible. It didn't change what it takes to ship.

Anyone can generate code now. Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can produce a working prototype in an afternoon. But the gap between a prototype and a product is wider than ever — and it's where 90% of MVPs die.

Easy

Prototypes

AI does this in hours.

Anyone can spin up a demo with Claude and Cursor. Looks impressive. Solves nothing real.

Hard

Products

Architecture takes weeks.

Auth, payments, integrations, edge cases, security, error handling, observability — the unglamorous 80%.

Hardest

AI-native products

Months for most teams.

Add evals, prompt versioning, fallback logic, cost control, model selection, latency budgets, drift detection.

We build the third one. On a 30-day clock.

The offer

A production-ready MVP. Shipped in 30 days. Fully yours.

Not a wireframe. Not a prototype. Not a Notion-and-Zapier hack. A real product — code you own, infrastructure you control, and AI features baked in if you need them.

What we build

Product strategy & scope
UI/UX for core flows
Frontend (Next.js + Tailwind)
Backend (Node/Python + Postgres/Supabase)
AI integration layer — when you need it (Claude/GPT/Gemini, RAG, agents)
Auth, payments, admin
Hosting + CI/CD
QA + launch

What you own

Full source code + repo access
Cloud infrastructure in YOUR account
Documentation + handoff video
14 days of post-launch support
Architecture review for next phase

Scope my MVP

AI-native capabilities

We don't bolt AI on. We build AI in.

Building a classic SaaS? We've got you. Need AI in the core? We've shipped these patterns to production — while most agencies are still figuring out where AI fits.

Conversational AI & chatbots

Claude, GPT, custom personas, memory, streaming.

Claude SonnetStreamingPersona memory

RAG systems

Document Q&A, semantic search, vector DBs.

PineconeWeaviatepgvector

AI agents

Multi-step workflows, tool use, browser automation, MCP.

Tool useMCPBrowser

Voice AI

Real-time voice agents and live transcription.

ElevenLabsWhisperVapi

Vision & multimodal

OCR, document parsing, image understanding.

OCRLayout parsingVision LMs

Workflow automation

AI in the loop across your existing stack.

n8nMakeCustom orchestration

If you can describe it, we can scope it in a 30-minute call.

The stack

Modern stack. Production-grade. Yours from day one.

FrontendNext.js · React · Tailwind · shadcn/ui

BackendNode.js · Python (FastAPI) · tRPC

DatabasePostgres · Supabase · pgvector

AI / MLAnthropic Claude · OpenAI · Gemini · LangChain · LlamaIndex

InfraVercel · Cloudflare · AWS

Auth / PaymentsClerk · Stripe

ObservabilityPostHog · Sentry · Langfuse

We pick the simplest stack that solves your problem. No over-engineering. No vendor lock-in.

The process

From idea to live product. In 4 weeks. Tracked daily.

01
Week 01 — Discover & design
- •Strategy call
- •Scope lock
- •Architecture
- •UI/UX
- •Tech stack
- •Sprint plan
02
Week 02 — Build core
- •Frontend scaffolding
- •Backend APIs
- •Database schema
- •AI integration layer (if applicable)
- •Auth
03
Week 03 — Integrate & iterate
- •Payments
- •Admin
- •Edge cases
- •Evals (for AI features)
- •First review + revisions
04
Week 04 — Test & launch
- •QA
- •Performance
- •Security pass
- •Deployment
- •Handoff video — you're live

Daily Slack/Loom updates. Weekly demos. You're never wondering what's happening.

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Pricing

Fixed price. Fixed timeline. Fixed risk.

One quote, one timeline, one team. No hourly billing. No scope creep surcharge.

Classic web/SaaS

Launchpad MVP

From $1,999

Get a real product in front of users. No AI required — just a sharp, well-built core.

1–2 production workflows
Auth + user accounts
Stripe checkout
Admin dashboard
Vercel deployment

Start with Launchpad

Growth MVP

From $4,999

Multi-feature AI product. Auth, payments, admin, and real AI workflows in production.

3–5 production workflows
Multi-role auth + admin
RAG + agents
Stripe billing + plans
Eval harness for AI features
Observability + alerting

Scope Growth MVP

AI-native · enterprise

Scale MVP

From $14,999

Complex workflows, multi-agent, enterprise auth, compliance.

Multi-agent orchestration
SSO / enterprise auth
SOC 2 readiness path
Dedicated infra review
Phase-2 roadmap included

Talk to us

* Final price and timeline depend on product scope. After the strategy call, we'll send a written proposal — that's where everything is confirmed. No surprises after.

Two-way guarantee

Miss the 30-day deadline on our side?

Week 5 is on us.

Not happy with the foundation after week 1?

Full refund — no questions.

Comparison

Why founders pick HIP over the alternatives.

	HIP Managed AI MVP team	Freelancers One person, hourly	Agencies Generalist shops	Senior dev hire $8K/mo, 3-mo ramp	AI tools only Cursor / Lovable / Bolt
Time to launch	30 days	8–12 wk	12–16 wk	3 mo ramp	Days, prototype only
Production-ready code	Yes	Mixed	Yes	Yes	Prototype
AI-native capability	Built in	Rare	Bolt-on	Depends on hire	Surface only
Accountability	Single team	You manage	Account mgr	HR risk	You debug
You own the IP	100%	Negotiated	Often shared	Yes	Yes
Cost predictability	Fixed price	Hourly	Scope creep	Salary + benefits	Subscription
Post-launch support	14 days incl.	Per request	Retainer	Built in	None

FAQ

Questions founders ask before booking.

What if my idea isn't fully fleshed out yet?

Most founders we work with come in with 60% clarity. Week 1 is scope and architecture — we shape the rough idea into a buildable spec before code is written. If the idea genuinely isn't ready, we'll tell you that on the call instead of taking your money.

Do I own the code and IP?

Yes. Full source code, repo access, and cloud infrastructure deploy into accounts you own. No license, no lock-in, no shared codebase, no per-seat fee for your own product.

What if I need changes after launch?

Every engagement includes 14 days of post-launch support for fixes and small tweaks. For larger phases, we scope a follow-up engagement or hand off cleanly to your in-house or external team.

How do you handle AI costs (API tokens, infrastructure)?

All AI provider keys (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) and cloud accounts are yours from day one. You see exactly what you spend. We architect with cost controls, model fallbacks, prompt caching, and per-feature budgets baked in.

Can you sign an NDA before the strategy call?

Yes. Send your NDA when you book and we'll sign before the call. If you don't have one, we'll share a simple mutual NDA template — usually signed in under an hour.

What if my MVP needs more than 30 days?

We tell you in week 1. If scope is genuinely a 60-day build, you get an honest quote and timeline before commitment. We'd rather lose the deal than ship a half-finished product on day 30.

Do you work with technical co-founders too?

Often. We pair well with technical co-founders who want velocity without hiring a team yet. You stay in the architecture review loop end-to-end and inherit a codebase your future hires will respect.

What if I want to bring in my own developers later?

Designed for it. Standard stacks, clean repos, architecture docs, and a handoff video make onboarding new devs straightforward. We'll do a paid review session with them if useful.

Book the call

Stop researching. Start building.

30-minute strategy call. No pitch. We'll tell you whether your idea is a 30-day MVP, a 60-day build, or something you should rethink. Either way, you leave with a clearer plan.

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Launch your AI product.In 30 days.