Fractional AI Team (the Pod) · Washington, DC
AI Pod Studios serves Washington, DC remotely from its Dallas HQ — engineers work in your Slack and repos, not a local office. We provide fractional AI team for government contractors, legal and associations 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 government contractors teams in Washington, fractional AI team usually starts with proposal-library RAG, compliance-matrix drafting and RFP intake. The raw material is past proposals, solicitations and capability statements, so we scope contract-specific data handling rules into the SOW before the first commit.
For legal teams in Washington, fractional AI team usually starts with client intake, document RAG and first-draft assistants. The raw material is contracts, pleadings and internal memos, so we scope privilege and matter-level access into the SOW before the first commit.
For associations teams in Washington, fractional AI team usually starts with member-service chat, event FAQ assistants and content search. The raw material is member handbooks, event guides and publications, so we scope member-data privacy 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. Washington, DC 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 — government contractors projects often cover proposal-library RAG, compliance-matrix drafting and RFP intake. We define contract-specific data handling rules in the SOW, and an NDA is available.
A common first Sprint is one slice of client intake, document RAG and first-draft assistants: 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.
