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BY SITUATION · BUILD FROM SCRATCH

Funding, a vision, no team yet. We're the team that ships the first real product.

You can describe the product, but there is no engineering team to turn it into something that ships. Optilogic built Cosmic Frog — the only cloud-native supply-chain design tool combining optimization, simulation and a risk engine — from the ground up with Kodius as one team, and went on to raise $50M. Poplin arrived as an idea for a pre-pregnancy wellness companion and shipped as a product couples use across the U.S.

Embedded team from €12k / month · Optilogic · Cosmic Frog shipped, $50M raised

Building the first real product from scratch.
IS THIS YOU?

Three situations bring clients who need to build from scratch.

1 Trigger

You have funding and a vision, but no engineering team yet.

You can describe the product and who it is for, but there is nobody to set the architecture, make the hard calls, and ship the first real version. You need a team that builds it with you — not contractors who wait to be handed a spec.

Optilogic built Cosmic Frog from the ground up with Kodius as one team — the only cloud-native supply-chain design tool combining optimization, simulation and a risk engine — and went on to raise $10M.

2 Trigger

You need an MVP that proves the idea and can still scale.

You need a first version in front of real users fast — but built so it does not collapse the moment the idea catches on. A throwaway prototype buys a demo; it does not buy a product.

Poplin arrived as an idea for a pre-pregnancy wellness companion and shipped as a product couples use across the U.S. Talks and Folks had outgrown its technical limits — Kodius built the MVP that lifted the ceiling.

3 Trigger

You have an in-house team but need a partner to set the foundation.

You have people, but nobody who has built this kind of product before. You need a partner who sets the architecture, gets the first version shipped, and keeps building alongside your team rather than around it.

For Machine Desk, Kodius set the architecture for a cloud-based project and task tool for CNC shop floors and continued development alongside Worcon’s in-house team.

What an engagement looks like

Two weeks to know what you have. Then a team that builds it.

Step 1

2-week diagnostic

A senior engineer and product lead read the code, talk to your team, and write up exactly what we’d do in the first 90 days. You keep the document either way.

Step 2

3–9 month embedded team

A team of 3–5 senior engineers, product, and design slots into your stand-ups, your repo, and your roadmap. We run the build; you run the company.

Step 3

Weekly demos, monthly retros

You see working software every Friday. Every month we sit down and decide what the team works on next — and what we stop doing.

  • Fixed monthly retainer — no surprise invoices, no hourly games.
  • You own the code from day one. Repo, infra, accounts — all in your name.
  • A named tech lead who shows up on every call. Not a rotating bench.
LEAD PROOF · BUILD FROM SCRATCH

Optilogic: a product vision turned into Cosmic Frog, built from scratch.

Optilogic had a vision for a supply-chain design platform but no engineering team to build it. It needed a partner that would own the architecture and ship the first real product — not a staffing agency waiting on a spec.

Kodius and Optilogic built Cosmic Frog from the ground up as one team — the only cloud-native supply-chain design solution that combines optimization, simulation and a risk engine. Roughly six engineers worked across three years on a Rails and React stack, and the product Optilogic took to market helped it raise $10M from investors.

Starting point
A supply-chain product vision with no engineering team to build it.
Engagement
Kodius and Optilogic built Cosmic Frog from the ground up as one team — Rails and React, roughly six engineers over three years.
Outcome
The only cloud-native supply-chain design tool combining optimization, simulation and a risk engine — and $50M raised.
What we don’t do

Saying no to the wrong work is how we stay good at the right work.

  • No hourly staff augmentation.

    We don’t rent out engineers by the hour. Engagements are fixed-scope teams with a named tech lead, billed monthly.

  • No white-label subcontracting for marketing agencies.

    We don’t hide behind another agency’s logo. If our work ships under your brand, our name is on the contract.

  • No pre-seed co-founder-for-equity.

    We build software for funded teams that can pay. We are not your technical co-founder in exchange for a slice of the cap table.

  • No RFPs or public-sector procurement.

    We don’t respond to vendor questionnaires or 90-page RFPs. If your buying process needs that, we are not the right fit.

NEXT STEPS

Two ways into the same team.

Start with a Rescue Sprint

Four weeks, fixed price, paid upfront. We audit, stabilize, and hand you a 90-day roadmap. Roll the same team into an embedded engagement, or take the roadmap and run.

See the Rescue Sprint playbook →

Shop the full menu

Embedded Product Team, Fractional CTO, Code Care, and the Rescue Sprint sit on one pricing page. Fixed scope per tier, fixed monthly retainer, paid upfront.

See pricing →