Finish.
Every build ships behind a real trigger in your environment. If the work isn't running on day 60 of an engagement, we didn't finish the job. Prototypes that live in decks are not a StrikeArc deliverable.
The eval harness goes in before the model. The workflow runs against production data, not synthetic prompts. Day-one operability is the bar for handoff — your team should be able to extend the system the morning after we leave, without us in the room.
We tell the truth — even when the truth is “don't build this yet.”
We say what's actually working and what isn't — even when the honest answer undersells the project. Audits include a "don't build this yet" section when the answer is "don't build this yet."
Most AI projects fail not because the technology was wrong, but because the team shipped against a workflow that wasn't ready to be automated, or chose a quality bar no model could clear yet. Our job is to call that out before the budget burns, not to rationalize the build because we're already on the clock.
Don't build this. Your retrieval layer isn't ready. Fix the document store first — three weeks, not eight — and call us back.
A line we keep usingOperators.
The senior on the call is the senior on the build.
Every engagement is led by someone who has built and operated AI systems at scale — not a consultant who read the papers last quarter.
We don't pyramid. There is no junior team behind the demo who'll quietly take over after week two. The reason this is rare is that it doesn't scale the way agency economics want it to — and that's exactly why the work lands.
What it feels like to work with us.
Async-first.
Slack channel for the engagement, Linear for the work, one weekly working session. We don't hold meetings to schedule meetings.
You watch the work.
Commits visible from day one. Eval results posted to the channel as they run. You shouldn't be wondering what we did this week.
Day-one operability.
Runbook, eval ownership transfer, model-swap policy. Your team can extend the system on day one without us in the room.
Two-week audit. $5–15K.
Tell us about one workflow. We'll come back within a business day with a yes, a no, or what we'd scope.
Describe a workflow