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Free Prototype

Free prototype

We’ll build your software in 2 weeks. Free.

One piece of the software that runs your business. Real code. You don’t have to build it.

For startups, businesses with customers, and big companies that run on software. Not for class projects, hackathon ideas, or ‘one day’ side projects.

Apply for the Prototype

We build up to 3 prototypes per month.

What You Get In The Free Build

  • Working code

    One scoped workflow or core slice of your product, built in working code.

  • An architecture diagram

    A simple diagram showing how this would scale beyond v1.

  • A 12-month plan without you as the bottleneck

    What you would own, what we would own, and how handoffs work.

Who it is for

  • You are building a first version, or you already have customers.
  • Software is how you sell or deliver.
  • If this works, you want a team to keep going.
Apply for the Prototype

We build up to 3 prototypes per month.

How it works

You apply. We talk. If we build it, you pick a plan.

  1. Step 1 · Free

    Prototype Review

    30 minutes · after you apply

    Tell us what you need. We tell you if we will build it. Sometimes the answer is no.

    Apply for the Prototype

  2. Step 2 · Free if we take it

    Working prototype

    About 2 weeks

    We build one piece of your software. It is real code. You see our work before you pay.

    Only if the call says yes.

Step 3 · Pick a plan

One team. One price each month.

Want us to keep going? Pick the plan that fits where you are. Month to month. Stop with 30 days’ notice.

  • Startup

    $5,000 / month

    For startups and first versions. We build it and help you launch.

  • Business

    $10,000 / month

    For businesses with customers. We run your software and keep it growing.

  • Enterprise

    $20,000 / month

    For businesses that run on software at scale. Many sites, many users, many systems.

See the plans

Up to 3 per month

Startups and real businesses only.

We will not build a free prototype for a class project, a hackathon idea, or a ‘one day’ side project. If software is how you sell or deliver, apply.

Is this for you?

Size is not the test. The job is.

Good fit

  • A startup building its first version
  • A business with customers that runs on software
  • A multi-site business that runs on software at scale
  • An owner who wants a team to run the tech
  • Someone who wants one team that stays

Probably not a fit

  • A class project or a side project
  • A marketing website
  • Extra developers who only do what they are told
  • The cheapest hourly developer
  • One small feature, or a basic AI chatbot
  • You already have a full tech team and just want more coders

Questions about the prototype

What is the prototype?

One working piece of your software, built in about 2 weeks. You apply, then we talk for 30 minutes. It is not for class projects, side projects, marketing sites, or a single feature.

Is it really free?

Yes. The call is free and the prototype is free. You do not pay until you pick a plan, and you only pick a plan if you want us to keep going.

Why would you build something for free?

You see our work before you pay. If the prototype is good, most people want the team to keep going. If it is not, you have lost nothing. We build up to 3 a month so each one gets a senior team.

What happens after the prototype?

You have a working first piece and a plan. You can take it and run it with your own team. Or we keep going as your technology team on one of three plans: Startup at $5,000, Business at $10,000, or Enterprise at $20,000 a month. See the plans.

If software is how you sell or deliver, apply.

Apply for the Prototype