SmartDuke Technologies
AI Product Studio · Global

Custom AI products,designed and built end‑to‑end.

Web applications, AI agents, copilots, internal tools — we design, engineer, and operate them with the rigor of real software. The studio for teams who need AI to actually work.

Custom-engineered

Built for your stack and your users — never from a template.

Production-grade

Evals, telemetry, and guardrails wired up from day one.

Async + global

Working with teams across continents and timezones.

The standard

Every product we build ships to real users.

No pilots, no proofs-of-concept, no slide decks gathering dust. That's the bar.

  • Production · not pilot
  • Shipped · not staged
  • Real users · not demos
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How we engage · 04 waysSee packages
01
1 wk · Strategy
Discovery
02
2–3 wks · Prototype
Spark
03
8–12 wks · Production
Build
04
Monthly · Retainer
Embed
End to end
Strategy → ship.
Working globally
Web · Mobile · Agents
Copilots · Internal tools
LangGraph
Claude Sonnet 4.6
OpenAI o-series
Supabase
pgvector
Langfuse
Braintrust
Arize Phoenix
Next.js 16
Vercel AI SDK
MCP
Gemini 2.5
Cohere Rerank
Pinecone
Postgres
LangGraph
Claude Sonnet 4.6
OpenAI o-series
Supabase
pgvector
Langfuse
Braintrust
Arize Phoenix
Next.js 16
Vercel AI SDK
MCP
Gemini 2.5
Cohere Rerank
Pinecone
Postgres
The state of AI · 2026

Big market, real risk.
Engineering decides who ships.

Enterprise demand for AI is at an all-time high. So is the cancellation risk for projects that don't get production fundamentals right. We focus on the second half.

>40%
of agentic AI projects predicted to be cancelled by 2027
Source: Gartner
$1.4T
enterprise AI spend forecast by 2027
Source: IDC + McKinsey
31%
of enterprises run AI in production today
Production rate, Q1 2026
Principles · 04

How we build,
ship, and operate.

Four engineering disciplines we apply to every product we ship — independent of model, framework, or industry.

01 /04

Evals before launch.

Every AI product ships with a graded eval suite — unit tests on key behaviors, LLM-as-judge regression scoring, and human review samples. If it can't pass eval, it doesn't ship.

02 /04

Telemetry from day one.

Traces, latency budgets, token costs, error rates — wired up before the first user touches the product. You can't fix what you can't see.

03 /04

Guardrails as architecture.

Input validation, output verification, escape hatches, and human handoff paths designed in — not bolted on after the first incident.

04 /04

Boring stack on the edges.

Cutting-edge model in the middle. Reliable, well-understood infrastructure around it. Novelty where it earns its place; stability everywhere else.

How we engage · 04 ways

Four ways to ship
an AI product.

Productized engagements with explicit scope and timelines. Pricing on request — every quote returns within 24 hours.

1 week
Outcome → Go / no-go decision

Discovery

Use-case validation, system architecture, eval strategy, and a clear build estimate. The cheapest way to find out if your idea ships.

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2–3 weeks
Outcome → Working prototype

Spark

A working AI prototype delivered to your stakeholders — with eval harness, architecture diagram, and a go-to-production roadmap.

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8–12 weeks
Outcome → Production product shipped

Build

Custom AI product — application, agent, copilot, or internal tool — fully integrated, with eval suite, observability, and guardrails. Launched to real users.

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Monthly retainer
Outcome → AI engineering on tap

Embed

We become your AI team. Eval & incident monitoring, continuous capability shipping, quarterly architecture reviews.

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Start a project

Have an AI product
that needs to ship?

Tell us where you are — early concept, broken prototype, or scaling something that already works. We'll come back within 24 hours with a take and a quote.

FAQ · Common questions

Questions teams ask
before they email.

Don't see yours? Email us — we read every inquiry and reply within 24 hours.

01

What kinds of AI products do you build?

Web and mobile applications, AI agents, copilots, internal tools, RAG systems, and custom AI features inside existing products. Some are consumer-facing, some are internal — the common thread is they all run in production with real users.

02

How long does a typical project take?

A Discovery sprint is one week. A Spark prototype runs 2–3 weeks. A full Build engagement is typically 8–12 weeks from kickoff to a launched product. Embed retainers are open-ended. We give a precise timeline and milestones at quote stage.

03

Do you work with startups or only enterprises?

Both. We work with funded founders shipping their first AI product, with product teams inside scaling SaaS companies, and with established organizations adding AI to existing software. The bar isn't size — it's whether the work needs to actually ship.

04

Can you take over an existing AI project?

Yes. A common engagement is taking on a stalled prototype that needs to reach production — wiring up evals, observability, and guardrails, fixing the reliability problems, and shipping it to real users. We'll review what's there and tell you honestly what stays and what we'd rebuild.

05

What does pricing look like?

We don't publish standard rates because every engagement is scoped to outcomes, not hours. Discovery starts at a fixed fee in the low four figures. Spark and Build engagements are scoped per project. Embed retainers are monthly. Every quote returns within 24 hours of an inquiry.

06

Where are you based and where do you work?

We work globally and async-first. Calls are scheduled to your timezone. We've shipped products for clients across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

07

What happens after launch?

Every Build engagement ends with a clean handoff: docs, eval suites, observability dashboards, and a runbook your team can operate. Many clients then move to an Embed retainer so we keep iterating, monitoring, and shipping new capabilities. Some don't — both paths are fine.