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We build it while you hire.

Hiring an AI engineer takes months. Our engineers ship your first AI system now, then work alongside the people you hire or hand over to them.

Who ships, over time

Our engineers ship from week 1, with a release every two weeks. When you hire, your engineers join, and we hand over to them.

Fit

Who it is for, and what you get.

Who it is for

  1. 01Teams with an open AI engineer role and a roadmap that cannot wait
  2. 02Engineering leads who need agent, RAG or eval experience on the team
  3. 03Startups that want to hire later, once the first system works
  • Engineers in your stand-ups, repository and tracker
  • A first AI system shipped in 2-week milestones
  • Evals and tracing set up from the first release
  • Docs and runbooks your hires can take over

How it runs

A milestone every two weeks.

How we work, step by step
  1. 01 · Week 1

    Fit call and scope

    We agree the first system and how it will be judged.

  2. 02 · Weeks 1–2

    Join your team

    Access to your repository, tracker and stand-ups.

  3. 03 · Every 2 weeks

    Ship

    A staging link and a written update each milestone.

  4. 04 · When you hire

    Hand over

    Pair with your hires, or step back with documentation in place.

Working terms

Terms in writing.

  1. §01Month to month after the first milestone.
  2. §02Your code, in your repository, from the first commit.
  3. §03We sign your NDA before the first call.

Shipped work

Work you can open.

Built by Sortup or one of our co-founders, as labelled. Not always this kind of engagement.

All client work

FAQ

Questions about this one.

Every way to work with us
Will your engineers keep our hours?

We work your hours: the engineers on your project keep your working day, whether you are in the GCC, the UK and EU or the US.

What if our hire starts sooner?

We hand over early, with the runbooks and documentation we keep as we go.

Do you only do AI?

No. The same team builds the web and mobile product around the AI.

Hiring an AI engineer?

No pitch deck. An engineer, and a straight answer.

Hours
We work yours, in the GCC, the UK and EU or the US
NDA
We sign yours before the first call
IP
You own the code from the first commit