AI product engineering for funded startups

Most AI demos die in production. We build RAG, agents and LLM features for production, starting with a 2-week sprint on your own data.

The consult is 30 minutes and free.

Where AI demos break in production

A demo answers the questions it was built for. Production sends thousands, each with a cost, a latency and a way to fail. We trace every request, step by step.

See how we measure answers

Production AI on web, backend and mobile

Answers from your product docs

RAG with a cited source on every answer and a test set behind it.

Runs agents on your product data

The agent checks your data and drafts the next step; a person approves it.

Adds LLM features to your product

Search, summaries and drafting, added to the app and database you run.

Measures production quality and cost

Each change runs against your eval set, latency included, before users see it.

AI Proof-of-Concept Sprint

We build a working prototype on your own data, test it against targets we agree with you, and write down whether it should go to production, and why.

  • Length2 weeks
  • Built onYour data
  • You keepGo/no-go report
See how a project runs

How a project runs, in 3 steps

Each step ends in documents you keep, whether or not the next one happens.

1

Prove it in a 2-week sprint

The PoC Sprint: a prototype on your data, its eval numbers and a go/no-go report.

2

Plan the product build

Discovery & Architecture, 1 to 2 weeks: the spec, the architecture and an estimate.

3

Ship the product, hand it over

Product Build, 8 to 16 weeks, or Embedded Engineering by the month. The code and IP are yours.

A small studio, led by a senior engineer

Keelwork is small. One senior engineer leads every project and writes code on it; trusted collaborators join when the work needs more hands.

  • NDABefore the first call
  • Code and IPYours
  • HoursOverlap US, EU, AU
Keelwork's founder in a straw hat, holding their baby son against an orange wallthe senior engineerwrites the codethe collaboratorstill in onboarding

Prices and questions

Every engagement has a fixed length and a price published on our pricing page. Embedded Engineering runs by the month.

  • Technical consult, free30 min
  • AI Proof-of-Concept Sprint2 weeks
  • Discovery & Architecture1 to 2 weeks
  • Product Build8 to 16 weeks
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Can we sign an NDA before the first call?

Yes. Send it when you book, and we sign it before we talk.

Who owns the code?

You do. All code and IP from the project belong to you.

What if the sprint ends in a no-go?

You keep the prototype, the eval numbers and a written reason, two weeks in.

Can you add AI to a system we already run?

Yes. We add RAG, copilots and document automation to the apps and databases you have today.

What does the consult cost?

Nothing. It takes 30 minutes, and you leave with our opinion on your architecture or AI approach.