Answer the risky question in two weeks
Prototyping is building a working version of an idea before you commit to the full build. We ship production-quality prototypes that make the feature real for stakeholders, users, and engineering, so the risky question gets answered early.
30-minute call · no pitch deck · no obligation
Everything this capability ships
Senior-owned, AI-accelerated, and wired into your stack. Not a deck of recommendations.
Figma and Framer prototypes
Interactive flows rich enough to put in front of real users and learn from their reactions.
Coded prototypes
Real components, real data, real performance. When a clickable mock cannot answer the question.
AI feature spikes
Rapid proofs of AI-powered features. Token costs, latency, failure modes, all measured before the full build.
User testing prototypes
Purpose-built artefacts for unmoderated testing. Instrumented, variant-ready, results tabulated.
Throwaway by design
Built to be discarded if the answer is no. Built to evolve into production if the answer is yes.
A clickable prototype that killed a bad bet before it cost a sprint
Vela Fintech · Concept validation
We built an interactive prototype and tested it with real users inside a week. Two assumptions held, one didn't, and finding out before we wrote a line of code saved a quarter of wasted build.
From first call to production
Sharpen the question
Which specific risk are we trying to reduce? Prototypes answer questions, not checklists.
Pick the fidelity
Figma, coded, half-and-half. Fidelity is a function of the question, not of our comfort.
Build
Five to ten working days, running in parallel with stakeholder reviews and testing prep.
Decide
Clear recommendation with evidence. Go, no-go, or a follow-on prototype for the next risk.
What it actually solves
De-risk a major feature
Before committing a quarter of roadmap, find out whether the idea holds up on real users.
Pitch and sales
Prototypes that let founders and sales teams sell a vision convincingly, with something clickable in hand.
AI proof of concept
Validate that a model, prompt, or retrieval strategy clears the business bar before the full integration.
Hardware and mobile spikes
Camera, sensors, BLE, on-device AI. Proofs that touch real devices and behave on battery.
Tools we reach for
Design
- Figma
- Framer
- Figma Make
Code
- Next.js
- React Native
- SwiftUI
- Supabase
AI
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Replicate
- Modal
Test
- Maze
- Dovetail
- UserTesting
- Sentry
Questions, answered
Most ship in two weeks. High-fidelity coded prototypes can extend to four depending on data and integrations.
Sometimes. If the answer is yes, we evolve it. If the answer is no, we delete it. Prototypes should not pretend to be production.
Yes. Many engagements start with a paid prototype sprint that also functions as a working trial of the pod.
Yes. We can recruit, script, moderate, and report. Or we hand the prototype to your research team to run.
The prototype, the evidence, and a written recommendation with the risks we retired and the ones still open.
Let’s build it together.
One senior team, one flat monthly subscription, no lock-in. Book a call and we’ll map the fastest path to shipped.