Forward-deployed AI engineering

AI built for your business.

Engineers who shipped AI at Meta, Google, and OpenAI — embedded in your business, building the custom workflows and agents that move your numbers. If we don't deliver, our fee is zero.

Request the taskforce

Two-week audit · Free · No obligation

Avg engineer tenure

12 yrs

at FAANG + AI labs

First workflow live

4 wks

from kickoff

Per engagement

2–4

senior engineers, on-site

Fee when we miss

$0

no lift, no fee

§ 01

The problem

You don't need more AI tools. You need the team that builds them.

Most businesses use AI like a chatbot. The people shipping production AI work at Meta, Google, and OpenAI. We bring that team to yours — embedded, custom, measured against a baseline you sign.

Manual workflows · today vs after
01Customer email triage
AI-routed18 hrs/wk · $47,000
02Invoice coding & data entry
End-to-end agent12 hrs/wk · $31,000
03Weekly ops reports
Auto-generated6 hrs/wk · $15,000
04Lead qualification
Agent-driven20 hrs/wk · $52,000
05Returns & refunds processing
Workflow automated14 hrs/wk · $36,000
06Customer follow-ups
Agent-driven9 hrs/wk · $23,000
Reclaimed, year one$204K · 3,120 hrs

Sample · composite of three engagements

✕ Sample / not for distribution

§ 02

The process

Three weeks of discovery before a single line of code. The first two phases are free.

  1. I

    Map

    FREE·2 weeks

    We sit with your team and map every repetitive workflow — the hours you're losing and the ones worth reclaiming.

    Deliverable

    Operations map. Hours by workflow.

  2. II

    Impact plan

    FREE·1 week

    Opportunities ranked by hours saved and dollars reclaimed. You pick what we build first.

    Deliverable

    Prioritised impact plan.

  3. III

    Build & deploy

    ENGAGEMENT·4 — 16 weeks

    Two to four senior engineers deploy inside your business. Custom workflows, real integrations — built to your stack.

    Deliverable

    Production systems you own.

  4. IV

    Settle up

    PERFORMANCE·Year one

    We take a percentage of verified lift — hours reclaimed, revenue added. Miss the target, and it's zero.

    Deliverable

    Audited reconciliation.

§ 03

The agreement

A percentage of the lift we deliver. If we miss, the fee is zero. You sign the number. Or we don't invoice.

Zoro Labs

Hiroshi Tan, partner

Client

Date

— . — . 2026

Free. No obligation.

Request the taskforce.

Two-week audit. Ranked impact plan. Then you decide whether to deploy the team.

  • Operations map · hours by workflow
  • Opportunities ranked by hours & dollars
  • Read-only · we don't touch production
  • 60-minute readout with your team

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