Senior people build it, and they stay after launch
DarkKnight Cave builds AI agents, custom software, search visibility and workflow automation for growing businesses, aimed at whatever slows them down most.
The people who plan the work also deliver it, so decisions survive the handoff. You get clean, documented code and a team that still answers once the thing is live.
24h coverage
US working day, PST
India working day, IST
Founder-led
Snehal, founder and lead engineer, scopes and builds every engagement.
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A senior bench
Vetted specialists join project by project, and each of them has done this work before.
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Two time zones
PST and IST coverage, so clients in the US and India both get someone during their working day.
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02The problem we exist for
When a tech project dies, ownership usually killed it
42%
of companies abandoned most of their AI initiatives in 2025, up from 17% the year before.
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence, 2025
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Bait-and-switch staffing
Senior partners sell the work, then junior teams build it.
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The wizard engineer
One person understands the system, and it starts to rot the week they leave.
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Build here, get found elsewhere
One vendor ships the product while another is meant to make it visible.
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Enterprise minimums
Floors of $50K that shut growing businesses out.
03How we're different
4 gaps, and the promise we make on each
The promise
The usual way
The DKC way
Senior hands, start to finish
Partners sell it, juniors deliver it
The person who scopes it builds it
Build it and get it found
Dev and SEO split across vendors
AI, software, SEO and GEO under one roof
Own the outcome
Handover, then silence
Maintenance and QA included, backed by a 60-day warranty
Priced for growing teams
Quarter-long timelines and $50K floors
Fixed scope delivered in weeks, from $1,500
04Who we work with
3 kinds of teams we build for, each with its own fire
E-commerce
The fire
A slow storefront is losing carts, and AI search has yet to mention the brand.
What we build
Faster Shopify stores and checkouts, with SEO, GEO and support agents on top.
Startups
The fire
A strong idea still waiting for a team to build it, pitched to buyers who judge it on the first screen.
What we build
MVPs and SaaS dashboards, with brand and product work shipped in weeks.
Scaleups
The fire
Duct-taped tools and manual work that start cracking once volume grows.
What we build
Internal tools and integrations, plus AI agents and QA for the repetitive work.
05What we offer
4 service lines, one team answerable for all of them
yourbusiness.com
AI agent, live
Where's my order?
Shipped today. Arrives Thursday.
OrdersCRMHelpdesk
A person stays in the loop
Custom build
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Build passed, shipped to production
Search and AI answers
best handmade shoes online
#1
#2
AI answer
Cited: yourbusiness.com
Release checks
Page speedPass
Schema markupPass
Checkout flowRunning
Rollback planReady
0481216 wks
AI agents
4-8 weeks
Support, lead follow-up and other repetitive work handled around the clock, with a person in the loop.
Custom development
6-14 weeks
Storefronts, MVPs, internal tools and integrations, shipped in weeks.
SEO & GEO
3-month minimum
Get found on Google and cited inside ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity when buyers ask them.
Consulting & QA
Retainer or review
Advice on what's worth building, plus testing and upkeep that keep the system healthy well after go-live.
Part two, working together
Whoever scopes it builds it, and they're still answering after launch
The pages ahead cover what engagements cost and what working together looks like week to week.
06Engagement models
4 ways to work with us
Starting prices in USD. Your final quote follows discovery.
Discovery sprint
$1,500
from, 1-2 weeks
Audit, scope, architecture and a fixed estimate, credited toward the build if you go ahead.
When you know the problem and want help shaping the answer.
Fixed-scope project
$5,000
from, 4-14 weeks
Websites from $5K, AI agents from $8K and MVPs from $15K, paid by milestone with a 60-day warranty.
When the scope is clear and the deadline matters.
Monthly retainer
$1,500/mo
from, ongoing
SEO and GEO, maintenance, QA and steady iteration. SEO and GEO carry a 3-month minimum.
When it's live and has to keep getting better.
Fractional CTO / AI partner
$4,000/mo
from, monthly
Senior technical leadership that also builds, owning the roadmap and the architecture calls.
When you want senior judgment ahead of a full-time hire.
07The process
From the first call to a system you own
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Weeks 1-2
Discover
Workflow audit, goals, risks and a fixed estimate.
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Sign-off
Scope
Written scope, success metrics and stack decisions, all approved by you.
3
Weekly cycles
Build
Working software demoed every week, so you watch it take shape as it goes.
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Go-live
Launch
Testing on the risky paths and shadow runs for AI agents, then a documented handover.
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After launch
Own
A 60-day warranty, then a retainer or a clean handover, whichever you choose.
Owned by you
08A typical week
What a week with DKC looks like
Weekly demo
Working software every week, and your feedback shapes the next cycle.
Written update
What shipped, what's next, what's blocked and what we need from you.
Shared channel
Slack or WhatsApp straight to the people building the thing.
PST + IST
2 time zones, so a question asked at night often has an answer by morning.
What we need from you
One decision-maker who can say yes
Tool and account access in week 1
30 minutes for the weekly demo
Feedback within a couple of days, so cycles keep moving
09Terms and ownership
Clear terms, and everything we build belongs to you
Owned by you
You own the code
Repo, accounts and credentials are handed over, so you can leave whenever you like.
Milestone billing
Invoices follow agreed milestones, so you pay for progress you've already seen.
60-day warranty
Bugs in anything we shipped get fixed free for 60 days after launch.
Documented
Architecture notes and decisions are written down for whoever comes next.
Same people throughout
The people on your first call are the people doing the work.
Changes priced first
Scope is written up front, and any new request gets a price before work starts.
10Proof, e-commerce, ongoing retainer
Pastels & Pop went from top-10 listings to top-3 AI citations
AI citations, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity
Top 3
12345678910
P&P
From position 10 to 3 in AI answers
A handcrafted footwear brand on Shopify. Founders Akanksha and Aarti brought us in to fix the store and the marketing, and to get the brand discovered. We still manage the code and plan strategy alongside them.
Slow Shopify store, especially the mobile homepage
Faster loading after a code cleanup
Unwanted apps adding cost
Apps removed and running costs down
Newsletter dormant for 3 years
List refreshed and monthly sends restarted
Top-10 listings in AI chats
Top-3 citations in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity
AI citations measured across the conversations reviewed over 3 months. pastelsandpop.com
11Proof, healthcare startup in stealth
An AI receptionist for dental practices, taken from idea to MVP
8-10
Weeks from idea to working MVP
Week 1Week 10
An end-to-end front-office platform with an AI voice receptionist at its core.
Front desk lineAI receptionist on the call
Live
Hi, can I get a cleaning in this week?
Thursday at 10:30 is open. Shall I put you down for it?
Perfect, thanks.
Thu 9:00
Thu 10:30 Cleaning
Thu 12:00
Thu 3:30
Interface shown is an illustration
What we owned
Product shaping
Turning a founder's idea into a scoped first release.
AI voice receptionist
The agent that answers the practice's front-desk calls.
Front-office platform
The management system around it, built and tested to a working MVP.
Client in stealth. More detail on a call.
12Getting started
4 steps to your first demo
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Intro call
Tell us the biggest fire, and we'll say plainly whether we're the right fit.
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Discovery sprint
1-2 weeks from $1,500, ending in an audited, scoped plan with a fixed estimate.
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Proposal
Model, timeline, milestones and price, all in writing.
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Kickoff
Channel and access sorted, with the first weekly demo on the calendar.
We're a good fit if you
Have an important problem and someone who can decide on it
Want senior people close to the work, with clear scope and shared ownership after launch
Question 01
Light the signal
What's the biggest fire right now?
When the city needs it, the signal goes up
Light the signal and tell us what's burning
We'll come back with how we'd put it out and what it would cost to start.
