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Project build.

RateFrom $100,000

Spec to handoff. Your team running it after we leave.

The brief

Most AI projects start as a script and end as an internal demo. We design and stand up the version that runs in production. Twelve to twenty weeks. We come in with a thesis, do the discovery, design the system, build it, ship it, and hand it back to your team operating it.

This is not staff augmentation. We will only take engagements we can lead, and we will only build production systems. The first phase exists in part so you can decide to stop. About one in five of our discovery engagements end there. That is a good outcome.

Fit

When this fits

  • You have a defined business problem and a budget, and you need delivery.
  • You have prototypes that did not make it to production. Most do not.
  • You need an outcome, not a permanent staff augmentation contract.
  • Your team is capable, but does not have the senior AI engineering muscle to lead the build.

When it does not

  • The problem is not defined yet. Start with discovery as scope, or an architecture review.
  • You want a software development shop. We are not one.
  • You need someone to manage your existing team over time. See engineering leadership.
What happens
  1. Phase 01

    Discovery

    Weeks 1 to 4. Workflow audit. Data readiness assessment. Success metrics defined without mentioning technology. Cost model at production volume. Compliance review where it applies. By the end of this phase you can decide to stop.

  2. Phase 02

    Architecture

    Weeks 5 to 6. Selection of stack components: models, retrieval pattern, tool design, routing layer, integration points, observability. A written architecture document. Cost and reliability budgets. Risks called out in advance.

  3. Phase 03

    Build

    Weeks 7 to 14. Senior operators do the work, with your team in the room. Daily commits. Weekly demos. Production-grade code. We do not ship prototypes.

  4. Phase 04

    Handoff

    Weeks 15 to 18. Documentation. Runbooks. Operational metrics in place. Two weeks of joint operation. Then your team owns it. Thirty days of post-handoff support.

What you walk away with
Who runs it
Pricing

From $100,000. Scoped after the discovery phase. Most engagements land between $150,000 and $400,000 depending on the breadth of the system, the data readiness, and the integration surface.

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Bring us in

Tell us what you are looking at. We will tell you whether this is the right engagement, a different one, or none of them.

Direct line.

info@swenor.us
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