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Strategy, design, engineering and AI. One team, start to finish.

We help ambitious organisations decide what to build, then build it properly — and stay to run it. The same people from the first conversation to the thousandth user.

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Why the house01

Most agencies hand you a deck, then a vendor, then a bill. We hand you a working product — and stay on it.

— 01

One team, no relay

Strategists, designers, engineers and AI people at one table. Nothing lost between vendors.

— 02

We ship our own products

Arci, Flare and Bricklane run in production. We bring that operating discipline to your work.

— 03

Working software, early

A first real artefact in weeks, in front of real users — not a quarter of slides.

— 04

You own everything

Code, models, infrastructure and documentation. No licences, no platform you can't leave.

What we do02

Five disciplines.
One standard.

Engage us for one, or bring us the whole problem. Every service is delivered by the same senior team that builds our own products.

01 / 05Build

Custom product builds

Something that should exist.

We take a problem that has no product yet and return with one that does — brief, design, engineering and AI, held by the same people from day one to launch and beyond.

What we deliver
  • Discovery & product definition
  • UX and interface design
  • Web and mobile applications
  • Platforms, APIs and integrations
  • AI features built in, not bolted on
  • Launch, analytics and iteration
Call us when

What you need is not on a vendor list, and stitching agencies together would cost more than building the thing.

You leave with

Software you own, running — with the people who made it still reachable.

Typical length 3–6 monthsFirst release in weeksTeam 4–7 people
02 / 05Think

Product strategy

What to make, and why.

A thesis, a sequence of bets, and a clear list of what you'll refuse. Discovery with an opinion — written by people who will also have to build it.

What we deliver
  • Market and user research
  • Positioning and product thesis
  • Opportunity sizing
  • Roadmap as a sequence of bets
  • Prototypes to test the riskiest idea
  • Build plan, team and budget
Call us when

The roadmap is a feature pile, the market moved, or three teams argue about the same product in different languages.

You leave with

A written argument you can fund, staff, and defend.

Typical length 3–6 weeksOutput Thesis + prototypeTeam 2–3 senior people
03 / 05Automate

AI

Systems that do the work.

Agents, retrieval and automation built around how your organisation actually thinks — with memory, permissions and evaluation. Not a model taped to a chat window.

What we deliver
  • AI opportunity and readiness audit
  • Agents and workflow automation
  • Retrieval over your own knowledge
  • Evaluation, guardrails and monitoring
  • Private, permission-aware deployment
  • AI features inside existing products
Call us when

Context dies at every handoff, a process cannot scale on headcount, or the product should act instead of waiting to be clicked.

You leave with

A system in production. Not a workshop. Not a deck titled Opportunity.

Typical length 6–16 weeksProof of value in weeksYour data stays yours
04 / 05Change

Digital transformation

Change that stays.

Workflow, adoption and the unglamorous wiring that makes new tools belong to the people who use them. Measured on what stuck, not what launched.

What we deliver
  • Process and workflow mapping
  • Systems and tooling consolidation
  • Internal tools and dashboards
  • Data plumbing and integrations
  • Rollout, training and adoption
  • Capability built inside your team
Call us when

The stack is modern and the work is still analogue — or the last consultants left and the old process came back.

You leave with

A way of working the organisation can keep without us in the room.

Typical length 2–6 monthsMeasured on adoptionEnds with handover
05 / 05Make

Design & engineering

The making.

Interfaces, systems, platforms and APIs — the layer where an idea either becomes usable or dies. We join your team or take the whole surface.

What we deliver
  • Product and interface design
  • Design systems
  • Frontend and mobile engineering
  • Backend, cloud and infrastructure
  • Performance and reliability work
  • Rescue of stalled or fragile builds
Call us when

The thesis is right and the artefact is not: unfinished product, fragile platform, or craft nobody trusts.

You leave with

Work that earns its place without apology.

Engagement Project or embeddedWorks with your teamCode yours
Proof03

We don't just advise on products. We run three of our own.

Every service above is something we do for ourselves first. The same team that will work on yours designs, ships and operates these every day.

Arci
AI marketing platformgetarci.com

Strategy · AI systems · Product build

Flare
AI work OSflares.in

Product build · AI agents · Design & engineering

Bricklane
Trade OS for brick kilnsbricklane.vercel.app

Transformation · Hindi-first design · Platform

How we work04

From first call to running in production.

Phase 01

Listen

Week 1

A sharp conversation, not a forty-page proposal. If we're wrong for it, we'll say so — that call is free.

  • Problem and constraints
  • Honest go / no-go
  • Proposal in days
Phase 02

Define

Weeks 2–4

Research, a written thesis and a prototype of the riskiest idea — so the build starts on solid ground.

  • Thesis and scope
  • Clickable prototype
  • Plan, team, budget
Phase 03

Build

In 2-week cycles

Strategy, design, engineering and AI in one pass. Working software every cycle, in front of real users early.

  • Fortnightly demos
  • Shared roadmap
  • Weekly written updates
Phase 04

Run

As long as useful

We stay until it runs without a chaperone — then hand over everything, or keep operating it with you.

  • Production ownership
  • Iteration on real usage
  • Full handover
Ways to work with us05

Four ways in.

No tiers, no seat counts, no retainers for the sake of it. The shape follows the problem.

Audit

Name the gap.

A short, sharp read of where you are and what is actually in the way.

  • Technical and process review
  • Written thesis, not a deck
  • A sequenced list of bets
  • Honest go / no-go
Length2–4 weeks
Build · Most common

Make the artefact.

The full pass — strategy through to a running product you own.

  • Product strategy
  • Design and engineering
  • AI systems in production
  • You own everything
Length3–6 months
Operate

Own the Tuesday it breaks.

We stay on the thing until it runs without a chaperone.

  • Production ownership
  • Iteration on real usage
  • Handover when you are ready
  • No permanent dependency
LengthMonthly
Transform

Change that stays.

Workflow, adoption and the unglamorous wiring that makes tools belong.

  • Workflow redesign
  • Adoption, not rollout
  • Capability left behind
  • Measured on what stuck
Length2–6 months
Selected work06
AI systems · A research organisation

The knowledge is in the system now. New work starts further along.

Before

What the institution knew lived in people. Every new project began by re-asking the last one.

What we made

Agents, retrieval, and a workflow cut to how the organisation actually reasons — not a generic knowledge base with a new coat of paint.

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Capabilities07

Everything a product needs, under one roof.

Strategy

  • Research & discovery
  • Product thesis
  • Positioning
  • Roadmapping
  • Business cases

Design

  • Product & UX design
  • Interface design
  • Design systems
  • Prototyping
  • Brand for product

Engineering

  • Web applications
  • Mobile apps
  • APIs & integrations
  • Cloud & infrastructure
  • Data platforms

AI

  • Agents & automation
  • Retrieval & search
  • LLM product features
  • Evaluation & safety
  • Private deployment
Fit08

We're a good fit when…

  • A real product or systems problem, with someone who can decide.
  • Work that needs judgment in the room, not a roster on a slide.
  • A budget that matches the seriousness of the ask.

We're not the right call for…

  • Staffing a bench. We are not extra hands.
  • A logo on a retainer. Theatre dies in week one.
  • “Add AI” with no problem under it. That is a prompt, not an engagement.

Questions clients ask first.

How long before something is running?

A first working artefact in weeks, not quarters. We'd rather put a narrow thing in front of real users early than present a wide thing nobody has used. You get our honest estimate before you commit.

Who owns what you build?

You do. Code, models, infrastructure and documentation are yours outright. We don't retain licences on client work, and we don't build on a platform you can't leave.

How do you price?

Audits are fixed-price. Builds are priced per phase against a written scope, so you always know what the next stage costs before it starts. Operate is monthly.

What happens to our data?

It stays yours and stays where you put it. We build against your infrastructure and permissions, and prefer architectures where sensitive context never leaves your boundary.

Can you work alongside our existing team?

Yes — and that's usually the better outcome. The goal is a way of working your organisation keeps once we're gone.

If the problem is real,
write.

We answer as ourselves — within two working days, usually sooner.

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