AI Engineering for founders who are done managing engineers

Run a software company. No engineers necessary.

The old rule said you needed engineers, a technical cofounder, or an agency before your company could move. AI broke that rule. Spruce Labs gives you the configured engineering system that makes the new rule actually work.

94%*$80/day in AI costs vs $1,400+/day agency rate,
measured over Sholder's 180-day engagement.
Cost savings vs agency rates. $80/day vs $1,400+
400%*5× velocity increase measured against prior
engineering output over the same period.
More output. A week of engineering work, delivered in a day

Your vision. Your code. No engineers required.

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180d Sholder went from four years of failed attempts to 6-figure MRR.
3 days Expo was using their own app and submitting real feedback.
1 hr Crush It Ventures fired their last team after weeks of nothing. Their first branded page shipped in an hour.
30 yrs Engineering judgment encoded into the AI system before the first prompt is written.

The old model is technical dependency. The new model is AI-grown execution.

Old requirement

Find a cofounder

Give up equity, wait on someone else's priorities, and hope the person who owns the code still wants the same company you want.

Old substitute

Hire an agency

Pay for handoffs, timelines, and a stack of meetings. The feedback loop is too slow to create the clarity a real product needs.

New category

Grow the company

You own the vision. Spruce Labs owns the execution layer. AI moves fast because we configured the soil and trellis correctly.

This is not a theory. It is already happening.

Sholder
Chief AI Officer

Before: Four years of failed launch attempts and multiple technical partners who could not get the company moving.

Result: Delivered 6-figure MRR in 180 days.

Reetired
AI Infrastructure

Before: A first-time non-technical SaaS founder wanted to run the company without a technical cofounder.

Result: Reetired operates roughly 90% of the workflow independently. We step in for setup, calibration, and when the AI gets stuck.

Crush It Ventures
VP of AI Engineering

Before: They had fired a technology partner over rising costs, underwhelming output, and weeks of no progress.

Result: Spruce Labs asked about the product, story, and vision, then started shipping beautiful, on-brand software in an hour.

Expo
Chief AI Officer

Before: A restaurant operator had a product idea, no technical team, and no one to hand the vision to.

Result: Three days later, he was using his own app and sending feedback into the loop.

AI alone is not the product. The operating system is.

01

Senior judgment

Spruce Labs' engineering standards are built into the way the AI plans, writes, reviews, and ships software.

02

Real guardrails

The system follows workflows, catches mistakes, preserves code quality, and keeps momentum between decisions.

03

Fast feedback

You describe what should exist, react to working software, and refine the vision while the system keeps moving.

One question. Three answers.

How much technical talent do you have on staff right now?

You keep your full team.

AI Infrastructure

$2k
per month

For established companies or founders with a technical cofounder and staff. We build the foundation — your team runs on top of it.

  • Full AI orchestration setup and configuration
  • Custom workflows and SDLC built to your standards
  • Bi-weekly check-ins
  • On-demand support when things go off the rails
  • Coaching your staff to think like professional engineers
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You have a CTO. No team.

VP of AI Engineering

$5k
per month

For companies with technical leadership but no engineering team below them. We become the operating engine.

  • Everything in AI Infrastructure
  • Weekly check-ins
  • Hands-on day-to-day operational support
  • Product requirements collaboration
  • Bi-weekly demos on 2-week sprint cadence
  • Quality and momentum managed between sprints
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Zero technical talent. We're it.

Chief AI Officer

$10k
per month

For founders who want the entire technology function owned. We run engineering so you can run the company.

  • Everything in VP of AI Engineering
  • Full product and technology roadmap ownership
  • Embedded in leadership and partner meetings
  • The technical voice in every important room
  • Weekly collaboration with internal leaders
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In all plans: your code lives in your repos. Your infrastructure is yours. You pay AI token costs directly. We bring the expertise and the orchestration system.

You do not need a technical team. You need the right execution system.

If you have the vision and the funds to pursue it, talk to Spruce Labs. We will ask about the product, the story, and where you want it to go.

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