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Our AI development process, step by step.

We call it the Zap Sprint. Four steps, a fixed price and no vague retainers. You test a working prototype on your own data within weeks. Most systems go live in four to six.

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  1. 01 Discover
  2. 02 Prototype
  3. 03 Ship
  4. 04 Scale

What is the Zap Sprint?

The Zap Sprint is how Zappient builds AI systems for a fixed price. It has four steps: Discover, Prototype, Ship and Scale. You get a clear quote after week one. Most projects reach production in six weeks.

01Week 1

Discover

We find the one job where AI will pay off fastest. Then we price it.

What happens

  • We talk to the people who do the work today.
  • We map the workflow, the tools and the data.
  • We check the data is good enough to build on.
  • We pick the use case with the best return.

What you get

  • A written plan
  • A fixed quote for the build
  • One clear number that defines success

What we need from you

  • A few hours with the people who know the work
  • Access to sample data
02Weeks 2 and 3

Prototype

We build a working version on your real data. Your team tries it on real cases.

What happens

  • We build the first version in about 14 days.
  • Your team tests it on real cases, not a sample set.
  • We tune prompts, tools and rules based on what they find.
  • We score it against the success number from week one.

What you get

  • A prototype your team can use
  • First test scores
  • An honest call on whether to go ahead

What we need from you

  • Two or three testers
  • Quick feedback, ideally within a day
03Weeks 4 to 6

Ship

We make it safe, fast and cheap to run. Then we launch together.

What happens

  • Security review, access controls and logging go in.
  • We add tests that run on every change.
  • We set up tracing and cost alerts.
  • We launch, often to a small group first.

What you get

  • A live system in your cloud
  • Dashboards for quality, speed and cost
  • All the code and docs in your repo
  • A handover session for your team

What we need from you

  • Access to your cloud account
  • Sign off from security, if you need it
04Ongoing

Scale

We keep it sharp as your business and the models change.

What happens

  • We watch quality, speed and cost.
  • We swap in better models when they make sense.
  • We fix odd cases and add features.
  • When you are ready, we plan the next agent.

What you get

  • Monitoring and model updates
  • Regular reports on what the system saves
  • A short list of what to build next

What we need from you

  • A monthly check in

Ground rules

What you can count on.

A fixed price per phase

You get a quote before each phase starts. No hourly meter running in the background.

Real data from day one

We test on your data, not a demo set. That is how problems show up early.

You see progress often

No six week silence followed by a big reveal. You can try what we built as we go.

Your repo, your cloud

The code lives with you. You can walk away at any point and keep all of it.

FAQ

Process questions.

Still curious? Email us at hello@zappient.com. A real human replies within a day.

Most agents go live in four to six weeks. The prototype takes about 14 days. Bigger platforms are split into phases, each with its own quote.

Every sprint has a fixed price. We quote after discovery, once we know the scope. A focused automation costs far less than a full agent platform.

Sometimes. If you already have a clear use case, data access and a success number, we can start at the prototype. Most teams find week one saves money later.

Then you find out in week three, not month six. We tell you plainly what worked, what did not and why. You decide whether to change course or stop.

No. Most company data is messy. In week one we look at what you have and plan around the gaps. Cleaning data is often part of the build.

You can run it yourself with the code and docs we hand over. Or you can keep us on for monitoring, model updates and new features.

Services

What we build this way.

AI Agents

Agents that do the work. Not just talk about it.

RAG and Knowledge

Your company brain. Searchable.

Voice AI

Phone agents that sound human.

Workflow Automation

Kill the busywork.

AI Products

Ship an AI product your users love.

Cloud and LLMOps

Production ready from day one.

Got a messy process?

Let’s zap it.

Tell us what slows your team down. We will show you what an agent could do about it. The first call is free.

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  1. 01Tell us about the job in two minutes
  2. 02A senior engineer replies within 24 hours
  3. 03Get a plan and a fixed quote after one call