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//Engagement & Delivery

Three ways to work with the Labs.

Every model is outcome-structured, not hours-billed. Choose the lane that matches your stage — from a single shipped product to a permanent engineering function.

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Fixed-Scope Builds

Price locked before any code, tied to a defined deliverable.

Best for founders and operators who need a specific platform, MVP, or automation system shipped on a known calendar. You know the price and the date before we start.

  • Scope & price locked before code
  • Committed ship window
  • Forge Method end to end
  • Production-grade, documented handoff

Best for

Founders shipping a specific platform, MVP, or automation system.

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Sprint-Based Teams

Monthly retainer for ongoing product development.

A composable engineering team that picks up the roadmap after launch and compounds the platform sprint by sprint. Predictable capacity without the overhead of hiring.

  • Monthly retainer, predictable capacity
  • Roadmap delivery sprint by sprint
  • Senior engineering, no ramp tax
  • Flexible scaling up or down

Best for

Teams compounding a product roadmap post-launch.

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Embedded Engineering Pod

A dedicated squad as a permanent extension of your team.

A dedicated pod that becomes your external dev department — inside your tools, your standups, and your sprint cycle. Operating as a permanent extension of your in-house team.

  • Dedicated senior squad
  • Inside your tools & standups
  • Operates on your sprint cycle
  • Permanent team extension

Best for

Companies extending their in-house engineering function.

//FAQ

How pricing actually works

Hourly billing rewards slowness and punishes you for our learning curve. We lock scope and price before code so incentives point the same way: ship the outcome.

//Next step

Start with a Blueprint.
Lock the scope. Ship the system.

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