AI-first product engineering consultancy
Your engineers got faster. Your organization didn't.
We fix the system around AI — how teams are shaped, how work flows, where legacy slows you down — tied to specific outcomes, on a fixed fee.
How we help
Show returns on AI delivery spend
You've rolled out AI tooling, but you're not seeing the promised benefits. We help find and remove bottlenecks and create a consistent engineering approach, so the spend shows up as faster delivery.
Confront new constraints
Coding got faster, but legacy processes and systems have surfaced new challenges. We build the case to fix the constraint, then fix it with you: codebases, architectures, and the workflows around them.
Manage constant change
New tools and practices pay off only when the structures and the skills around them change. Give your leaders a working rhythm to guide that change toward a shared vision: who does what, what people need to hear, and what to stop doing.
Enable teams through experiential learning
Our collaborators work hands-on with your teams on real outcomes, so new tools and practices are learned by doing, not in a classroom. It's the dojo model we helped originate and have adapted for over a decade.
Design teams for fewer layers
Flatter organizations, human+agent teams, product and engineering working as one. We redesign the structure so discovery insights and end-to-end flow accelerate and sustain.
Results
of committed timelines hit
deployment frequency
increase in new capabilities delivered
increase in throughput efficiency
- Kroger
- Target
- Thomson Reuters
- Fannie Mae
- Shutterstock
- Fiserv
- Microsoft
- Travelers
- Capital One
- Volkswagen
- XPO
- Exxon Mobil
How we're different
The first consultancy your AI agents can interact with
Nerdy, our product engineering field manual, is a knowledge graph and agent that delivers all of our tools in one place. Point your agents at our MCP server and go.
Fixed fee, defined outcomes, and clear success measures
Every engagement starts with a goal, a baseline, and a price that doesn't move. You know what you get, what it costs, and how we'll measure it.
Lean and action-oriented
No slide-driven development, no busywork. We run bets through your delivery pipeline, evaluate them regularly, and respond aggressively to learning signals. We adapt to your constraints and build the trust teams need to say what is and isn't working.
Seasoned collaborators
We've spent decades inside product and engineering, from startups to complex enterprises. We see where people, technology, products, and processes come together to create value. We stay calm when the stakes are high, because we've been there.
How to engage with us
Four steps. Start free, and go only as far as the results earn.
Free
AI Proof Gap Index
Are your AI bets paying off? Are you shipping faster? Is quality holding? Four minutes to a readout of what AI is really changing.
Discover
AI Discovery & Delivery Diagnostic
Our 4–6-week engagement produces board-ready answers on where to invest time and money. We synthesize data across developer experience, agentic delivery, and product discovery.
Align
Align People on Problems and Outcomes
Effective AI, Organizational Design, Technical Investment, and Product Discovery — each workshop targets a constraint the Diagnostic revealed.
Scale
AI-First Operating Model Refinement
Improve how individuals, teams, and agents work together to unlock impact. We help you manage the change, scale upskilling, and measure success.
Meet our agent, Nerdy
Everything we know, published on nerdnoir.ai — problems, concepts, tools, practices, case studies. Nerd/Noir is the first consultancy your AI agent can interact with: point it at our whole library over MCP.
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Find the gap between AI strategy and execution.
Answer a few questions about how your teams deliver. In four minutes, you get a readout of where the AI gains stall.