ship/cloud + ai + saas.exe
A two-engineer shop in Bozeman, Montana. Cloud, AI, and SaaS work for small businesses, software teams, and Linux shops who want to skip the agency tax and ship something real.
| Capability | Stack | Lead time | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud architecture | AWS · GCP · Fly · K8s | 1–3 wks | available | → |
| AI & LLM systems | Claude · GPT · llama.cpp | 2–4 wks | available | → |
| SaaS engineering | TS · Postgres · Stripe | 2 wks | available | → |
| Linux & infrastructure | NixOS · Debian · Talos | 1 wk | available | → |
| AWS Well-Architected & Cost Review | available | → | ||
| AI Readiness & Agent Strategy Assessment | available | → |
Built for teams who want an unfair velocity advantage.
- Small businesses Bozeman & MT — local-first.
- SaaS companies Pre-seed to Series B.
- Linux shops Self-hosted, sovereign-cloud, weird stacks welcome.
- Anyone with an AI need From eval harnesses to multi-agent systems.
One sprint cycle. Real software in production.
- Day 0
Free 30-min scoping call. We tell you if we're a fit.
- Day 1–2
Architecture doc + statement of work. Fixed price where possible.
- Day 3–9
Pair into your codebase, ship the first PR to prod.
- Wk 2+
Iterate weekly. Demos every Friday. Walk away anytime.
Big Sky Trail Alliance: 4× faster hazard triage with AI-powered trail reporting
We built TrailMind — an AI-powered trail condition reporting platform that uses Claude Vision to classify hazards from volunteer photos, auto-generate work orders, and prioritize maintenance by trail traffic and severity. Replaced their spreadsheet-and-email workflow in 5 weeks.
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We don’t do discovery decks. We do 30-minute calls and statements of work.
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