# AI Engineering Partner for the US Mid Market

The AI Readiness Assessment shows where AI creates measurable value in your operation in two weeks. A Forward Deployed AI Engineer then builds it to production. For mid market US companies ($50M to $500M ARR).

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      <h1 data-strike-after="Ship a " data-strike-text="demo">Ship a working AI system to <span class="accent">production</span> in 90 days.</h1>
      <p class="lede">We find where AI pays off in your operation, then forward deploy the engineers who build it.</p>
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        <a href="/ai-readiness-assessment/" class="btn-primary">Get your AI Readiness Assessment · $2,500</a>
        <a href="" class="btn-secondary">Book a 30 min call</a>
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        <div class="hero-stat-num">96%</div>
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        <div class="hero-stat-num">10+</div>
        <div class="hero-stat-label">Years shipping<br/>for US mid market</div>
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        <div class="hero-stat-num">30+</div>
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        <div class="hero-stat-num">12+</div>
        <div class="hero-stat-label">Active engagements<br/>$50M to $500M ARR</div>
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        <span>Ooma · 10 years</span>
        <span class="trust-sep">·</span>
        <span>Remine · 6 years</span>
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        <div class="market-eyebrow">The reality</div>
        <h2 class="reality-h2">95% of AI pilots in mid market companies <span class="accent">never make it to production.</span></h2>
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          <div class="reality-stat-num">$300K</div>
          <p class="reality-stat-text"><strong>All in cost</strong> of a senior US AI hire, and six months to land one. Most mid market teams can't absorb it.</p>
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        <p class="reality-source">MIT NANDA, 2025. Vendor led projects ship at 2x the rate of internal led.</p>
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        <p class="reality-pullquote">The reason isn't the technology. <em>It's the plan.</em></p>
        <p class="reality-close">So we start with one: a fixed scope readiness assessment, and an honest answer.</p>
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        <div class="how-num">01 · WEEKS 1 TO 2</div>
        <h3>Map</h3>
        <p>Every workflow in your operation, ranked by ROI, TCO, and feasibility.</p>
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        <h3>Prove</h3>
        <p>Built against your real cases. Measured accuracy before anything ships.</p>
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        <div class="how-num">03 · PRODUCTION BY DAY 90</div>
        <h3>Deploy</h3>
        <p>Production when the evals pass. Your team can run what ships.</p>
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    <p class="how-more"><a href="/method/" class="suttle-link">The full method, public</a>.</p>
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        <div class="price-badge">Start here · founding cohort</div>
        <div class="price-name">AI Readiness Assessment</div>
        <div class="price-amount"><span class="price-was">$7,500</span><span class="accent">$</span>2,500</div>
        <div class="price-period">Fixed · 2 weeks · founding-cohort price</div>
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          <li>Know which workflow pays back first</li>
          <li>Expected ROI and TCO, numbers finance can approve</li>
          <li>A 90 day plan you can hand to any team</li>
          <li>An honest no, if AI is not your next move</li>
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        <p class="price-note">Standard $7,500. Founding cohort $2,500, founder-led. Credited in full toward a build within 60 days.</p>
        <a href="/ai-readiness-assessment/" class="price-cta primary">Get your AI Readiness Assessment →</a>
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        <div class="price-name"><a href="/get-started/ai-engineer/" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Forward Deployed AI Engineer</a></div>
        <div class="price-amount" style="font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.4; padding-top: 18px;">$9,500/mo</div>
        <div class="price-period">90 day minimum · 120 day replacement guarantee</div>
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          <li>A working AI system in production in 90 days</li>
          <li>Measured eval pass rates before anything ships</li>
          <li>Deepest bench in Ruby on Rails, fluent in any stack</li>
          <li>Your team can run what ships. No handoff cliff.</li>
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        <p class="price-note">A senior AI hire: $300K+ and six months. This: $114K a year, deployed in 7 to 10 days.</p>
        <a href="" class="price-cta secondary">Book a 30 min call →</a>
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    <p class="pricing-microcopy">Each starts with a quick fit check. We confirm we can help before you pay anything.</p>
    <p class="pricing-microcopy">Also here: our ten year embedded staff augmentation practice. Senior engineers, indistinguishable from your full time team. <a href="/staff-augmentation/" class="suttle-link">Beyond staff augmentation</a></p>
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      <blockquote>&ldquo;The quality of the staff Density Labs provides us is very high.&rdquo;</blockquote>
      <p class="proof-attr"><strong>Kevin Dyck</strong> · Manager, Product &amp; UX Design, Ooma</p>
      <p class="proof-meta">&#9733; 5.0 · Clutch verified · partnerships of ten and six years</p>
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        <img src="" alt="Federico Ramallo, founder of Density Labs" class="founder-photo" />
        <div class="founder-photo-caption">Buenos Aires · Guadalajara · The Americas</div>
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        <h2><a href="https://ramallo.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="suttle-link">Federico Ramallo</a>. <span class="accent">Two decades shipping production software.</span></h2>
        <p class="founder-lede">Founder of Density Labs since 2016. Author of <em><a href="https://ramallo.io/books/the-invisible-distance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="suttle-link">The Invisible Distance</a></em>. Host of <a href="https://prevetted.fm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="suttle-link">The PreVetted Podcast</a>, 150 plus conversations with CTOs and VPs of Engineering.</p>
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        <h3 class="newsletter-band-headline">A short monthly note on what's <em>actually shipping</em> in production AI.</h3>
        <p class="newsletter-band-promise">No filler, no upsells.</p>
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    <h2>Start with the <span class="accent">AI Readiness Assessment</span>.</h2>
    <p>Two weeks. $2,500. You know where AI pays off, what it costs, and whether it is worth building. Yours to keep.</p>
    <a href="/ai-readiness-assessment/" class="btn-primary">Get your AI Readiness Assessment</a>
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