RAG / Document AI Development · Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
AI Pod Studios serves Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN remotely from its Dallas HQ — engineers work in your Slack and repos, not a local office. We provide RAG development for healthcare, retail and finance 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 healthcare teams in Minneapolis-St. Paul, RAG development usually starts with patient-intake assistants, prior-authorization document prep and policy search. The raw material is referral packets, payer policies and internal protocols, so we scope PHI handling defined in your agreements into the SOW before the first commit.
For retail teams in Minneapolis-St. Paul, RAG development usually starts with product-question chat, store-ops assistants and merchandising-report summaries. The raw material is planograms, catalogs and store procedures, so we scope consistent brand answers into the SOW before the first commit.
For finance teams in Minneapolis-St. Paul, RAG development usually starts with client-onboarding assistants, research summarization and reconciliation automation. The raw material is statements, disclosures and client correspondence, so we scope audit trails and access controls 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 |
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Then roll straight into $50/hr engineering — or stop. Your call.
No. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 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 — healthcare projects often cover patient-intake assistants, prior-authorization document prep and policy search. We define PHI handling defined in your agreements in the SOW, and an NDA is available.
A common first Sprint is one slice of product-question chat, store-ops assistants and merchandising-report summaries: two weeks, $5,000, and the code belongs to you.
Central time — one hour behind Eastern, so the 4-hour Eastern overlap lands mid-morning to afternoon. 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.
