Served market · Texas & South Central
AI Pod Studios serves San Antonio, TX remotely from its Dallas HQ — engineers work in your Slack and repos, not a local office. We provide AI engineers for defense, healthcare 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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San Antonio defense teams typically ask us for technical-manual search, proposal support and logistics document automation. That work runs on manuals, proposals and maintenance records, and we plan for program-specific security requirements you define from day one.
San Antonio healthcare teams typically ask us for patient-intake assistants, prior-authorization document prep and policy search. That work runs on referral packets, payer policies and internal protocols, and we plan for PHI handling defined in your agreements from day one.
San Antonio finance teams typically ask us for client-onboarding assistants, research summarization and reconciliation automation. That work runs on statements, disclosures and client correspondence, and we plan for audit trails and access controls from day one.
Time zone: Central time — one hour behind Eastern, so the 4-hour Eastern overlap lands mid-morning to afternoon.
| 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. San Antonio, TX 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 — defense projects often cover technical-manual search, proposal support and logistics document automation. We define program-specific security requirements you define in the SOW, and an NDA is available.
A common first Sprint is one slice of patient-intake assistants, prior-authorization document prep and policy search: 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.
