For teams with engineers in-house
Amplify the engineers you have.
A live product, a team that knows it, and a roadmap longer than the quarter. Lightforge adds delivery capacity around the engineers you have, so more of that roadmap ships on iOS, Android, and web from one blueprint, with your team setting the direction.
Bring your product roadmap. An Engineering Architect plans the capacity with your team.
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For teams with engineers
300K+charts in production for STAR/CHILD, holding up at scale
Multiply the engineering you already have
Your engineers keep the architecture, the reviews, and the final say. Lightforge takes on the well-specified build work around them, so your roadmap moves at the speed of their decisions.Your engineers stay in chargeYour team sets the standards, holds the architecture, and approves every release before it ships.
Parallel delivery on your roadmapWell-specified features move through the factory while your engineers focus on the hard problems only they can solve.
Clean code in your reposReviewed work lands in your repositories, written to your standards, with full commercial rights from day one.
Give your engineers a factory behind them.
Live at scale
Real products, in real stores
Two client products built by Lightforge and live today. Open them on the device you are holding.
STAR/CHILD300K+unique birth charts generated in production
2xApp of the Day in the Apple App Store
Under 4 monthsfrom kickoff to iOS, Android, and web
It genuinely feels like having an in-house team. Every agency will claim to deliver that; most absolutely do not. Lightforge does.Jessica Blankenship, Founder and CEO, STAR/CHILD
How it works
From idea to shipped, in four steps
A guided path with a dedicated Engineering Architect beside you. No technical background required.01
Bring your ideaShare an idea or a product roadmap. Plain language is enough to start.02
Shape the blueprintYour Engineering Architect turns it into a blueprint: scope, platforms, and milestones everyone signs off on.03
Into LightforgeThe blueprint goes into Lightforge, our AI software factory, where your product is built, tested, and reviewed to a production standard.04
Shipped, and yoursYou approve the release and it goes live on iOS, Android, and web. Your product and its IP are yours from day one.Pricing
Usage-based, with a minimum retainer
You pay for delivered work on a usage basis, above a minimum retainer that keeps your Engineering Architect and delivery capacity reserved. Clients typically land 3 to 5x below the estimates they bring us.A fraction of the costFar below the loaded cost of recruiting, onboarding, and retaining an engineering team.
Usage-basedPay for what ships. Ramp delivery up when you are pushing hard, and down when you are planning.
A minimum retainerKeeps a dedicated Engineering Architect and factory capacity reserved for your product.
No ramp costZero recruiting and zero onboarding months. Work starts shipping in the first weeks, 5x faster than hiring.
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Bring your product roadmap. An Engineering Architect plans the capacity with your team.