Custom AI Development
When off-the-shelf isn't enough: custom models, fine-tuning, and production pipelines engineered by senior AI developers who ship to production, not demo day.
What's included
Model Selection & Fine-Tuning
The right model for your accuracy, latency, and cost targets — fine-tuned on your data where it pays off.
Data Pipelines
Embeddings, retrieval, and evaluation sets built on your data, not a generic benchmark.
Production Engineering
Latency, cost control, monitoring — the unglamorous parts done right so it holds up at scale.
Custom RAG Systems
Retrieval architecture tuned to your data shape — documents, structured records, or both.
Evaluation Frameworks
Automated eval sets so quality is measured, not guessed, before and after every change.
Zero Lock-In Architecture
Model-agnostic design — swap OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-weight models without a rebuild.
From scoping to production in four steps
Scope
A technical deep-dive into your accuracy, latency, and cost requirements.
Prototype
A working proof of concept against your real data, evaluated honestly.
Engineer
Production-hardening: monitoring, cost control, evals, and guardrails.
Operate
Ongoing tuning as usage and data grow — accuracy and cost stay on target.
Frequently asked questions
How much does custom AI development cost?+
Most custom AI builds run $25k–$90k depending on data complexity and scale. You get a fixed, milestone-based quote after a technical scoping call.
Do we need our own data science team?+
No. We handle model selection, fine-tuning, pipelines, and evaluation end to end — you just need domain knowledge of your business.
Will we be locked into one AI provider?+
No. We build model-agnostic architecture by default, so you can swap providers or self-host as pricing and capability shift.
How is this different from AI integration services?+
AI Integration wires existing models into your product fast. Custom AI Development is for when you need fine-tuning, proprietary pipelines, or accuracy targets off-the-shelf models can't hit.
Can you take over an AI system another vendor built?+
Yes. We start with an honest audit of the existing system — accuracy, cost, and architecture — before recommending a rebuild or an iteration path.
Ready to build AI that's actually yours?
Book a free 30-minute technical scoping call. We'll tell you honestly whether custom AI is the right call for your goals.