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How to ship an MVP with AI agents in two weeks
Our updated MVP playbook ships every build with a working AI agent layer from day one — tool registry, eval harness, typed actions and a Claude-powered planner, ready on day fourteen.
Our two-week MVP program has always been about one thing: the smallest shippable proof that the idea is real. From this month on, every MVP includes a working AI agent layer by default — and we think it should have been that way from the start.
What ships in the new MVP playbook
Previously, AI agents were an optional Phase 2. Now they are Phase 1 plumbing. Every MVP ships with an auth-aware tool registry, a lightweight LLM eval harness, a typed action schema and a default planner wired to Claude. Teams still pick their own product logic — but the agent foundation is tested and instrumented from day one.
Why AI agents are the new MVP baseline
Two observations pushed us here. First, founders cannot credibly raise without an AI story any more — investors ask on the first call. Second, agents went from "brittle magic" to "boring glue" over the last twelve months, which drops the cost of adding them to an MVP by an order of magnitude.
What it means for new builds
Same timeline, same price, more shippable surface on day 14. Teams that were going to add agents in Phase 2 get them four weeks earlier. Teams that were not get the option with no extra engineering budget.
“The question is no longer “should the MVP have agents.” It is “what decisions are we comfortable automating on day one.””
More builds from the shelf.
Same team, different problems. Recent cases in adjacent industries — each shipped with the senior people who own outcomes.
Notes from people who shipped.
Real reviews from founders, CTOs and PMs we shipped alongside. Not curated soundbites — actual sentences from launch retros.
· Parsewise®
They rebuilt our entire platform in 4 months. Performance improved 3×, and the codebase is finally something our team can maintain on their own.
· Wishboard®
From zero to 50k users in 6 months. The team handled everything — design, development, and launch marketing. We just focused on the product.
· RLC®
We needed 5 senior engineers fast. They embedded with our team, matched our coding standards, and shipped features alongside our full-timers.
· Blured®
The AI agent they built handles 70% of our support tickets. Response time dropped from hours to seconds.
Before we get started — what teams ask us most.
With a discovery phase. We interview stakeholders, audit existing systems, and map the competitive landscape. You get a written roadmap before any code is written.
MANIFESTO
Two-week sprints. Senior engineers from day one. Code that reaches production, products people actually use, and a team that stays through launch.
Stop piloting. Start shipping.
A 30-minute call to clarify your next steps. Zero obligations — bring a brief, a deadline or a half-formed idea, leave with a written plan.
Book a call
A 30-minute call to map the brief, your deadline, and what would actually move the needle.
/02Get an offer
Written estimate within 48 hours — scope, team, milestones and a fixed price you can sign off on.
/03Pay & start
Sign the SOW, pay the first milestone, kick off the same week. No multi-month onboarding theatre.
/04Ship in 2 weeks
First working sprint goes live in 14 days — real demo on a staging URL you can hand to customers.