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Forward Deployed Engineering
Inspired by the model that made Palantir legendary. Our FDEs go on-site into your business, sit alongside your operations team, and build the AI systems live in your environment, not in a dev sandbox.
The gap FDE closes
The gap between a working prototype and a working production system inside a real organisation is enormous. Org structures, legacy systems, trust, politics, muscle memory. FDE is how you cross it, from the inside.
Day to day
What FDE looks like in practice.
- A 2–4 person team physically embedded at your location
- Direct access to your operations, data, tools, and people
- Daily standups, weekly reviews, full transparency, no black boxes
- We operate the systems alongside your team until they own them
- Active problem-solving in the room, not ticket escalation from a distance
When you need FDE
High-stakes, high-complexity environments.
- Enterprise-scale AI rollouts across multiple teams or business units
- Regulated environments (finance, healthcare, legal) where compliance is non-negotiable
- Full-Stack AI company transformations
- Greenfield AI programmes where internal expertise doesn't yet exist
- Post-acquisition integrations where two operations need to become one
How it ends
FDE engagements end when your team doesn't need us anymore, not on an arbitrary contract date. We define exit criteria at the start, internal capability benchmarks, system performance thresholds, team confidence metrics. We hand over and we leave. Everything stays.
FDE team structure
Three roles, embedded with you.
Engagement Lead
Owns outcomes, runs daily ops, your primary escalation point.
AI Engineer(s)
Builds, deploys, and maintains the technical systems on-site.
Change Specialist
Manages adoption, training, and internal communication.
Engagement length
Typical FDE engagements run 3–6 months. Duration is set by exit criteria, not an arbitrary end date.
High-stakes transformation?
Let's assess the fit.
A short discovery call is how we assess whether FDE is the right model for what you're trying to do.