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Selected engagements

Names withheld.
Numbers are real.

We work under NDA, so you won't see logos here. Each study below is anonymised to protect client confidentiality. Same shape every time: industry and scale at the top, the problem and the shape of what we shipped in the middle, three numbers at the bottom.

Pharmaceutical · Data & AI infrastructure

IndustryPharmaceutical RegionUS Duration12 months Team3 engineers, 1 ML lead

A pharma R&D team that can finally query its own data without a ticket.

Problem
Three problems had piled up at once: data pipelines that couldn't keep pace with the volume coming out of research and manufacturing, analytics that only a dedicated team could run, and no way for non-technical staff to ask a question of the company's own data without filing a ticket and waiting.
We built
A rebuilt data-processing backbone sized for the actual volume, a leaner analytics layer their own team could extend without firefighting, and a set of AI agents that let people across the business ask direct questions of their data and get a trustworthy answer back.
We didn't
Touch the manufacturing systems that weren't broken, or build one do-everything agent where three focused ones did the job better.

65%

Reduction in data processing time

40%

Lower infrastructure cost

Days → minutes

For a non-technical team to get an answer from their own data

Systematic hedge fund · Data infrastructure

IndustrySystematic hedge fund RegionUS · New York Duration11 months Team2 engineers, 1 ML lead

A hedge fund that can finally see why its data pipeline keeps breaking.

Problem
Data processing had outgrown what the team could observe. When something slowed down or broke, nobody could tell if the cause was the infrastructure or the pipeline logic — every incident turned into a days-long hunt.
We built
Observability across both the infrastructure and the pipelines first, so every slowdown pointed to an exact cause — then fixed what the evidence actually pointed to, on both sides.
We didn't
Rewrite the pipeline architecture before knowing what was actually wrong.

Hours → minutes

To locate the source of a data-processing incident

~45%

Cut in recurring processing delays

Full visibility

Across infrastructure and pipelines, replacing guesswork

Marketing-tech platform · Team build-out

IndustryMarketing technology RegionUS Duration14 months Team3 lead engineers, 1 engineering manager, 1 ML engineer

The startup that landed five-year contracts before its platform even shipped.

Problem
An early-stage company wanted one platform where enterprise marketers could manage campaigns across TV and social from a single place. The scope was broad and timelines were already promised to their own customers: engineers to build it, someone to own delivery and architecture, and a specialist to build the recommendation engine at its center.
We built
We staffed the full team the roadmap needed — lead engineers on the platform, an engineering manager owning delivery and architecture, and an ML engineer on the recommendation system — inside the timelines already negotiated with their customers.
We didn't
Make product calls that were the founders' to make. Our job was to make their roadmap real, not set it.

5-yr contracts

Signed with two of the largest TV & marketing platforms in the US, while still an early-stage company

100%

Of roles filled within the timeline negotiated with the client

0

Missed hiring or delivery deadlines across the engagement

Global professional-services firm · AI proof-of-concept program

IndustryGlobal professional-services firm RegionMulti-region Duration6 months Team1 AI architect embedded per project

Five AI experiments, one process, three now headed to market.

Problem
Promising AI ideas were scattered across different divisions, each a one-off proof-of-concept with no shared way to design, build, or judge them. Good ideas were stalling for lack of a common process.
We built
One AI architect embedded per project, leading the build and carrying a consistent, repeatable way of shipping AI agents across every division involved.
We didn't
Build one-off tools and walk away — the brief was a process their own teams could repeat without us.

5

Divisions now building AI agents the same way

3 of 5

Proof-of-concepts now being taken to market

Weeks, not quarters

From idea to a go/no-go decision on each POC

A note on anonymisation

What you won't see here, and why.

No client names. No logos. No screenshots of internal tools. No exact dollar figures where a competitor could back into a P&L. No architecture diagrams that could be replicated without our clients' written consent. We work under NDA in domains where the systems we build are competitive assets; treating that seriously is part of the offer.

Every study above reflects a real engagement. Names, exact figures, and identifying details are withheld or rounded to protect client confidentiality — that's why some numbers above look rounder than you'd expect.

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