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MVP Development for Ambitious Founders

From idea to a production MVP your users (and investors) can touch — in 4 to 8 weeks. Senior engineers, founder-friendly process, fixed pricing. Ship fast, learn faster, raise smarter.

Why You Need This

The Problem Is Real

90%

Of startups fail — most because they shipped the wrong thing, too slowly

$80K

Average cost of a "cheap" offshore MVP that needs to be fully rebuilt

6 mo

Average in-house MVP timeline — too long to validate or raise

2.5x

Higher fundraising success when founders show a real working product, not slides

What's Included

Everything you need to get results

Idea to Production in Weeks

Tight scoping, ruthless prioritization, and weekly demos so you launch before the market shifts under you.

Founder-Friendly Scoping

We push back on bloated specs and help you find the smallest possible MVP that actually validates the bet.

Modern Stack, Built to Scale

React, Next.js, Supabase, Stripe, OpenAI — production-grade choices you won't have to rewrite after Series A.

AI Built In From Day One

Most successful new startups are AI-native. We bake LLM features, vector search, and automation in from v1.

Investor-Ready Product

Clean architecture, proper docs, and a deployed live demo — what investors actually want to see in a deck.

Post-MVP Partnership

We stick around as your fractional engineering team while you raise, hire, and iterate post-launch.

Choose Your Package

Transparent pricing, no hidden fees

Sprint

Prove the concept

from $8,000
Timeline: 4 weeks
  • Web MVP, up to 5 core screens
  • Auth + database + 1 integration
  • Deployed live demo URL
  • Basic analytics
  • 14-day post-launch support
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Launch

Production-ready MVP

from $22,000
Timeline: 6–8 weeks
  • Web or React Native MVP
  • Up to 15 screens with custom design
  • Auth, payments (Stripe), AI features
  • Admin dashboard
  • Analytics, error tracking, CI/CD
  • 60-day post-launch support

Fractional CTO

MVP + ongoing partnership

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Timeline: Ongoing
  • Everything in Launch
  • Continuous feature development
  • Technical due diligence support for fundraising
  • Hiring & team build-out advisory
  • Weekly founder sync & roadmap planning
  • 6-month minimum engagement

Additional Services

Pitch deck technical review$500 (one-time)
Additional feature post-MVPDepends on scope
Monthly product retainerfrom $4,500/mo

Hosting (Vercel / Supabase) and third-party SaaS billed separately, typically under $100/mo at MVP scale.

How It Works

A proven process from audit to deployment

1

Founder Workshop

Half-day workshop to ruthlessly scope the MVP, define success metrics, and align on what we are NOT building.

2

Design Sprint

One-week Figma sprint producing clickable prototypes you can show users and investors before code.

3

Build in Public

Weekly demo calls. You see real progress every Friday and can shape direction in real time.

4

Launch & Iterate

Public launch, monitoring, and a clear roadmap — with us alongside you for whatever comes next.

Don't Build for 6 Months in the Dark

Most founder-built MVPs take too long, cost too much, and ship the wrong thing. Our process is engineered specifically for early-stage founders: tight scope, weekly demos, senior engineers, fixed price. You'll have a real product in users' hands — and a fundraising story that holds up — in weeks, not quarters.

4–8 wk
Idea to Launch
Fixed
Transparent Pricing
100%
Code Ownership
2.5x
Fundraising Edge

What Our Clients Say

Real results from real businesses

"We had 6 weeks of runway and a vague idea. AI Better shipped a working MVP in 5 weeks that closed our pre-seed round 30 days later. Honest, fast, technically excellent."

A.K.
Founder & CEO, AI Productivity Startup

"They pushed back on half our feature list — and they were right. The MVP we launched was smaller, sharper, and got us to product-market fit in 4 months."

P.M.
Co-Founder, Vertical SaaS Startup

"As a non-technical founder, I needed engineers who respected that. The weekly demos and clear communication made me feel like a real CEO, not a confused customer."

J.R.
Solo Founder, Consumer AI App

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