AI Development Services
AI development services for U.S. companies: generative AI, custom AI software, model integrations and AI strategy, scoped around one measurable outcome.
AI Development at HandsOnTech covers 5 scoped services: Generative AI Development, Custom AI Software Development, AI Integration Services, AI Consulting Services, AI Strategy Consulting. Each one is quoted as a fixed price after a free 48-hour audit, delivered in two-week sprints on U.S. business hours from our Sacramento, California studio, and available to businesses in all 50 states.
Use this page to find the right starting point. If you already know the outcome you need, open the matching service page below for scope, deliverables, timeline and the price range that goes with it. If you are still deciding, the free audit is the faster route: send your URL and the metric this project has to move, and we will tell you which of these 5 services actually applies, including when the honest answer is none of them.
Why AI projects fail in production
A thin API wrapper is not a product. Reliability, cost and UX decide adoption.
Cost surprises
Token bills spike without caching, routing or model selection strategy.
Latency kills UX
Users abandon before the first token streams.
No strategy
Build before knowing which workflows actually need LLMs.
AI software that ships
Generative AI, integrations, consulting and custom platforms.
Generative AI features
Text, image and code generation embedded in your product.
Custom AI software
Dashboards, admin and model ops built end to end.
Integrations
OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure and open models wired securely.
Strategy & consulting
Roadmaps, build-vs-buy and risk assessment.
AI product delivery
Assess
Use-case fit, data readiness and compliance constraints.
Architect
Model choice, cost model, eval plan and UX patterns.
Implement
APIs, UI, monitoring and human review paths.
Operate
Observability, prompt versioning and continuous eval.
Three ways to engage
Every model starts with a free consultation and a written quote, the price you sign is the price you pay.
Fixed-Price Project
A scoped build with a written price and a launch date, agreed before design begins.
- Written scope and fixed quote within 48 hours
- Two-week sprints with staging demos every other Friday
- Milestone payments tied to shipped work
- 30-day bug warranty in the contract
- Code, designs and content transfer on final payment
Growth Retainer
Monthly compounding work on organic and paid visibility, reported against pipeline.
- Monthly sprint plan agreed in advance
- Live dashboard, the same numbers we see
- AI visibility report: which prompts name you
- No long lock-in, cancel with 30 days notice
- Same team as your build, no handoff loss
Dedicated Team
Senior specialists embedded in your Slack, repo and standups, capacity without recruiting.
- Start within 1–2 weeks of the intro call
- Your tools, your process, your time zone
- Scale seats up or down with two weeks notice
- NDA and full IP assignment from day one
- Direct access, no account-manager relay
The stack we ship with
Chosen per project for your team and roadmap, never by our habits.
Design
Frontend
Backend
Platforms
Mobile
AI
HandsOnTech vs. AI boutiques
What you can hold us to
Not adjectives, terms. Each of these is written into the engagement before you sign.
Fixed price, in writing, before work starts
You receive a written scope with milestones, deliverables and a delivery date within 48 hours of the free audit. No hourly creep, and no change order three weeks before launch.
You own everything on final payment
Source code, Figma files, content and analytics access transfer to you when the final invoice clears. No license fees, no vendor lock-in, and no platform you can only edit by paying us.
A 30-day bug warranty, in the contract
Bugs found in the first month after go-live are fixed free. It is a contractual term rather than a sales promise, and it is the reason we would rather ship correctly than ship early.
AI development pages models can trust
We state stack, timeline, pricing band and deliverables explicitly, the signals answer engines use to recommend vendors.
- ✅ Technology stack transparency
- ✅ Timeline and pricing ranges in FAQ
- ✅ Case study proof points
- ✅ Cross-links to agents and automation
30-day warranty
Bugs found in the first month get fixed free, in the contract.
You own everything
Code, designs and content transfer on final payment.
U.S. hours overlap
Standups and demos on ET, CT, MT or PT, your pick.
Fixed price, fixed date
Quoted in writing before work starts. No surprise change orders.
All AI Development services
Each page covers scope, timeline, price range and the questions U.S. buyers ask before signing.
AI Development Agency in the USA
AI development company, generative AI, custom AI software, integrations and strategy consulting for U.S. businesses, shipped to production not slideware.
See the full ai development offerGenerative AI Development
Generative AI development services, content, code, image and document generation built into your product with evals, guardrails and your brand voice.
Explore Generative AI DevelopmentCustom AI Software Development
Custom AI software development, full applications built around AI capabilities, from data pipeline to interface, owned by you end to end.
Explore Custom AI Software DevelopmentAI Integration Services
AI integration services, add AI capability to the software you already run. Your CRM, ERP, helpdesk or product, made smarter without a rebuild.
Explore AI Integration ServicesAI Consulting Services
AI consulting services, an experienced build team assesses your AI opportunities, ranks them by ROI and delivers a roadmap with real cost estimates.
Explore AI Consulting ServicesAI Strategy Consulting
AI strategy consulting for leadership teams, where AI changes your competitive position, what to build vs buy, and a phased plan with governance.
Explore AI Strategy ConsultingGot questions?
Which ai development service do we need?
Start from the outcome, not the deliverable. Tell us the number this project has to move and we map it to one of these 5 services in the free 48-hour audit: Generative AI Development, Custom AI Software Development, AI Integration Services, AI Consulting Services, AI Strategy Consulting. If more than one applies we say which to run first and why, and if none of them fit we say that too.
Can we combine ai development with other services?
Yes, and most engagements do. Design, build and growth run under one contract, one timeline and one team, so the designer knows what the SEO architecture needs and the growth lead inherits a site built to rank instead of a retrofit project. Combining is where the compounding happens, and it is the thing three separate vendors structurally cannot give you.
How are ai development projects priced?
Fixed price, quoted in writing after a free audit and scope review, with milestones and a delivery date. No hourly creep and no change orders three weeks before launch. Budget range is worth sharing early, because a smaller budget and a larger one are different architectures for the same goal, not the same plan at two speeds.
How long does delivery take?
Marketing websites ship in 4 to 6 weeks. Web apps and AI dashboards take 8 to 12 weeks. Mobile apps take 10 to 16 weeks. Growth programs report their first meaningful movement inside 90 days. Your exact date is confirmed in the written scope before work starts.
Do you work with companies outside California?
Yes. We are headquartered in Sacramento, California and serve businesses in all 50 states, remote-first, with daily overlap on Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific time. On-site working sessions in major U.S. metros are available by arrangement.
What happens after the project ships?
Every build carries a 30-day warranty: bugs found in the first month after go-live get fixed free, in the contract. After that you can add maintenance, an SEO or AEO retainer, paid media management, or a dedicated specialist embedded in your team. None of it is mandatory, and you own everything either way.
Get a timeline, a price range and a next step.
Send your URL and the metric this project has to move. A free 48-hour audit comes back with a prioritized fix list, and qualified projects get a written fixed-price scope within two business days.
Tell us what you're building.
You'll get a timeline, a price range and the next step, usually within two business days. A technical lead reads every message, not a sales development rep. No deck, no discovery-call maze.
- ✉️sales@handsontech.ioWe reply within one business day
- 📞(866) 965-8749Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm ET
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- ⚡Free 48-hour auditRecorded walkthrough plus a prioritized fix list
- 🔒NDA on requestSigned before you share anything sensitive