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A collaborative shopping list for households.
Live on web and mobile
Taking on 2 new projects this quarter
Software & AI,
built to outlast
the hype.
Custom software, AI automation, and cloud infrastructure. Built by a partner, not a vendor.
End-to-end
design, build, deploy, maintain
AI-native
production AI, not demo AI
No handoffs
one team, one point of accountability
Built to last
systems we still maintain years later
What we do
Six disciplines,
one engineering team.
We take ownership across the full stack so you're never stuck translating between a designer, a dev shop, and an AI consultant. One team, one invoice, one point of accountability.
01
Custom Software Development
Bespoke web and backend applications engineered from first principles for your domain, not assembled from a template.
02
AI Implementation & Automation
LLM integrations, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and intelligent document processing that actually work in production.
03
Database Engineering
Schema design, performance tuning, migrations, and scaling across relational, NoSQL, and vector stores.
04
Cloud & Deployment
Production-grade infrastructure: CI/CD, observability, cost controls, and architecture reviews you can take to the bank.
05
Web & Mobile Applications
Full-stack web and cross-platform mobile. Fast, accessible, and designed for the people who actually use them.
06
IT Consulting
Strategic advisory, stack selection, and architecture reviews. We explain trade-offs in plain language, not slide decks.
Why InstellaCreative
A studio, on purpose.
Most agencies grow by adding layers. We grow by adding capability, senior engineers, trusted specialists, zero middle management between you and the work.
What you get
- A direct line to the people writing your code, not an account manager.
- A weekly shippable increment, every week, from week one.
- Full ownership of the code, the infrastructure, and the decisions.
Built for production
We don't do prototypes that live in a deck. Every system we build goes live, runs under real load, and stays alive long after launch. Production is the default, not the finish line.
AI-native, not AI-hyped
We ship AI that works in production, not AI that demos well. We know when a vector database solves your problem and, more importantly, when a regex does.
End-to-end ownership
Design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance under one roof. No vendor stitching. No "that's not our scope." No finger-pointing at 2am.
Plain-language communication
Weekly demos. Shared Linear boards. Direct Slack access. You always know what we're building, why, and what's next. No status-report theatre.
How we work
Five phases. No surprises.
Every engagement follows the same shape, calibrated to your scope. You'll know what's happening this week, next week, and at launch before we write a single line of code.
01
Discovery
Discovery
Deep-dive workshops. We map constraints, users, data, success metrics, and the real problem beneath the brief.
Deliverable
Scope doc + fixed estimate
02
Design
Design
Architecture, data model, and interface mocks. We commit to a system before writing production code.
Deliverable
Clickable prototype + ADRs
03
Build
Build
Weekly shippable increments. Code review, tests, and a running staging environment from day one.
Deliverable
Weekly demos + staging URL
04
Deploy
Deploy
Production rollout, observability, runbooks, and a zero-downtime cutover. We stay on-call through launch.
Deliverable
Live product + runbook
05
Support
Support
Retainer or on-demand. SLAs, feature roadmaps, and the same engineers who built it. No knowledge handoff.
Deliverable
SLA + monthly review
From clients
Quiet confidence, on the record.
“They shipped a working MVP before our previous agency had finished 'discovery.' The difference is they're actually senior engineers, not account managers pretending to be.”
CTO
B2B SaaS company
“I'm a non-technical founder and I never once felt talked down to, or talked around. They explain trade-offs like you're a peer, then go build the thing.”
Founder
Mobile app startup
“We hired them for an AI pilot. They told us, honestly, where AI wouldn't help, and where it would. We ended up with something that actually works in production.”
VP Engineering
Logistics platform
FAQ
The questions we get most.
Didn't find what you were looking for? Ask us directly on a discovery call, we'd rather give you a real answer than a footnote.
Fixed-scope engagements for well-defined work (e.g. 'build this MVP'), weekly retainer for ongoing collaboration, or hourly for advisory. We quote after a discovery call, never before. No surprise change orders mid-build.
Anywhere from a two-week audit to a six-month platform build. Our sweet spot is MVPs and production systems in the $30k–$250k range. If your project is bigger, we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit, and sometimes recommend someone else.
Discovery runs 1 week. Most MVPs ship in 8–14 weeks. AI integrations and audits can be faster, sometimes 2–4 weeks end-to-end. We give you a realistic calendar at proposal time, not an aspirational one.
Yes, mutual NDAs before any substantive conversation. We also handle IP assignment cleanly. You own everything we write for you, full stop, on day one.
You choose: a month-to-month support retainer with defined SLAs, an hourly bucket for ad-hoc work, or a full handover with documentation and onboarding for your in-house team. Most clients stay on retainer, we built it and we know it best.
Entirely. We've shipped for clients across 9 time zones. Weekly video syncs, daily async updates, and a shared project board. If you want us on-site for kickoff or a key milestone, we can do that too.
Let's talk
Start with a 30-minute discovery call.
No sales deck, no boilerplate. We'll listen to your problem, tell you honestly whether we can help and, if we can, scope a proposal within 48 hours.
Email
[email protected]Response time
Within one business day.
Working hours
Remote, 9 time zones covered.