Discovery call · §A
30 minutes with a senior engineer.
No discovery gauntlet. No junior reps. The engineer who joins the call has shipped your category to production: plus the department lead from the practice you’d hire us for.
On the call
Senior engineer + dept lead
Length
30 min · video · no obligation
Privacy
NDA on request before the call
If we're not a fit
We say so · route you elsewhere
// Engineered in Dallas · Doha · senior-only since 2018
- 2018Founded · Dallas
- 16Internal departments
- 100%Senior on every call
- ~30%Inbound we decline
- <2 hrReply window
Pick a topic
We route to the right department.
Pick the topic closest to your problem. Each card opens the calendar pre-routed to the practice lead and a senior engineer with shipped experience in that category.
8 practices · 16 internal departments
Filter
8/8- CORTEX
AI strategy / generative AI
RAG, agentic systems, ML platform, eval infrastructure
→ CORTEX dept lead joins
- FORGE
Custom software build
SaaS, enterprise apps, modernization
→ FORGE dept lead joins
- FOUNDATION
Platform & cloud
AWS / Azure / GCP architecture, IaC, DevOps, SRE
→ FOUNDATION dept lead joins
- ATLAS
Enterprise platforms
Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Power BI, ServiceNow
→ ATLAS dept lead joins
- CITADEL
Security & compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, AppSec program
→ CITADEL dept lead joins
- CANVAS
UI / UX design
Design systems, product UX, accessibility audits
→ CANVAS dept lead joins
- BENCH
Hire engineers
Dedicated team, staff augmentation, embedded engineers
→ Engineering lead + recruiter join
- DISCOVERY
Something else
We'll route to the right department
→ We'll route on our end
Need more depth?
Book a paid consultation.
A longer working session with a senior engineer plus the department lead: for architecture review, vendor assessment, or build-vs-buy decisions that need more than 30 minutes.
What you get
A call that’s substance, not theater.
- Not an SDR01
Senior engineer, not a sales rep
Whoever joins the call has shipped your category to production. No SDR triage, no qualifying gauntlet, no junior rep scheduling a follow-up.
- Not a generalist02
Department lead on the call
CORTEX (AI/ML), FORGE (custom software), FOUNDATION (cloud), CITADEL (security). Whoever maps to your stack joins the room.
- Not a hard close03
Honest answers, including 'no'
We turn down ~30% of inbound projects. If we're not a fit, we'll say so on the call and route you to firms we trust.
How it works
Four steps, no theater.
Each step has a published cue. What we expect from you and when, what we commit to and when. No SDR loops, no scope creep, no “let me circle back”.
- 01
Pick a topic and time
You: 30 seconds · Us: < 2 hrTell us the practice (AI / custom software / platform / etc.) and a window that works. We route to the right department; reply within 2 business hours during U.S. / GCC business days.
- 02
Show up with the problem
Bring something concreteDiagrams, decks, scribbled notes, anything concrete. We'll spend the first 5 minutes calibrating, then 20 minutes on the actual work.
- 03
Get a recommendation
On the call · 20 minArchitecture review, build-vs-buy guidance, vendor assessment, or scope-pruning, whatever the call calls for. We'll tell you what we'd do if we owned the engagement.
- 04
Decide on the call
Summary · within 48 hrEngage with us, hire someone else, build it internally, or shelve it. Written summary either way within 48 hours.
Discovery call
Bring the problem. We’ll bring a senior engineer.
30 minutes · no obligation · senior engineer