Fractional AI Team (the Pod) · Portland, OR
AI Pod Studios serves Portland, OR remotely from its Dallas HQ — engineers work in your Slack and repos, not a local office. We provide fractional AI team for SaaS, manufacturing and healthcare 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 SaaS teams in Portland, fractional AI team usually starts with in-product copilots, support-deflection chat and churn-signal summaries. The raw material is docs, tickets and product analytics exports, so we scope tenant data isolation into the SOW before the first commit.
For manufacturing teams in Portland, 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 healthcare teams in Portland, fractional AI team 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.
| 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. Portland, OR 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 — SaaS projects often cover in-product copilots, support-deflection chat and churn-signal summaries. We define tenant data isolation in the SOW, and an NDA is available.
A common first Sprint is one slice of SOP search, quality-report summarization and supplier email automation: two weeks, $5,000, and the code belongs to you.
Pacific time — the 4-hour Eastern overlap falls in your morning; schedule standups early. 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.
