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How we work

A clear, repeatable process.
From kickoff to production.

Every Axented engagement follows the same four-stage model — whether you're building a 2-week MVP or a 6-month enterprise platform. No ambiguity. No scope theater. Real output from week one.

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60-80%

Faster scaffolding with Claude Code vs. traditional teams

2-3x

Output per senior engineer vs. a traditional developer

Day 0

Build starts on the first day of every engagement

The four stages

How every project runs — without exception.

We built this process after 15 years of delivering complex products for startups, SMBs, and enterprise clients across 15 countries. Every failure we've seen — scope creep, surprise costs, missed launches — traces back to the same root causes: misaligned requirements, unclear ownership, and QA left to the end.

This process eliminates all three. It is the same regardless of project size, client type, or technology stack.

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Discovery and scoping

No ambiguity before a line of code is written.

We align on what you're building, why it matters, and exactly how we'll know it worked. Requirements, architecture, tech stack, risks, and success metrics are all locked before development begins. This is the most important stage — and most agencies skip it.

  • Business and workflow requirements alignment
  • Risk assessment and mitigation planning
  • Sprint cadence and communication cadence set
  • Platform architecture and tech stack selection
  • Success KPIs and acceptance criteria defined
  • Team composition confirmed and onboarded
Duration

2 weeks for most projects. Larger enterprise platforms may take up to 4 weeks.

Output

Signed-off architecture, sprint plan, team composition, and risk register.

Your commitment

2–3 sessions with your key stakeholders. We do the rest.

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AI-powered MVP build

Senior engineers building at 2–3x the speed of a traditional team.

Claude Code handles scaffolding, boilerplate, and integration work — freeing our senior engineers to focus on the things that actually determine product quality: architecture decisions, business logic, data modeling, and the hard edge cases. The result is a team that moves materially faster without sacrificing technical discipline.

  • Claude Code accelerates scaffolding 60–80%
  • Parallel squads across FE, BE, and DevOps
  • Twice-weekly progress updates (Mon and Fri)
  • Senior engineers own all architecture decisions
  • 2-week sprint cycles with client reviews
  • Live task board — always visible to your team
Duration

AI Sprints: 5–10 days. Full platforms: 2–6 months depending on scope.

Output

Working software shipped in 2-week increments. Demo-ready after sprint one.

Your commitment

Sprint review attendance every 2 weeks. Asynchronous feedback in between.

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Deploy and hand off

You own everything. We make sure you can run it.

We don't just ship and disappear. Every deployment includes CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, monitoring and alerting, and a structured knowledge transfer session so your team can operate independently from day one. Full source code and IP transfers to you at launch — no vendor lock-in.

  • Production deployment on your cloud of choice
  • Monitoring, logging, and alerting configured
  • Knowledge transfer session with your team
  • CI/CD pipelines and automated test suites
  • Full technical documentation delivered
  • Full source code and IP ownership to you
Duration

1–2 weeks including QA sprint, deployment, and knowledge transfer.

Output

Live production system, documentation, runbooks, and a self-sufficient team.

Your commitment

UAT sign-off and participation in the knowledge transfer session.

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Iteration and scale

Post-launch is where most products either grow or stall.

We offer ongoing sprint-based support, performance monitoring, and iterative feature development so your product keeps improving as users give you feedback. Need more capacity? We can augment your team with additional engineers at any point — on the same time-zone-aligned, Day-1-ready model as every other Axented engagement.

  • Post-launch support and bug resolution
  • Iterative feature sprints on a flexible cadence
  • Quarterly product and roadmap reviews
  • Performance monitoring and optimization
  • Team augmentation on demand
  • Scale up or down elastically, month by month
Duration

Ongoing, on a monthly retainer. No long-term commitment required.

Output

Continuous improvement with sprint-by-sprint transparency on progress.

Your commitment

Quarterly planning session and sprint review attendance.

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Why our engineers deliver 2–3x faster.

Traditional agencies add AI as a finishing tool. At Axented, Claude Code is embedded in every stage of how we build — from architecture to documentation. This means less time on scaffolding, integration wiring, and boilerplate, and more time on the decisions that actually determine product quality. The result: complex platforms delivered in 14 months where others quote 26.

60-80%

Faster scaffolding

Claude Code handles boilerplate, UI generation, and integration scaffolding — freeing senior engineers for architecture and the hard problems.

2-3x

Output per engineer

One senior Axented engineer with Claude Code delivers what three traditional developers deliver — in less time, with better architecture.

Day 0

Build starts immediately

No 6-week discovery phase before code is written. Architecture locked in 2 weeks. Build starts from day one of the engagement.

Where Claude Code accelerates delivery

Generates project structure, boilerplate, and API contracts — so engineers start on real problems from day one.

Automatically generates unit, integration, and regression tests — embedded from sprint one, not bolted on at the end.

API integrations, authentication flows, and third-party connectors generated and wired 60–80% faster than manual.

Technical docs, runbooks, and onboarding guides generated alongside the code — not as an afterthought at launch.

Claude Code assists with code review, identifies anti-patterns, and suggests refactors — maintaining quality as the codebase grows.

Component scaffolding, design-to-code translation, and responsive layout generation — speeding up front-end delivery significantly.

Why this matters for your project: A traditional agency of the same size takes 26 months to deliver a complex platform. Our parallel squad model combined with Claude Code compresses that to 14 months — with the same production-grade quality, full IP transfer, and no vendor lock-in.
Squad model

Your dedicated team — not a shared resource pool.

Every Axented engagement is staffed with a dedicated squad. The same people who architect the system in week one are present at launch. Your project never competes for developer attention with another client's work.

Each role is defined with clear ownership and communication expectations — so there are no gaps, no handoff delays, and no translation loss between what you want and what gets built.

Delivery

Your single point of contact from kickoff to launch.

Drives daily communication, sprint planning, backlog management, and client reporting. The PM is responsible for making sure nothing falls through the cracks — and that you always know exactly where your project stands.

  • 2-week sprint cycles and ceremonies
  • Twice-weekly progress updates
  • Risk and blocker escalation
  • Budget and timeline tracking
Architecture

Defines how the system is built — and stays to make sure it's built right.

Sets platform architecture, API contracts, data models, and security baselines from day one. Stays engaged throughout the entire engagement — not just in discovery.

  • System design and architecture decisions
  • API contracts and data modeling
  • Technology selection and governance
  • Security and compliance baselines
Engineering

8–10+ years of experience. AI-native. Output at 2–3x standard.

Work with Claude Code to accelerate delivery without sacrificing quality. Focused on the hard problems — architecture, business logic, data modeling — while Claude Code handles scaffolding and boilerplate.

  • Frontend, backend, and full-stack
  • Claude Code integration in every sprint
  • Code review and quality gates
  • Architecture alignment throughout
Design

Embedded in the same squad — no handoff delays.

Works in the same sprint as engineering — so designs are built to be built, not just to be presented. No translation loss between design intent and final product.

  • UX research, flows, and wireframes
  • UI design and component systems
  • Interactive prototyping
  • Developer handoff in the same sprint
Infrastructure

CI/CD and cloud infrastructure from day one — not bolted on.

Builds the deployment pipeline, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring setup from the start of the project — so there are no infrastructure surprises at launch time.

  • AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • CI/CD pipelines and automation
  • Monitoring, alerting, and logging
  • Security hardening and compliance
Quality

Embedded from sprint one. Never an afterthought.

Automated regression testing, performance testing, and security review are built into every sprint — not compressed into a two-week scramble before launch.

  • Manual and automated testing
  • Regression suites from sprint one
  • Performance and load testing
  • Pre-launch security review

Official Anthropic partner

The AI infrastructure behind every build.

Axented is a member of the Claude Partner Network — Anthropic's official program for organizations building and delivering Claude-powered solutions to enterprise clients worldwide.

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What it means for your project

Your AI is built on the same infrastructure trusted by Accenture, Deloitte, Cognizant, and Infosys — with Anthropic's engineering team directly supporting our work.

Certified architects on every engagement

Our architects hold the Claude Certified Architect credential — designed for solution architects building production applications with Claude.

Always on the latest models

As a network partner, we get priority access to new Claude models and tooling as they launch — so your product is always built on what's most current.

Co-marketing and co-selling support

Anthropic's partner program includes direct marketing support, joint campaigns, and co-selling resources backed by a $100M commitment in 2026.

How we operate

The principles behind the process.

These are not values on a wall. They are the operating principles that show up in every sprint, every client call, and every line of code we ship.

Transparency over theater

You have live access to our task board, sprint plan, and burn rate at all times. No status meeting theater — just real visibility into what is happening and what comes next.

Outcomes over inputs

We don't price on hours or milestones as ends in themselves. We align on what success looks like for your business — and engineer backward from that definition.

Launch early, iterate fast

You can always fix things later. You can never launch soon enough. We push for production as fast as the work allows — then improve relentlessly from real user feedback.

Your team, not a vendor

We integrate into your tools, rituals, and culture. The same engineers who start your project are there at launch. There is no account manager layer between you and the people building your product.

No surprises on scope

Risks are flagged before build, not after. If something changes mid-project, we surface it immediately with options — never with a change order you didn't see coming.

Senior engineers, always

No juniors carrying execution load. AI handles the routine work. Humans handle the decisions that determine whether your product succeeds or fails at scale.

You own everything

Full source code, IP, documentation, and infrastructure transfer to you at launch. No vendor lock-in. No proprietary tools that hold your product hostage.

Built to be handed over

Every system we build is documented and structured so your internal team can take ownership — not designed to create dependency on Axented for every future change.

Ready to build?

Your next big thing starts with a call.

30 minutes. We scope your idea, recommend the right service, and answer every question.
No pitch deck, no pressure.

Schedule a free consultation
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