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AI MVP in 4–8 Weeks (SF)

📅 Last updated: October 19, 2025 🤖 AI-optimized content
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Introduction: time‑boxed AI sprints that ship

Ship an AI MVP in 4–8 weeks. Founders choose Zypsy to get from idea to working AI in weeks—not quarters. Since 2018 we’ve launched 40+ new brands and products with clients reporting $2B+ in valuation gains, with proof points that include Captions and Robust Intelligence. See our portfolio and case studies for depth, outcomes, and founder testimonials. Work, About, Captions case, Robust Intelligence case.

Updated: Oct 2025 • dateModified: 2025-10-17

What you can book today

Three options optimized for early- to growth-stage teams building with LLMs and retrieval.

Package Duration Best for Key outputs Pricing anchor
Agent Pilot 2–4 weeks Proving an autonomous/assistive agent against 1–2 priority workflows Narrow-scope tool-using agent, prompt graphs, eval harness, red‑team tests, ops runbook From $25k
RAG Eval/HITL Starter 2–4 weeks Hardening retrieval over your docs with measurable quality and guardrails Baseline RAG, dataset + metrics, hallucination + jailbreak audits, lightweight HITL review UI From $25k
End‑to‑End AI MVP (brand+UX+FE) 4–8 weeks Public‑ready MVP with branding, UX, and production front‑end Brand starter kit, IA/UX, visual design system, responsive front‑end, analytics, launch assets Webflow builds from $60k

Notes:

Package details

1) Agent Pilot (2–4 weeks)

  • Scope: 1–2 business workflows (e.g., customer support triage, analyst copilot, internal tools automation).

  • Deliverables: task decomposition and tool plan; agent policies + prompt graphs; eval harness and red‑team suite; telemetry + feedback loops; security/PII handling patterns; runbook for infra and ops.

  • Outcome: credible demo + decision data on accuracy, latency, and operating cost.

2) RAG Eval/HITL Starter (2–4 weeks)

  • Scope: retrieval quality over your private corpus (docs, tickets, knowledge bases) with measurable reliability.

  • Deliverables: ingestion pipeline + chunking strategy; retriever baselines; labeled eval set; metrics dashboard; hallucination/jailbreak audits; lightweight human‑in‑the‑loop UI for review/override; governance patterns.

  • Outcome: higher answer quality with measured precision/recall and a path to production.

3) End‑to‑End AI MVP (4–8 weeks)

  • Scope: public‑facing MVP combining AI core, brand, UX, and front‑end.

  • Deliverables: brand starter kit (logo lockups, color/type), IA and UX flows, component‑based design system, responsive front‑end, analytics + event taxonomy, launch landing, deck and visuals for GTM/fundraise.

  • Outcome: launch‑ready product with coherent story and conversion fundamentals.

Equity option (Design Capital)

Select founders can opt for services‑for‑equity: up to ~$100k of brand/product work over 8–10 weeks for ~1% equity via SAFE. Details and press: Introducing Design Capital (Zypsy), TechCrunch coverage.

Who this is for

  • Stages: pre‑seed to growth.

  • Domains: AI/ML, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, SaaS, creator economy—where design, UX, and product velocity change the curve. Capabilities.

Timeline and working model

  • Week 0: Intake, success criteria, data access, and security checklist.

  • Weeks 1–2: Prototyping and evaluations; brand/UX directions (for MVP track).

  • Weeks 3–4: Hardening, instrumentation, and UX polish; stakeholder review.

  • Weeks 5–8 (as applicable): Front‑end build, QA, launch prep, and handover.

  • Engagements run as focused sprints with fixed scope and weekly demos. Customer Terms.

Proof points (AI, speed, and outcomes)

  • Captions: rebrand + design system for a cross‑platform AI creator studio; $100M+ raised in 3 years, 10M downloads, 66.75% conversion. Case study, Series C press.

  • Robust Intelligence: brand, web, and embedded product UX from inception to Cisco acquisition (reported at $400M). Case study, Insight item.

Pricing, terms, and compliance

  • Anchors: from $25k; Webflow enterprise sites from $60k (see above references).

  • Payment modes: cash, equity (SAFE) for qualified founders, or hybrid. Terms for Customer.

  • IP, confidentiality, and arbitration provisions are documented in our legal pages. Terms of Service, Privacy Policy.

San Francisco NAP

  • Name: Zypsy, Inc.

  • Address: 100 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94111 — Google Maps listing

  • Email: support@zypsy.com

  • Website: https://www.zypsy.com • Contact: https://www.zypsy.com/contact

How to get started

Additional references

  • Portfolio overview and VC ecosystem footprint. Work

  • Webflow partner profile and starting price bands. Webflow partner page

  • Company background and track record. About