PTAS AI · Software Development Service

Custom software that ships. Then keeps shipping.

We build enterprise software the way agentic AI now demands it be built — APIs other agents can call, data pipelines that document themselves, and front-ends that survive the next framework cycle. No pilots that never leave the slide deck.

Built by a senior team that ships into production, not slide decks
ISO/IEC 27001-aligned ISO 9001-aligned AWS · GCP · Azure · Digital Ocean
What goes wrong with enterprise software

Most software projects don't fail in the code. They fail in the gap between weeks four and twelve.

The demo looked great. The team was responsive. The slides made sense. Then integration started, edge cases multiplied, the senior engineer rolled off, and your CFO got a number nobody warned them about. This is the part we built our process around.

66%

Of large IT projects miss budget or fail outright

Two-thirds of enterprise software projects come in late, over budget, or are quietly killed. Most failures trace back to scope changes that nobody priced and integration assumptions nobody verified in week one.

45%

Average cost overrun on enterprise IT

The deck quoted twelve weeks. The invoices say twenty-six. The single biggest driver is discovery work that was rushed or skipped, so the real complexity surfaces after the contract is signed.

700+

Apps in a typical enterprise estate

Most of them don't talk to each other. The ones that do, do it through a CSV your analyst hand-edits at month-end. Any new system you build will need to plug into at least six of them, and the documentation for two will not exist.

What we build

Six things, done well. Not a hundred, done badly.

We took a deliberate decision a long time ago: only ship work we'd put our own name on. That keeps the list short and the standard high.

AI-native applications

Apps built so agents can use them, not just humans. Every action is an API. Every API has structured I/O. Every I/O is documented and tool-callable. The day you decide to put an agent behind your operations team, the wiring is already there.

ClaudeOpenAILangGraphFastAPI

Agentic backends & APIs

Services designed to be called by reasoning agents. Tool schemas, idempotent endpoints, retry semantics, audit trails on every call, and failure modes the agent can recover from. Built on FastAPI, Node, or whatever your existing stack already runs on.

FastAPINodegRPCOpenAPI

Web applications

Server-rendered where it matters for speed and SEO. Client-rendered where the interactivity demands it. React, Next.js, Vue, or plain HTML when that's the right answer. We pick the boring stack on purpose, because boring stacks ship.

Next.jsReactVueTypeScript

Data platforms & ETL

Pipelines that don't break silently. Schema contracts, dead-letter queues, lineage you can click through, and dashboards that tell you what failed before your dashboard does. We work with what you already have — Airflow, Dagster, dbt, or Glue.

AirflowdbtKafkaClickHouse

Integrations & middleware

SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Dynamics, Salesforce, HubSpot, Tally, Zoho, and in-house ledgers you can't find documentation for. Integration is usually 50 to 70 percent of an enterprise project. We size it that way from day one instead of discovering it in week ten.

SAPOracleSalesforceTally

Mobile & cross-platform

React Native for shared codebases. Native iOS or Android when the use case demands it. Offline-first design, push notifications, app-store releases. And we'll tell you when a mobile app is the wrong answer and a responsive web app is what you actually need.

React NativeSwiftKotlinExpo
How we work

Four phases. No phase is optional. No phase pretends to be the next one.

The biggest predictor of project success in our portfolio is a real discovery phase. So we don't skip it, and we don't pad the build phase with work that should have happened earlier.

Weeks 1–2

Discovery

Two weeks, fixed fee. Output is a written scope, an architecture sketch, a risk register, and a build-phase proposal. If the number surprises you, you walk with the artefacts. No build commitment.

Weeks 3–6

Working prototype

By week four to six your stakeholders are using a real prototype on real data. Not slideware. A running system you can break. Most scope corrections happen here, which is exactly when they're cheap.

Weeks 6–16

Production build

Hardening, security review, performance, integrations, and the long tail of edge cases. Weekly releases on your environment. Your QA and ours run in parallel. A go-live date that doesn't slip more than once.

Ongoing

Operate & extend

Managed service under an SLA, on-call rotation, version upgrades, and the next-quarter roadmap. The team that built it is the team that runs it. No knowledge transfer to a triage desk that doesn't know your code.

Stack we use

Mostly boring. Occasionally pointed. Always justified.

We use the stack that fits the problem and the team that has to maintain it after we leave. Nothing here is a religion. If you already run Vue, we'll run Vue.

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vue
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind
  • Vite
  • Astro

Backend

  • Java
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Django
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Go
  • Spring Boot

Data & AI

  • PostgreSQL
  • ClickHouse
  • Redis
  • Kafka
  • Airflow
  • dbt
  • Claude API
  • LangGraph

Cloud & ops

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions
  • Datadog
Why teams pick us

We're a small bench of senior engineers, not a body shop with a sales team.

That has tradeoffs. We can't ramp fifty engineers next Monday. We can ramp the right three or six on Tuesday — and they'll still be on your project in month nine.

Senior engineers only

Every engineer on your project has shipped enterprise software for at least a decade. No "we just hired them, hope it works" surprises. No bench of juniors disguised as a delivery model.

Agentic AI from day one

Whether or not your project uses an LLM today, we architect so it could tomorrow. APIs are tool-callable, data has lineage, actions are auditable. The agent retrofit, when you want it, is hours of work, not a re-platforming.

You own the code, from day one

Repos on your GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps. CI/CD in your tenancy. No proprietary framework you get locked into. Source escrow on day one for fixed-scope work.

NDA and DPA before the call gets technical

Our paperwork or yours, whichever is faster. Procurement does not slow this down. No discovery conversation needs to happen behind a paywall.

Integration scars

SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, NetSuite, Tally, and in-house ledgers nobody's documented since 2014. We've debugged the bit you're worried about. We'll bring the runbook.

Indian build, global hours

Bengaluru and Hyderabad engineering. EU and US-facing project leads. Your daily standup happens at a reasonable hour for both sides. Time-zone overlap is built into the staffing plan.

Engagement models

Three ways to work with us. Pick the one that matches how you actually want to run a project.

The right model usually depends on how stable your scope is, how fast you need to start, and whether you want a turnkey delivery or a team that plugs into yours.

Model 01

Fixed-scope build

Fixed price · milestone-based
  • Discovery first, fixed fee, two weeks
  • Clear deliverable, written scope, signed assumptions
  • Milestone payments tied to working software
  • Best when your scope is stable and you want a turnkey delivery
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Model 03

Strategic consulting

Day rate · weeks, not months
  • Architecture reviews, build-vs-buy decisions, vendor evaluation
  • Agentic AI roadmap and readiness assessments
  • Senior partner-led, time-boxed, written deliverables
  • Best when you need a sharp answer before committing budget
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Pricing varies by scope, seniority mix, and SLA. Discovery is the only fixed-price part of any engagement.

FAQ

What CTOs and heads of engineering usually ask first

If your question isn't here, a 30-minute call is faster than email. We'll have an engineer on the line, not just a sales rep.

What does "AI-native software development" actually mean?

We build every backend so an agent could call it tomorrow. Endpoints have structured inputs and outputs, tool schemas are first-class, idempotency is the default, audit trails are on every action, and failure modes are recoverable. You don't have to use an agent today — but the day you want to put one behind your operations team, the wiring is already there. That's the difference between "AI-ready" as a slide and "AI-ready" as a property of the codebase.

How do you scope a fixed-price project without scope creep?

We split the brief into a discovery phase and a build phase. Discovery is fixed-fee and two weeks. Its output is a written scope with explicit assumptions, a risk register, and a build-phase proposal. If the build estimate surprises you, you walk away with the discovery artefacts and owe us nothing more. Most clients sign the build phase. Some don't, and that's fine — at least the assumptions were tested before money got committed.

Do you sign NDA and DPA before discovery starts?

Always. Your paperwork or ours, whichever is faster. No technical conversation needs to happen behind a paywall, and no client data moves before a DPA is in place. We've signed under Indian, EU, UK, and US law without trouble.

Who owns the code, and where does it live?

You do, from day one. Repositories live on your GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps. We work in your tenancy, with your CI/CD. Source escrow is optional but standard for fixed-scope engagements. There is no proprietary framework you get locked into. If you want to move the project in-house tomorrow, nothing prevents it.

Do you handle integrations with our existing ERP or CRM?

SAP (ECC, S/4HANA), Oracle (Fusion, EBS), Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Salesforce, HubSpot, Tally Prime, Zoho, and in-house ledgers we've built custom connectors for in two to three weeks. Integration is usually 50 to 70 percent of an enterprise project. We size it accordingly from day one, instead of discovering it in week ten.

How do you price AI-related work given how fast the models change?

Our engineering rate is the same whether we use Claude, GPT, an open-source model, or no model at all. Inference cost is passed through at provider rates with no markup. The architecture is built so swapping models takes hours, not a re-platforming. That's what protects you from the next price cut or capability jump — a switch you make in a config file, not a contract.

Are you on-call for production issues after handover?

Yes, under a managed-service SLA. Standard tiers are business-hours response, 24×5 with a four-hour P1 SLA, or 24×7 with a thirty-minute P1 SLA. The on-call engineer is someone who worked on your build, not a separate triage team reading a wiki for the first time.

Can you augment our existing team, or do you only do full builds?

Both. Managed engineering pods of three to six senior people are our most common engagement, billed monthly, with your tech lead setting priorities each sprint. We also do fixed-scope full builds and short strategic consulting engagements. Pick the model that matches how you actually want to work — we'll tell you upfront which one we think fits your situation.

What if we want to bring the project in-house later?

That's a successful outcome, not a failure. The codebase, documentation, ADRs, runbooks, and CI/CD are yours and have been since day one. We run a structured handover over two to four weeks, train your team on the architecture decisions, and stay on retainer for the first two months in case something surprises them. We've done this five times. It works.

Send us your hardest brief.

The one your existing vendor said would take six months. Or the one your internal team has been circling for two quarters. We'll come back inside a week with an architecture sketch, a working-prototype path, and a number you can take to your CFO.