Tell us the job you're tired of doing. We'll build an AI agent that does it, for a fixed price, with you approving anything that matters.
Free first call · Fixed price, paid upfront · You own what we build · A person approves anything costly to undo.
A good fit is work that repeats, touches more than one tool, and has a clear right answer. See more workflow examples.
An AI agent is software that does a multi-step job for you. It reads what comes in, looks things up in your tools, drafts or flags the result, and hands anything important to you to approve.
A chatbot answers questions, while an agent gets work done. See how we build AI agents.
| Engagement | Price | Typical timeline | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focused | $1,500 | 5–7 business days | 1 revision round. 2-week tuning window after launch. One job, one pass: reads, drafts or flags, and stops. |
| Connected | $2,500 | 7–9 business days | 2 revision rounds. 3-week tuning window. Several sources feed one decision, with a scoring or ranking step. |
| Full-Scope | $4,000 | 10–12 business days | 2 revision rounds. 4-week tuning window. Multi-step work with layered decisions and memory across runs. |
All Sprints are fixed scope, fixed price, paid upfront. Bigger jobs: medium builds $6,000–$11,000 (4–8 weeks), advanced $14,000+ (8+ weeks). Running costs are usually about 5–15% of setup per year for AI usage and light hosting, paid by you (for example, roughly $125–$375 a year for a $2,500 agent, as a rule of thumb). Well-scoped projects often pay for themselves in two to six months.
Support is available after the tuning window, but agents are built to run on their own, so most owners won't need it.
Read what AI agents cost.
An Agent Sprint has four steps. You stay in the loop where a wrong result would be costly to undo.
The first call is free. Tell us the job you're tired of. We check whether an agent is the right fix, or whether an off-the-shelf tool already does it.
Agree what done right looks like, which tools the agent can touch, and where you approve.
Fixed price, delivered in the Sprint window, and tested against real examples from your business before launch.
We adjust it against real use during the tuning window.
The agent can work with email, spreadsheets, your customer list, your help desk, and your order or accounting system, as long as the tool has a stable connection or export. That includes tools like QuickBooks, Shopify, Square, Google Workspace, and HubSpot.
Nothing goes out to a customer, and no money moves, unless you've said it can.
If a cheaper tool will do, we'll tell you.
A senior team bringing product strategy, design, engineering, and applied AI together. Read more about the studio.
For a look at how we build, read the Polarity case study. Polarity is a parking operations platform, not a small-business automation project.
Based in Alpharetta, GA. We work with businesses anywhere.
The first call is free.
How we build AI agents when the work is part of a product, not a single job.
The systems and connections an agent needs underneath it.
Not sure the job is worth automating yet? Start by checking the problem.
The first call is free. Email hello@hardihood.studio.