Arcane Intelligence · Boston · 2026
Custom AI and software,
built around your team.
A small Boston engineering team. We work with founders and companies who need more from AI and automation than the off-the-shelf tools can give them. Start with a twenty-minute call to see if we can help.
Currently accepting two new engagements for 2026
Scroll01The morning brief alone saved me my old 6am research ritual. I get it done while I am still having coffee.
02Arcane figured out in two weeks what our internal team had been trying to spec for six months. We shipped phase one before the quarterly review.
03They do not sell tools. They sell the outcome, then build whatever gets you there. Rare.
What to expect
from an engagement.
- 01
We sit with your team first.
Before we write code, we spend time watching how work actually happens. The spreadsheets, the inbox, the handoffs. Most of the useful detail lives there, not in the brief.
- 02
We build real software.
Typed, tested, and observable. The kind that still runs reliably after we leave. We do not ship demos, prompts-only workflows, or one-off scripts that break the next quarter.
- 03
We cover the whole arc.
Strategy, build, deploy, and ongoing support. You do not need to stitch together a consultant, an agency, a DevOps hire, and a trainer to get from "we need this" to "it is running itself."
- 04
You own everything at the end.
Code, infrastructure, documentation, runbooks. We hand off properly so your team can ship the next release without us. Retainer support is optional, never a requirement.
Built for teams
at every stage.
We work with four kinds of teams, across most sectors (biotech, entertainment, recruitment, B2B SaaS, manufacturing, consumer, and professional services). Smaller, nimbler teams are our preference, but the process is the same at every scale.
Solo founders
Shipping alone. Personal AI agents and internal tools that give one founder the leverage of a ten-person ops team.
↳ ~3 hrs reclaimed daily
Early-stage startups
Pre-seed through Series B. Fractional CTO, infrastructure, AI-native workflows before your first engineering hire.
↳ Phase-1 live in ~6 weeks
Scaling teams
Hitting an ops ceiling. Custom tooling, pipelines, and agents that grow revenue without tripling headcount.
↳ 12× pipeline, same headcount
Enterprise
Fortune 500 marketing, data, and ops teams past the agency stage, who need engineering that actually ships.
↳ 40% better marketing ROI
A few projects
we have shipped.
Four representative engagements. Specific outcomes, real production systems, details changed where clients required it.
Leading AI Startup
Fortune 500 Toy & Entertainment Brand
Multiple B2B SaaS Companies
Professional Services Consulting Firm
Most AI projects fail because they solved the wrong problem. We start by finding the right one.
Start with
a short call.
Twenty minutes, free. Tell us what you are trying to build and what is in the way. If we can help, you will leave with a plan for a first phase. If we cannot, we will say so and usually point you to someone who can.
Max Kelly · Founder · Boston, MA