Old school
Manual development
Speed
Quality & reliability
- Every line typed by hand
- Months before a first version
- Big budget for boilerplate
For founders who need to ship
We're your technical team. You run the business.
A senior product and engineering team you can outsource end to end. AI-powered, so you ship faster and stay focused on customers and growth.
Free · 30 minutes · No obligation
- 6 wks
- Typical MVP to launch
- 12
- Products shipped
Founder · at the helmVision, customers, growth
Starts in 1–2 weeks · Ships every week
Trusted by our partners
Novaren Systems · USA
Décupler · France
Audiovybez · USA
Swedish Academy · Sweden- L2R PartnersFrance
- UneeFrance
Watch how we work.
Under a minute on how FounderCrew takes your product from idea to launch.
Hire a team alone, or bring in a crew.
What founders actually weigh before the first line of code.
On your own
Launch, month 6+
With FounderCrew
Launch, week 6
On your ownFounderCrew
Time to MVP3–6 months6 weeks, shipping weekly
Who writes itYou + junior contractorsSenior engineers only
Monthly cost$30k+ in full-time hiresOne fixed retainer
Time to a team3-month hiring searchSenior pod on day one
Built to scaleRefactor later, painfullyArchitecture built to grow
If it breaksIt's on you at 2amWe own it, end to end
No juniors on your codebase. No 3-month hiring gap. Just senior engineers shipping from week one.
You lead. The crew builds.
A clear split of roles with tight loops in between, so nothing waits on you and nothing happens behind your back.
You · the founder
- Vision & goals
- Customers & sales
- Fundraising
- Final decisions
- Goals & priorities
- Working software, every week
- Daily standups · shared Slack
- Plain-language updates
FounderCrew · your crew
- Strategy & scope
- Product design
- Engineering & AI
- Security & DevOps
- Launch & support
Your product
Live, secure, built to scale
Your customers
Using it from launch day
Products we took from zero to launched.
Real products, shipped and running in production. Names changed where NDAs apply.
Cord, an evidence graph for a US federal agency
Cord helps federal agents connect the dots across cases: a graph platform that maps relationships between assets, people, and evidence, so investigators can trace links and surface patterns that stay hidden in siloed records.
US federal · evidence graphRebuilt a no-code product as a scalable app
A no-code stack was crashing under load. Rebuilt as a custom Laravel + Vue app with automated CI/CD and zero-downtime deploys: lower costs and revenue features that weren't possible before.
Laravel + Vue · CI/CDFractional CTO for a growing startup
Built the MVP from scratch, owned cloud architecture and CI/CD, and launched on schedule, then helped hire and onboard their own 4-engineer team.
Launched + 4-eng teamRe-engineered a call-center platform + DevOps
Rewrote a full call-center application in about 3 months and introduced proper DevOps practices, integrating with the in-house team.
~3 monthsMy Trevo, an AI co-pilot for founders
An AI assistant that automates day-to-day operations for solo founders: invoicing, payment follow-ups, contract review, and client management, integrated with Gmail, Calendar, WhatsApp, and Slack.
my-trevo.com ↗Decupler, AI-powered SEO automation
A SaaS platform that automates most of the SEO workflow with AI agents: content generation, on-page optimization, WordPress publishing, and GEO monitoring across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.
decupler.com ↗Rescued a stalled e-learning platform
A previous developer ghosted mid-project on Swedish Academy, an online sports-certification platform. We took over the codebase, finished the build, and shipped it: multilingual courses with online, hybrid, and in-person delivery.
Took over & shippedERP for a large industrial company
Built a custom ERP platform for a large industrial company, with hardened security and dedicated staff-management modules to run day-to-day operations across the business.
Security + staff modules
AI-assisted engineering. Not vibe coding, not the slow way.
Senior engineers stay in charge of every decision and every line. AI agents do the heavy typing. You get the speed of AI with the reliability of real engineering.
How we work
AI-assisted engineering
Speed
Quality & reliability
- Engineers design, AI drafts
- Every change reviewed & tested
- Weeks to launch, built to last
Shortcut
Vibe coding
Speed
Quality & reliability
- Prompt and hope it works
- Nobody truly understands the code
- Breaks at the first real users
- 01EngineerSpec & architectureScope, data model and approach set by a senior engineer.
- 02AI agentsAI drafts the codeAgents write the code and tests against that plan.
- 03EngineerLine-by-line reviewAn engineer reviews, refactors and owns every change.
- 04AutomatedTests, CI & securityAutomated checks gate every merge. Nothing skips them.
- 05EngineerShip & measureWeekly deploys, monitored in production.
- Senior engineer decides
- AI accelerates
- Machines verify
Your technical partner, from first idea to scale.
We back startups technically: we build your SaaS, turn your MVP into a product people love, and help you win customers. One senior team across the whole stack, so you can stay focused on running the business.
Where is your startup today?
Stage 01 · Idea
Shape the right product
Before a line of code, we pressure-test your idea, scope the smallest version that proves value, and design it.
- Product strategy & MVP scope
- UX/UI design & clickable prototype
- Clear roadmap and budget
- 1Your ideaDay 1
- 2Scope the MVPWeek 1
- 3Design & prototypeWeek 2
- 4Roadmap & budgetReady to build
At every stage
Your technical partner
We act as your technical co-founder: architecture, roadmap, and investor tech due diligence.
Secure by default
Secure auth, careful secrets handling and hardened infrastructure from day one.
Senior team only
No juniors, no hand-offs. The people you meet are the people who build.
Five steps from call to scale.
Tight, transparent, and built so you always know what's happening.
- 01Day 1
Discovery call
A 30-minute call to understand the goal, the users, and the constraints. You leave with a clear read on scope and fit.
- 02Week 1
Scope & plan
We define the smallest valuable launch, fix the price and timeline, and write it down. No surprises later.
- 03Weeks 2–6
Build in the open
Weekly deploys to a real URL. You review working software, not slide decks. Feedback loops stay short.
- 04Week 6
Launch & hand-off
We ship to production, hand over a documented repo, and stay close for the first weeks of real usage.
- 05Ongoing
Support & scale
As usage grows, we keep the product fast and reliable, fix what breaks, and add the features your users ask for.
Your senior technical partner.
FounderCrew is a senior product team that builds, ships, and secures your product end to end, bringing in trusted specialists when a project calls for it. From MVPs to full rebuilds, we've shipped for founders across the US, Europe, and beyond. You work directly with the people writing the code, never an account manager forwarding emails.
- 01Senior-led, end to end
- 02We build and secure; you run the business
- 03Trusted specialists brought in when needed
— FounderCrew
Questions founders ask us.
01How fast can you start?
Usually within one to two weeks. After a discovery call and a locked scope, we slot you into the next available build window.
02Do I own the code?
Completely. You get a clean, documented repository from day one, with no lock-in, no proprietary layers, and nothing held hostage.
03What if my scope changes mid-build?
Small changes are part of the process. Larger pivots get re-scoped transparently so the price and timeline stay honest, and you'll never get a surprise invoice.
04What stack do you build on?
It depends on your requirements. We work across a range of proven stacks, from Laravel and Vue to Next.js and TypeScript, and pick the right fit for your product on boring-reliable infrastructure that scales. We choose tools your future team can actually hire for, not exotic ones.
05Can you work with our existing team?
Yes. We embed as part of your team: joining your daily standups, sprint planning, and rituals, working in your tools, and matching your conventions. You get a real teammate, not a black box, and we leave the codebase better documented than we found it.
06What about timezones and communication?
We work fluently in English and French and adapt to your timezone across the US, Europe, and the Gulf. You get real overlap hours, fast replies, and clear updates, not a 24-hour lag on every question.
07Do you use AI to build?
Yes, heavily and carefully. AI lets us ship faster and scale faster, with senior engineers reviewing every line, and it's exactly why we ship faster than a traditional agency. You get the speed of AI with the judgment of people who have shipped at scale.
08How do you handle security?
Security is part of how we build, not an afterthought: secure auth, careful secrets handling, and hardened infrastructure from day one. For formal penetration testing or audits, we bring in trusted specialists when a project calls for it.
09What happens after launch?
Every build includes post-launch support, and many founders keep us on as an embedded pod. Either way, you're never left stranded at the finish line.
A product to ship or a startup to scale? Let's talk.
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll give you a straight read on scope, timeline, and whether we're the right team. No pitch, no pressure.
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