AI engineering · production systems
AI that survives contact with production.
Pushing the edges of frontier AI to delight your customers.
What we build, and what it has to survive.
Working out what you need? What is staff augmentation? · Hire vs engage a firm: a cost model · Building without a technical co-founder
Custom software development
For a business that already works and runs on a spreadsheet nobody designed. We find where the money actually leaks, then build the part that is specific to how you earn it.
AI consulting & implementation
Working out what is worth automating, then building it into the systems you already run.
Staff augmentation
Engineering capacity that holds up in production. Priced against written scope, never by the hour, and the IP is yours from the first commit.
AI workflow automation
Automation for the processes you cannot afford to get wrong: approval gates on anything irreversible, and an audit trail that explains itself months later.
LLM & RAG integration
AI features inside products that already have users: retrieval that respects permissions, evals in CI, and a rollback path that exists before go-live.
Notes
October 13, 2026
Staff augmentation cost: the number most vendors won't printPublished rates across vendors, and what moves the number.
October 13, 2026
Hire an engineer, or engage a firm?A cost model for the decision most founders make on instinct.
October 13, 2026
Will AI replace consultants?It already replaced one layer of the job. Which one, and what survives.
Start with a call. Bring the actual problem.
- 01
Call
Free · 30 min
Thirty minutes on the problem itself: what is breaking, what it costs you, and what fixing it would take.
- 02
Scope
Fixed price
What gets built, when it lands and what it costs, fixed before the build starts.
- 03
Build
Billed as it lands
Working software in your repository at every milestone. Changes to scope are priced before they are built.
- 04
Handover
Yours to run
A runbook, the rollback path and the IP, assigned outright. It runs without us.
Before you book.
How much does it cost?
A fixed fee against written scope, agreed before work starts and billed at milestones as the work lands. For scale, published subscription rates for comparable engineering capacity ran $3,500 to $12,000 a month in August 2026, most between $3,500 and $8,000.
What staff augmentation costs breaks that down.
How is AI integrated with my business?
We start from a task your team does by hand every week, not from a model. Where a rule can be stated, it becomes plain automation. Where a judgment sits in the loop, a model takes that step behind an approval gate.
It runs inside the tools you already use, and you own the result. AI workflow automation shows what that looks like.
Who owns the code and the IP?
You do, outright. IP assignment is signed before repository access, by everyone who touches the code, and it covers AI-assisted output. Handover includes the runbook and the rollback path. Nothing depends on a licence we control.
Who sees my code?
Nobody before an NDA. Access is read-only until scope is signed, and you can revoke it at any time. The AI tools used on your code, and what each one retains, are listed on the governance page.
How quickly can you start?
The start date is set in the signed scope, and work begins as soon as the deposit clears.
What are the exit terms?
Retainers end on 30 days written notice from either side, with no minimum term. Milestone billing means you never pay ahead of delivered work.
How do I make apps with AI?
Start with a builder such as Lovable, Bolt or Cursor and get a first version on screen. That is fine for testing an idea. Before it takes payments or personal data, have it reviewed by someone who has run software in production.
Building without a technical co-founder walks through the whole path.
How do I make money with AI apps?
The same way as any software: charge for a task someone already pays to get done. The apps that earn sit inside a business process, such as quoting, scheduling or reconciliation, and replace hours rather than impress in a demo.
If you already run a business, automate the task you pay for today first. AI workflow automation covers what pays.
Who have you built for?
Current clients are Ampivo Green, an agri-commerce app live on Google Play; Emerald Healthcare, a medical-travel platform live at emeraldhealthcare. info; and EMVO, a founder's office with its positioning live on emvo. ai.
Before Provingmark, Anupam ran payment infrastructure at $60M+ volume in MAS-regulated, SOC 2 / ISO 27001 environments and founded Munim, acquired by BikeWo in 2022. Each engagement is on the work page, with its scope and the live product.
Bring the thing that is not working.
A prototype that only works on sample data, or an agent nobody trusts with production. In thirty minutes you will know whether it is a build, a fix or a hire, and what it would take.
Thirty minutes, no charge.
Founder, Provingmark
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
01 Pick a time. Thirty minutes on your system.
02 An NDA, then read-only access to the code.
03 A written scope with the price attached.