We build outside your core platform, and you stay in control of it.
We have run technology functions as CTOs, so we have sat on both sides of this conversation. The concerns an internal team raises about security, integration and inheriting code nobody chose are usually real ones, and we answer them properly rather than going around them.
Nothing reaches your production systems without your sign off
Your team is measured on keeping the core platform stable and delivering a roadmap that is already full. We do not ask you to give up either.
A separate cloud account
Nothing we do can affect the systems your team runs.
Access you agree in advance
Limited to what each proof of concept needs, with anonymised or synthetic data wherever that is enough to test the idea.
Architecture and security sign off
You, or someone you nominate, review the architecture at the start and sign off security and integration before anything touches real customers.
Your code from the first day
Code sits in your own repository, with documentation, tests and an evidence pack, so there is nothing to untangle at handover.
Results to both teams
Success and stop criteria are agreed before work starts, and results go to the executive team and the technology team together.
A route for your team
Where a product moves to a new company, members of your team can be offered roles or equity in it.
What internal teams ask us, and how we answer
| What you might say | How we answer |
|---|---|
| We could build this ourselves | You may well be able to. The question is whether this idea deserves a place on your roadmap before it is proven. We test it first, for very little, and if it works your team can take it over or lead the full version. |
| We will inherit technical debt | Every product is built to a published standard, with architecture records, tests and a handover pack, and your team reviews it before it is accepted. If it does not meet the standard, it is not delivered. |
| It creates security and data risk | We work in a separate cloud account, with the least data access needed, agreed with you in advance. Your security team signs off before anything touches real customers or production systems. |
| AI generated code is low quality | AI agents do much of the typing; senior engineers make the decisions and review the work. The evidence pack shows the tests, scans and review history, so you can judge the quality for yourself. |
| This is shadow IT | It is registered with you from the start, governed by criteria you have seen, and has a documented exit plan. Nothing is hidden from the technology function. |
| What happens when you leave | The code, cloud account and documentation are yours from the first day. There is no platform lock in, and the reusable components we bring are licensed to you permanently. |
| It undermines the team | Your team has a defined role as reviewers and future owners, and where a product becomes a new company, a route for its people to join it. |
Talk to us before your executive team does
We are glad to take you through the Standard, our security approach and how handover works.