01 / Service breakdown

Five service lines.

Each service line maps to a stack and process the studio has already run end-to-end. Click through to the studio reference where applicable.

01

AI Voice Agents

Studio ref: CLARA →

Custom voice AI for inbound call answering, lead qualification, appointment booking, and after-hours coverage. We design the agent's persona, write the prompt logic, provision phone numbers, wire up SMS confirmations, and ship a customer-facing dashboard. Built on Retell AI, Telnyx, Twilio, and Node.js. The same stack powers CLARA, our $99/month AI voice agent SaaS for service businesses.

What's included
  • Voice agent design & persona
  • Industry-specific prompt engineering
  • Phone number provisioning & routing
  • SMS confirmation flow
  • Calendar integration (Google, Outlook)
  • Admin dashboard with call logs
  • Hosting on Railway
  • Monitoring & uptime alerts
Best for
HVAC Plumbing Landscaping Insurance Real estate Cleaning Pest control
02

Validation & Idea-to-Launch Platforms

Studio ref: FLAME →

AI-powered tools that score business ideas, validate market demand against real signals, and produce 30-day action plans. We build the validation algorithm, the multi-AI scoring layer, the research aggregation pipeline, and the founder-facing dashboard. Multi-source research across Reddit, Hacker News, and Perplexity. The reference build is FLAME, our live AI business idea validation platform with three pricing tiers.

What's included
  • Validation algorithm & scoring rubric
  • Multi-AI integration (Claude, GPT, Perplexity)
  • Reddit + HN + web data pipeline
  • Action plan generator
  • Founder dashboard with idea tracking
  • Stripe integration & tier billing
  • PostHog analytics
  • Hosting on Railway with persistent storage
Best for
Solo SaaS founders Indie builders Accelerators Internal R&D teams VC scout tools
03

Marketing & Sales Automation

AI-generated campaigns, lead scoring, email sequences, and content calendars built into your existing CRM, billing, and analytics stack. We integrate with what you already use rather than asking you to switch. Cross-channel by design. One coherent system across email, SMS, social, and CRM rather than five disconnected tools.

What's included
  • AI campaign generation & copywriting
  • Lead scoring & qualification logic
  • Email sequence automation
  • CRM integration (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive)
  • Content calendar & cross-posting
  • UTM tracking & attribution dashboard
  • A/B testing infrastructure
  • Stripe + analytics wiring
Best for
E-commerce SaaS Professional services Service businesses Coaches & agencies
04

Operations & Admin Automation

AI-assisted invoicing, client onboarding, document workflows, and recurring task automation built to your existing stack. We replace busywork, not judgment. The goal is removing 80% of the manual data entry and routing that consumes your team's time, while keeping a human in the loop on every decision that matters. Quiet, reliable, dependable.

What's included
  • Invoice generation & payment chasing
  • Client onboarding flows
  • Document parsing & classification
  • Internal admin dashboards
  • Slack / Teams integrations
  • Approval routing logic
  • Audit logs & compliance reporting
  • Hosting & monitoring
Best for
Insurance Real estate Legal admin Accounting Property management E-commerce ops
05

Custom AI Integration

When the off-the-shelf option doesn't fit. We integrate Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, custom RAG (retrieval-augmented generation), model routing, fine-tuning where it makes sense, and AI agents wired into your own systems. Built to last past the hype cycle. We pick the right model and architecture per task, not the trendiest one, and document everything so a future developer can pick up where we left off.

What's included
  • LLM selection & routing logic
  • Custom RAG over your data
  • AI agent design (single or multi-agent)
  • Function calling & tool use
  • Embeddings pipeline (Postgres pgvector, Pinecone)
  • Fine-tuning where appropriate
  • Cost & latency monitoring
  • Architecture documentation
Best for
Tech-forward SMBs Internal R&D Verticals with custom data Compliance-heavy industries
02 / Tech stack

What we build on.

The right tool per project, not the trendiest. This is the stack we run in production for our own SaaS, and the stack we use for client work.

Voice & telephony
Retell AI
Telnyx
Twilio
ElevenLabs
AI & LLMs
Anthropic Claude
OpenAI
Perplexity
Custom RAG
Backend
Node.js / Express
PostgreSQL
SQLite
pgvector
Infrastructure
Railway
Cloudflare Pages
Cloudflare Workers
R2 storage
Payments & billing
Stripe
Stripe Connect
Webhooks
Custom metering
Frontend
Vanilla JS / HTML
React (when needed)
Tailwind
Vite
Observability
PostHog
Sentry
UptimeRobot
Custom dashboards
Communication
Resend
SendGrid
Slack APIs
Email templates
03 / Industries

Who we work with.

Five industry verticals where the studio's tech stack and engagement model fit best. Each industry maps to specific builds we've done or can ship in 4 to 12 weeks.

01

Service businesses

HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, electrical, roofing

Common builds
  • AI voice agent for after-hours calls
  • Automated estimate generation
  • Service area & scheduling logic
  • SMS-based job confirmation
02

Professional services

Insurance, real estate, legal, accounting

Common builds
  • Document parsing & classification
  • Client onboarding workflows
  • Quote comparison & routing
  • Compliance-aware automation
03

Home services

Cleaning, pest control, pool, lawn care

Common builds
  • Recurring booking & route optimization
  • AI voice agent with industry templates
  • Customer retention sequences
  • Stripe-billed subscription management
04

Solo SaaS founders

Indie builders & bootstrappers

Common builds
  • MVP-to-launch full builds
  • AI-powered validation tools
  • Stripe billing & tier logic
  • Admin dashboards & analytics
05

E-commerce & DTC

Shopify stores & DTC operations

Common builds
  • AI customer support agents
  • Inventory & fulfillment automation
  • Personalized email sequences
  • Cross-platform attribution
04 / Process

How we ship.

A predictable 4-step engagement. Discovery is free, the build is fixed-price, and you own the code and infrastructure when we're done.

01 — Email

Tell us what you want to build

Free · Same day reply

Send a 2-paragraph description to hello@buildaistudio.io. We respond within 1 business day with questions and a call invite.

02 — Discovery

Scope, architect, and price

1 week · Fixed fee

We document scope, propose an architecture, and produce a fixed-price proposal. You get a written deliverable whether you proceed or not.

03 — Build

Ship in 4 to 12 weeks

$5K–$50K · Weekly demos

Fixed-price builds with weekly demos and milestone check-ins. We write production code, set up infrastructure, and operate the build.

04 — Operate

Hand off, or keep us on retainer

Optional · Monthly

Source code, hosting, and credentials transferred at launch. Optional retainer for hosting, monitoring, and ongoing iteration.

05 / Start a project

Ship your AI build.

Send a 2-paragraph description of what you want to build. Reply within 1 business day.

Free discovery call Fixed-price proposals Source code transferred at launch No retainers required