Your team ships 3x faster. Headcount didn't keep up.
Cursor, Copilot, and Claude Code made building 3x faster. You still have one person who can merge. Every sprint the gap grows. Shipping becomes the reason you can't release on Friday.
Dedicated AI software engineer
Your AI software engineer is here.
A dedicated engineer ships your product with AI. First production build in 7 days. They stay on for features, bugs, and deploys. You review PRs, not invoices.
From $2,500/mo. Cancel anytime.
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Dedicated engineer in your Slack and GitHub- First ship in 7 days
- From $2,500/mo
- 7 days
- First production ship
- $2,500/mo
- Flat. Engineer + AI.
- $150K+
- Saved vs an in-house hire
- 100+
- Products shipped
- 12+
- Years building products
Hiring is the tax on your velocity.
Agencies quote $50K and take 3 months.
You write a spec. They staff up. By the time they deliver, you wanted something else. Change orders cost extra. You still own the maintenance.
Hiring a senior engineer costs $180K. And takes 3 months.
By the time you find someone, onboard them, and get a first PR, you've shipped 30 half-finished features. Most founders just vibe-code and hope.
Fix this in 7 days
We built AstroMVP so you don't have to choose between speed and a real engineer.
An engineer ships the product. AI does the grind. You stay in the loop.
A dedicated software engineer who works with AI, in your tools. You review PRs. They own the outcome.
You share the repo or the idea.
That's it. Your engineer maps the product, drafts the plan, and starts building in your GitHub. No 40-page brief. No procurement. No waiting on a kickoff deck.
They ship in 7 days.
Production code in your repo. Auth, billing, dashboards, whatever is on the critical path. Real PRs you can merge. You stay in the loop on Slack.
They stay on.
Bugs, features, refactors, deploys. Dedicated Slack, not a ticket queue. Month-to-month. When something breaks, you get a PR, not a status update.
See it in action
Human in the loop from the first commit to the last review.
AstroMVP vs the alternatives.
| In-house hire | Agency | AstroMVP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How work gets done | Recruiter, 3 months, then they ramp. | Specs, PM, a rotating team. | Your engineer builds with AI and ships in your repo. |
| Time to first ship | 3–6 months | 6–12 weeks | 7 days to a production build. |
| When you need a change | Sprint planning. Maybe next week. | Change order. Extra cost. | Slack. They ship it. |
| Cost | $180K+/yr | $50K–$150K/project | $2,500/mo |
| When something breaks | Your team debugs it. | Support ticket. You wait. | Engineer files a PR with the fix. |
| Who owns the code | You, after they're productive. | You, after a messy handoff. | Your repo from day one. |
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Built for founders who need to ship this month, not next quarter.
Testimonials
What founders say after they ship
The same engineer model. Real products. Real reviews.
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Typical time to first ship
$2,500/mo
Dedicated engineer + AI
100+
Products shipped
How your engineer gets you to a first ship.
Day 1
Your engineer maps the product.
You share the repo, the Figma, or just the idea. That's all we need. They explore the app, list the critical path (signup, billing, the thing users pay for), and send a plan the same day. No brief. No walkthrough you have to run.
Day 3
First PRs are in your GitHub.
Real commits. Auth, the main flow, whatever was blocking you. You review like you would with a teammate. They work in your stack, in your repo, with your existing tools.
Week 2
It's in production. They handle the rest.
The critical path is live. Your engineer stays on for bugs, the next feature, and deploys. You ship. They keep the repo moving.
Included in every plan
Dedicated engineer.
One person who knows your product. Not a rotating bench.
Work in your GitHub.
PRs you can merge. You own the code from commit one.
Dedicated Slack channel.
Direct line. Not a ticket queue.
Production deploys.
They ship, they watch it, they fix what breaks.
AI-native workflow.
Claude Code, Cursor, Codex. You get the output, not a tool to babysit.
Weekly progress notes.
What shipped, what's next, what blocked. Every week.
Bug fixes included.
If it broke, they fix it. That's the job.
No contract lock-in.
Month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
I shut down the agency model. Here's what replaced it.
“I spent a decade running an MVP agency. The work was fine. The model was broken. Founders don’t need a 6-person team and a 12-week timeline. They need one engineer who ships with AI, every week, in their repo.”
- Number of products shipped
- 100+
- products shipped
- Years of experience
- 12+ years
- building products
- Monthly price
- $2,500/mo
- dedicated engineer
Pricing
One price. Everything included.
A dedicated engineer plus AI. Product work, bug fixes, and deploys. $2,500/mo flat.
You own the code
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
First ship in 7 days
AI software engineer
Dedicated engineer + AI. In your Slack and GitHub.
$2,500/mo
Dedicated software engineer
AI-native workflow in your repo
First production ship in 7 days
Unlimited features, bugs, and deploys in scope
Dedicated Slack channel
Weekly progress notes
You own all the code
Month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
15-minute call. No pitch deck. We'll look at your app.
Frequently asked questions
One call between you and a working product.
From $2,500/mo. Month-to-month. Cancel anytime. 15 minutes. No pitch deck. We'll look at your app.