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AI engineering services, priced in public
AI Pod Studios offers six services: AI staff augmentation, RAG / document AI, AI chatbots, AI automation, AI agents, and a fractional AI team (the Pod). Engineers are $50/hr, Senior Leads $75/hr, the Pod priced from those hourly rates (totals quoted on your scoping call), and the AI Sprint $5,000 for two weeks.
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Choose a service
- AI Staff AugmentationAdd AI engineers to your existing team without a hiring cycle.
- RAG / Document AI DevelopmentSearch, summarize and answer questions from your own documents.
- AI Chatbot DevelopmentChatbots that answer from approved facts and hand off cleanly.
- AI AutomationRemove repetitive steps from intake, follow-up and data entry.
- AI Agent DevelopmentAgents that take bounded, logged actions across your tools.
- Fractional AI Team (the Pod)A Lead and two engineers acting as your AI department.
Rate card
| 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
$5,000. Two weeks. Working code you own.
Then roll straight into $50/hr engineering — or stop. Your call.