AI Funding · Service 14
We don't advise you so you can build the company. We build it with you and we put the same on the line that you do.
Real venture building: we put system, implementation and skin in the project. Equity, not invoices. We build with you or we don't build.
We don't hand you advice and disappear. We co-build the whole business with real risk — ours and yours. A handful of projects a year, very carefully chosen, where the brand's thesis plays out in full: AI doesn't get pitched, it gets shipped. Here we pay for that in our own skin.
Promise: We don't deliver advice and leave. We build with you with shared risk. Sometimes it doesn't work out — and we say it before the other guy does.
The product
This is what you get in your inbox.
AI Infrastructure
4 services · 99.97% uptime 90d
Requests / day
48.2k
+12% MoM
Cost / 1k tokens
€0.04
-23% optimized
P95 latency
312ms
target < 500ms
Services in production
Vector DB
12ms
OKEmbeddings API
48ms
OKLLM Gateway
186ms
OKCache Redis
3ms
OKSound familiar?
You have a sound AI idea — but you don't have a technical team and you don't want to raise capital before the time is right.
The usual path: hire a CTO (expensive and slow), raise a pre-seed (dilutive and premature), or hire a consultancy (they invoice and have no skin in the game). None of that fits a founder who wants to build well without selling out before validating.
- The idea makes sense but you don't have a technical team to build it.
- You've talked to consultancies and none want to commit to the outcome — they all invoice.
- Raising a round now would dilute you with nothing validated — and VCs want traction you don't have.
- You know 2-3 founders who paid €50-80k to a consultancy and ended up with a slide deck and a pilot that won't scale.
- You know the business exists if someone with technical judgment sits down to build it with you — but you don't want to give the company away.
How we ship it
We co-found. We put in team, system and capital. And we stay with you for years, not weeks.
This is not success-based advisory. This is real co-building with shared equity, assigned team, AI infrastructure shipped and a multi-year horizon. A handful of projects a year because serious work, done well, takes focus.
Initial conversation (30-45 min)
Tell us the project, the market and where you are. We tell you straight if it fits what we do. If it doesn't, we tell you what might — and we don't waste your time.
Zero-cost discovery (2-3 weeks)
We understand the business, look at competition, validate technical hypotheses with our team. We get to a go/no-go with judgment, not gut feel.
Term sheet + equity agreement
If we're in, a clear term sheet: equity %, assigned team, milestones, exit doors at every milestone. No surprises 18 months down the road.
End-to-end building
AI infrastructure, product, GTM, first customers. Every decision we make together. When it's time to raise, we open the door to investors — not before.
→ Consultancies invoice and leave. VCs only put in capital. Generic venture studios don't understand AI in production. We are all three at once under one accountable team: technical judgment on AI implementation + capital + co-founder horizon.
Honest filter
Is this for you?
We don't sell to everyone. Here's who it works for and who it doesn't — so you can decide with criteria before signing.
It's for you if…
- Founders with business and/or technical judgment who want to build an AI business from scratch without selling out at pre-seed.
- Operators with deep experience in a specific vertical where AI can break the incumbent.
- Corporate spin-offs where a company wants to launch a new AI business and needs an executing partner.
- Academic researchers with proprietary technology who want to ship it as a product without building the company alone.
It's not for you if…
- Anyone after capital only — funds exist for that. We bring team, not just a check.
- Anyone wanting guaranteed success or soft clauses — equity means real risk, and sometimes it doesn't work out.
- Businesses where AI is a secondary feature — we need AI to be the defensible core of the product.
- Anyone shopping for cheap outsourcing — this is co-founding, not an agency.
The concrete delivery
What exactly do you get?
What you receive when the service ships. No "discovery phases" billed separately, no "iterations" without scope.
- Team assigned to your project (product, engineering, AI) from day 1
- End-to-end implementation of the business's AI infrastructure (models, data, agents, ops)
- Corporate structure with agreed-upon equity — we co-found, we don't advise
- 12-36 month roadmap with product milestones, business metrics and decision gates
- Investor and partner networking — we open the door when it's time, not before
The promise: We don't deliver advice and leave. We build with you with shared risk. Sometimes it doesn't work out — and we say it before the other guy does.
No surprises
What happens when you book a conversation
This is what happens from first contact to decision. No months of limbo.
Week 0
Week 0
Initial conversation
30-45 minutes with one of the partners. We listen, ask the critical questions and tell you honestly if it fits what we do.
Week 1-3
Week 1-3
No-cost discovery
Deep analysis: market, competition, technical hypotheses, team. We hand you a document with what we'd build together and why.
Week 4-5
Week 4-5
Decision + term sheet (or no-go)
Final call. If we're in, term sheet with equity, assigned team, milestones and exit doors. If we're out, we tell you why — no hedging.
Week 6+
Week 6+
Building
Assigned team starts. First product sprints, AI infrastructure, first market conversations. From here on we are co-founders on what matters.
Pricing
How is this service quoted?
Due to technical complexity and integration, 30 minutes of conversation beats a cold quote.
Mid-market / enterprise
Equity, not invoices. Co-building model with shared risk. A handful of projects a year, very carefully chosen — conversation first, fit second.
Frequently asked questions
It depends on the project: the starting state (idea / MVP / traction), the contribution you expect from us (operational + capital + network), and the horizon. As a reference: typical market range for serious venture building is 15-35% — but every conversation is its own. We don't publish a number because it would put the cart before the horse.
Venture studio. The distinction matters: a fund gives you money and waits for an outcome. We bring team, system and implementation on top of capital. The thesis is to build, not to bet.
Horizon and commitment. Success-based equity consulting is a closed project with finite scope. The venture builder is co-founding: we're with you for years, deciding pivots, hires and rounds together. A completely different financial animal.
Businesses where AI isn't a feature but the core of the product. Markets where the incumbent can't defend itself without reinventing. Founders with technical judgment, not just an idea. Geographies and verticals where we can open doors.
First conversation: 30-45 min. If it fits, 2-3 weeks of zero-cost discovery (we understand business, market, team). Final decision with term sheet or no-go in under 6 weeks from first contact. We don't leave you in limbo.
We say it before anyone else would. The agreement has clear exit doors at every milestone — if the thesis doesn't validate at 6, 12 or 18 months, we walk away without fighting over vesting. You're not stuck with equity tied to a project nobody believes in.
Want to talk through your specific case?
30 minutes of technical conversation, no strings. We tell you what fits, what doesn't and the rough price.