Fractional AI Team (the Pod) · Cincinnati, OH
AI Pod Studios serves Cincinnati, OH remotely from its Dallas HQ — engineers work in your Slack and repos, not a local office. We provide fractional AI team for manufacturing, consumer brands and insurance teams at $50/hr (Senior Lead $75/hr), a Pod (1 Senior Lead + 2 AI Engineers) priced from those rates, or a $5,000 two-week AI Sprint. Engineers join your Slack within 7 business days of MSA/SOW and deposit.
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For manufacturing teams in Cincinnati, fractional AI team usually starts with SOP search, quality-report summarization and supplier email automation. The raw material is work instructions, quality records and supplier specs, so we scope keeping answers tied to current revisions into the SOW before the first commit.
For consumer brands teams in Cincinnati, fractional AI team usually starts with consumer-care chat, product content drafting and retailer-portal automation. The raw material is product specs, care scripts and retailer data, so we scope approved claims only into the SOW before the first commit.
For insurance teams in Cincinnati, fractional AI team usually starts with quote and FNOL intake plus policy RAG. The raw material is policies, claims notes and submissions, so we scope adjuster and underwriter review into the SOW before the first commit.
| Option | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | $50/hr | Vetted engineer, part-time or full-time |
| Senior Lead | $75/hr | Architecture, reviews, delivery lead |
| The Pod: 1 Senior Lead + 2 AI Engineers, full-time in your Slack | $75/hr Lead + $50/hr Engineers | Pod totals quoted on your scoping call |
| AI Sprint (by AI Pod Lab) | $5,000 flat | 2 weeks, scoped build, code is yours |
AI Pod Lab Sprint
Then roll straight into $50/hr engineering — or stop. Your call.
No. Cincinnati, OH is a served market. Work is delivered remotely into your Slack and repos from our Dallas HQ.
Engineers are $50/hr, Senior Leads $75/hr, the Pod is priced from those hourly rates with totals quoted on your scoping call, and the AI Sprint $5,000 flat for 2 weeks. Same rate card in every market.
Yes — manufacturing projects often cover SOP search, quality-report summarization and supplier email automation. We define keeping answers tied to current revisions in the SOW, and an NDA is available.
A common first Sprint is one slice of consumer-care chat, product content drafting and retailer-portal automation: two weeks, $5,000, and the code belongs to you.
Eastern time — full overlap with our minimum 4 hours/day US Eastern window. Engineers commit to at least 4 hours/day of US Eastern overlap.
They join your Slack within 7 business days after the MSA/SOW is signed and the deposit is received.
