001 AI Software Agency

Custom AI
software, built
end-to-end.

We design, build, and deploy AI-powered software for companies that want to move faster, automate complex work, launch smarter products, or turn messy data into usable systems.

From RAG systems and AI agents to full applications, workflow automation, document intelligence, and product integrations, we build the complete software layer around your business problem.

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002The problem

AI is easy to demo.
Hard to ship.

Most companies know AI can improve their product, operations, support, sales, research, or internal workflows. The hard part is turning that idea into reliable software.

You need the right architecture, the right data pipeline, the right integrations, the right interface, and the right guardrails. That is what we build.

We take AI ideas from vague requirements to production-ready software your customers, team, or business can actually use.

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003What we build

AI software for real business problems.

We are not limited to internal tools, chatbots, or automation scripts. We build custom AI software around the outcome you need.

Each system is designed around your product, workflows, users, data, and infrastructure.

Editorial composite of three product surfaces Strivo builds, arranged as overlapping browser-and-app windows on a cream background. Top-left window: a customer-facing AI application, a clean dashboard with a natural-language search bar, a results panel, and an "Ask anything about your data" prompt. Bottom-left window: an in-product AI feature embedded inside an existing SaaS app, a sidebar copilot drafting a summary with a "Generate" button and structured output fields. Right-side window: a backend agent run view showing a tree of tool calls (search documents, query database, call API, write record) with timing, status, and a confidence chip. Light cream theme, IBM Plex Mono labels, Space Grotesk body, visually consistent with the surrounding page.
01

AI Applications

Full-stack AI-powered applications built from scratch or added to your existing product.

AI dashboards · AI portals · SaaS features · Customer-facing tools · Admin systems
02

RAG Systems

Retrieval-augmented generation systems that search, reason over, and answer from your documents, databases, tickets, transcripts, product data, or knowledge base.

Knowledge assistants · Document search · Legal review · Support copilots · Research tools
03

AI Agents

Agents that can reason, plan, call tools, use APIs, query databases, trigger workflows, and complete multi-step tasks with human approval where needed.

Research agents · Support agents · Sales agents · Ops agents · Data agents
04

End-to-End AI Pipelines

Complete AI pipelines that ingest data, clean it, structure it, retrieve from it, reason over it, and expose it through an application or API.

Data ingestion · Chunking · Embeddings · Vector search · Reranking · APIs · UI
05

Product AI Integrations

AI features embedded directly into your existing product, platform, dashboard, CRM, marketplace, SaaS app, or customer experience.

In-app copilots · Smart search · Auto summaries · Recommendations · Natural language actions
06

Document Intelligence

Systems that read, extract, classify, summarize, compare, route, and structure information from PDFs, contracts, invoices, reports, forms, and emails.

Contract analysis · Invoice parsing · RFP review · Compliance checks · Report generation
07

Workflow Automation

Software that automates multi-step business processes across tools, teams, data sources, and decision points.

Approvals · Routing · Triage · Reporting · Notifications · CRM updates
08

Customer & Sales AI

AI systems for customer support, lead research, sales enrichment, outbound personalization, ticket triage, account intelligence, and customer operations.

Support deflection · Reply drafting · Lead scoring · Account research · CRM enrichment
09

Evaluation & Monitoring

Testing, monitoring, and feedback systems that make AI reliable after launch.

Golden datasets · Eval pipelines · Regression tests · Traces · Cost monitoring · Quality dashboards
004Use cases

Bring us the problem. We build the system.

Most projects combine AI, software engineering, integrations, and workflow design.

01

Build an AI feature inside your product

Add smart search, copilots, recommendations, summaries, natural language actions, or AI workflows inside your existing app.

02

Build a RAG system over your data

Turn documents, tickets, calls, databases, and internal knowledge into a searchable, citable AI system.

03

Build an AI agent for a business process

Create agents that research, classify, draft, route, update systems, and trigger actions with the right controls.

04

Build a customer-facing AI application

Launch an AI tool, assistant, dashboard, portal, or workflow that your customers can use directly.

05

Automate operations workflows

Automate repetitive, judgment-heavy processes across tools like CRMs, ERPs, spreadsheets, helpdesks, databases, and internal APIs.

06

Process documents at scale

Extract structured information from contracts, invoices, applications, reports, RFPs, policies, and forms.

07

Build sales and research systems

Create agents that find leads, enrich accounts, track signals, build briefs, score fit, and draft outreach.

08

Modernize existing software with AI

Add AI capabilities to legacy systems, dashboards, admin tools, data products, or SaaS platforms.

AI should not sit next to your software. It should become part of it.

That means clean architecture, reliable data pipelines, proper integrations, usable interfaces, evaluation, monitoring, and deployment. We build the complete system, not just the prompt.

005How we build

A practical process for shipping AI software.

Six phases designed for companies that need working software, not experimental demos.

Horizontal six-step process diagram for a Strivo engagement, left to right: Discovery, System Design, Prototype, Evaluation, Production Build, Launch and Improve. Each step rendered as a labeled node connected by a thin baseline, with one or two artifacts listed beneath it: (1) problem definition, user flows, data map; (2) architecture, tool contracts, data flow; (3) working prototype on real data; (4) eval suite, golden dataset, failure analysis; (5) production system, integrated workflows, secure deployment; (6) observability, feedback loops, continuous improvement. A second line beneath the timeline shows which Strivo roles drive each phase (PM, software engineer, AI engineer, infra). Editorial line illustration on cream background, monospace step labels, no decoration.
01

Discovery

We understand the product, workflow, users, data, systems, constraints, and business outcome.

Problem definition · User flows · Data map · Success criteria
02

System Design

We design the architecture before writing production code: application layer, AI layer, retrieval layer, integrations, APIs, permissions, and deployment model.

Architecture · Tool contracts · Data flow · Technical scope
03

Prototype

We build a working version using real data and real workflows. Not a fake demo. Something you can test with actual users or internal stakeholders.

Working prototype · Real data · Initial feedback
04

Evaluation

We test for accuracy, latency, reliability, hallucination risk, edge cases, cost, and user usefulness.

Eval suite · Golden dataset · Failure analysis · Quality targets
05

Production Build

We turn the prototype into production software with clean backend, frontend, APIs, infrastructure, auth, integrations, monitoring, and deployment.

Production system · Integrated workflows · Secure deployment
06

Launch & Improve

We monitor usage, collect feedback, improve prompts and retrieval, fix edge cases, and keep the system reliable as your data and users change.

Observability · Feedback loops · Continuous improvement
006Engineering depth

We build like software engineers, not prompt hackers.

Production AI requires more than model access. It needs software architecture, data engineering, retrieval quality, evals, observability, security, and user experience.

Layered system architecture diagram of a Strivo production AI software build, top to bottom: (1) Surfaces: customer-facing app, in-product AI feature, internal tool, API; (2) Application engineering: frontend, backend, auth, admin, dashboards; (3) AI and LLM layer: prompts, tool calling, agents, structured outputs, streaming; (4) RAG and retrieval: embeddings, vector search, hybrid plus BM25, reranking, citations; (5) Data pipelines: ingestion, cleaning, transformation, indexing, sync jobs; (6) Integrations: REST, GraphQL, webhooks, CRMs, helpdesks, databases, internal APIs; (7) Deployment and ops: AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, CI/CD. A right-side rail covers Quality (golden datasets, offline and online evals, regression tests, A/B) and Safety (permissions, PII handling, guardrails, audit logs, human-in-the-loop). Editorial dark-on-cream linework, monospace labels, no decoration.

AI & LLMs

  • LLM APIs core
  • Open-source models
  • Prompt engineering
  • Tool calling core
  • Function calling
  • Agents
  • Structured outputs
  • Streaming

RAG & Retrieval

  • Vector search core
  • Hybrid search core
  • BM25
  • Reranking
  • Chunking
  • Embeddings
  • Citations
  • Freshness
  • Metadata filtering

Application Engineering

  • Frontend core
  • Backend core
  • APIs
  • Databases
  • Auth
  • Admin panels
  • Dashboards
  • Customer-facing apps
  • Internal tools

Integrations

  • REST / GraphQL
  • Webhooks
  • Slack, Notion, Drive
  • Salesforce, HubSpot
  • Zendesk, Intercom, Linear
  • Postgres, Snowflake

Data Pipelines

  • Ingestion core
  • Cleaning
  • Transformation
  • Extraction
  • Classification
  • Indexing
  • Sync jobs
  • Scheduled workflows

Quality & Evaluation

  • Golden datasets core
  • Offline evals
  • Online evals
  • Regression testing
  • A/B testing
  • Human review
  • Cost & latency tracking

Safety & Controls

  • Permissions core
  • PII handling
  • Guardrails
  • Audit logs
  • Human-in-the-loop
  • Confidence thresholds
  • Fallbacks

Deployment & Operations

  • AWS, GCP, Azure core
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Observability
  • Tracing
  • Alerts
  • Monitoring
  • Cost optimization
007Why us

An AI software team, not an automation shop.

We do not just wire tools together. We design and build real software systems around AI.

01

We build complete systems

Frontend, backend, AI layer, data pipeline, integrations, monitoring, deployment. We can own the full build.

02

We are use-case agnostic

Internal tool, customer-facing app, RAG system, agent, product feature, data pipeline, document system, sales workflow, support automation. If it needs AI and software, we can build it.

03

We work with real data

Your documents, users, workflows, edge cases, APIs, and constraints shape the system from day one.

04

We design before we build

Architecture, data flows, evaluation, permissions, and integration points are defined before production development starts.

05

We ship into your environment

We build around your existing product, tools, infrastructure, and team. The system should fit your business, not force your business to fit the system.

06

We stay after launch

AI systems need iteration. We monitor, evaluate, improve, and keep the software useful after it goes live.

008Example projects

A snapshot of what we can build.

Anonymized examples representative of typical projects.

01
Example engagement · SaaS

AI support platform for a SaaS company

Built a support AI system grounded in product docs, ticket history, customer metadata, and product state. The system drafts replies, suggests resolutions, routes issues, and escalates when confidence is low.

↓ time Faster response times · Better triage · Lower support load
02
Typical project · Knowledge

RAG system for thousands of business documents

Built an ingestion, retrieval, and chat system over contracts, reports, PDFs, spreadsheets, and internal notes. Answers include citations and source visibility.

RAG Searchable knowledge base · Citable answers · Faster research
03
Example engagement · Sales

AI research agent for sales teams

Built an agent that researches accounts, identifies buying signals, enriches CRM records, scores fit, and drafts personalized outbound.

Agent Faster account research · Better personalization · More prepared reps
04
Typical project · Product

AI feature inside an existing SaaS product

Added an in-product AI assistant that lets users ask questions, generate summaries, perform actions, and retrieve insights from their workspace data.

In-app New product capability · Better UX · Higher product value
05
Example engagement · Operations

Document processing pipeline

Built a pipeline that extracts structured data from invoices, forms, reports, and contracts, validates fields, flags exceptions, and pushes results into downstream systems.

Pipeline Less manual review · Cleaner data · Faster operations
010FAQ

Questions companies usually ask before the first call.

Practical answers. If something isn't here, ask us directly.

We build custom AI applications, RAG systems, AI agents, workflow automation, document intelligence systems, product AI features, data pipelines, and integrations. The exact system depends on your business problem.

No. We can build internal tools, but we are not limited to them. We also build customer-facing AI apps, SaaS features, product integrations, automation systems, backend pipelines, dashboards, and full end-to-end AI software.

No. A chat interface is only one possible surface. Many systems we build run as workflows, APIs, dashboards, background agents, embedded product features, or document pipelines.

Yes. We can build the frontend, backend, database, AI layer, retrieval system, integrations, deployment, monitoring, and evaluation setup.

Yes. We build complete RAG systems including ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector search, hybrid retrieval, reranking, citations, evaluation, monitoring, and user-facing interfaces.

Yes. We integrate with CRMs, helpdesks, databases, internal APIs, cloud storage, communication tools, analytics systems, and custom software.

A working prototype usually takes 1–3 weeks. A production-ready system typically takes 6–12 weeks depending on complexity, integrations, data quality, and scope.

Yes. We can deploy on your cloud, inside your VPC, or in a managed environment depending on security and operational requirements.

We combine better retrieval, citations, eval datasets, regression tests, confidence thresholds, fallbacks, human review, and monitoring. We do not treat AI quality as guesswork.

A clear business problem, access to relevant data or tools, and one technical or operational point of contact. We handle scoping, system design, build, deployment, and iteration.

011Ready when you are

Have an AI
software idea? We
can build it.