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Our AI will ask you a few questions to understand your problem properly. Then a senior engineer reviews your brief and reaches out within 24 hours.
We review every brief personally.
No automated responses. No SDRs. A senior engineer reads your submission, thinks about it, and writes back.
What happens next
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Chat with Aria
Our AI asks about your business problem in plain language — no forms, no dropdowns.
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Brief is generated
Aria summarises your challenge into a clear brief that we can actually act on.
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Engineer reviews
A senior Picaro engineer reads the brief personally and responds within 24 hours.
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Architecture call
If it's a fit, we schedule a 45-minute call to scope the project properly.
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Common Questions
Before you reach out
Do you work with early-stage startups?
We work with companies that have a real operational problem and budget to solve it properly. Stage matters less than the quality of the problem. Some of our best engagements have been post-seed startups with a specific, high-stakes system they needed built right.
How long does a typical project take?
A custom CRM build runs 6–12 weeks. System integrations are typically 4–8 weeks. Full architecture rebuilds vary. We scope precisely before any commitment — no open-ended timelines.
Do you charge monthly retainers after delivery?
No. Our systems are built to run without ongoing maintenance. We include a 90-day bug warranty. Beyond that, any changes are scoped and priced as fixed-scope work. We don't charge you to keep the lights on.
What makes this different from hiring a dev agency?
Senior engineers on every task, every day. No project managers playing telephone between you and the code. Architecture decisions made by the people writing the code. And a hard-line stance on building infrastructure that doesn't rot over time.
Who owns the code when you're done?
You own it completely. Full source code, documentation, deployment scripts, credentials. No licensing leverage, no vendor lock-in. We want you to be able to hire any engineer in the world and have them understand what we built.