# AI Dev Shops — full dataset

> Engineering teams that write the code — for companies who need AI built, not just advised on.

AI Dev Shops is an independent directory of AI development shops and AI developers for hire, published at https://aidevshops.com by asaasin.ai (https://www.asaasin.ai). This file is the entire directory — every company record and every guide, in full — as one plain-text document, for AI systems and researchers that want to cite or ingest the whole site at once. The HTML site at https://aidevshops.com/ is canonical; this file is a convenience export, regenerated on every build. Last generated August 30, 2026.

Ranking: the featured partner (asaasin.ai) is listed first and labelled "featured: true" below; every other company is alphabetical. No company pays for inclusion or position. Disclosure and revenue model: asaasin.ai is the featured partner and the publisher of this directory, so asaasin.ai appears pinned at the top of the comparison table and in the two ad units on each page — always labelled. If you click through and become a client of asaasin.ai, asaasin.ai makes money. No other company on this site pays us anything, inclusion is free, and no position in any list is for sale.

## Featured partner

### asaasin.ai
- url: https://www.asaasin.ai
- offices: Orange County, CA · Prishtina, Kosovo
- tagline: A dedicated AI engineering team, without the hiring cycle.
- what they do: Asaasin deploys dedicated AI engineering "pods" — 2 to 5 senior engineers plus QA and a pod lead — that ship custom AI, web, and data systems on a weekly cadence instead of running a traditional hiring cycle. Engagements are outcome-based and month-to-month, with a working prototype built before a client commits, and builds can run to SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA-aligned controls, with BAAs signed on request.
- services: Custom CRM and internal tools; Full-stack web applications; Mobile apps; Marketing sites; AI agents and copilots; AI workflow automation; MCP servers and tool integrations; RAG and enterprise search; Data engineering and reporting; ML models, scoring, and evals; System and API integrations; Cloud, DevOps, and deployment; Compliance-grade builds (SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA-aligned)
- industries: Dental & healthcare; Healthcare (HIPAA-aligned platforms); Campaign and political data intelligence; Public safety / commercial security; Consumer products; Media and content operations; Ventures and biotech
- contact: info@asaasin.ai

## Companies

29 companies, verified against public sources as of August 30, 2026 unless noted.

### asaasin.ai
- url: https://www.asaasin.ai?utm_source=emd&utm_medium=directory
- hq: Orange County, CA · Prishtina, Kosovo
- regions: North America, Europe, Balkans, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, LLM Integration, MVP Development, Full-Stack Development
- size: Boutique
- featured: true — this company publishes AI Dev Shops and is the sponsored listing
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: AI development shop with offices in Orange County, CA and Prishtina, Kosovo building custom AI-powered products and offering staff augmentation and fractional CTO services for companies that need hands-on AI engineering.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/asaasin-ai/

### &above
- url: https://www.andabove.com/
- hq: London, UK
- regions: Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, Generative AI, MVP Development
- size: not published
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: &above is a London AI product agency that designs and builds AI agent systems and AI-native products for scale-ups and enterprises (including Google and Tesco), taking pilots to production through embedded-squad product development and rapid 0-1 build sprints.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/andabove/

### 38Shift
- url: https://www.38shift.com/
- hq: Prishtina, Kosovo
- regions: Balkans, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, LLM Integration, Generative AI
- size: Boutique
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: 38Shift is a Prishtina-based AI development agency that designs, builds, and runs production AI agents and automations (on stacks like Claude, n8n, and PolyAI) integrated into clients' own CRM, booking, and voice systems, for founders across Kosovo, the US, UK, and Europe.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/38shift/

### Addepto
- url: https://addepto.com/
- hq: Warsaw, Poland
- regions: Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, Generative AI, MLOps
- size: Boutique
- founded: 2018
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Addepto is a Warsaw-based AI and data consultancy offering generative AI and LLM development, computer vision, AI agent and chatbot creation, MLOps, and data engineering services for aviation, manufacturing, finance, and healthcare clients.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/addepto/

### BairesDev
- url: https://www.bairesdev.com/
- hq: San Francisco, USA
- regions: North America, Latin America, Remote/Global
- specialties: Full-Stack Development, Custom AI Development, MVP Development
- size: Large
- founded: 2009
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: BairesDev is a nearshore software development and staff augmentation company that assembles dedicated engineering teams for front-end, back-end, mobile, and AI/machine learning projects, drawing primarily on Latin American engineering talent.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/bairesdev/

### Bezep Solutions
- url: https://bezep.net/
- hq: Prishtina, Kosovo
- regions: Balkans, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, LLM Integration, Generative AI
- size: Boutique
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Bezep Solutions is a Prishtina-based AI and software development company building LLM-powered products, LangGraph-based multi-step agents, RAG knowledge assistants, and voice assistants with evals and guardrails, offering dedicated teams, team augmentation, and fixed-price feasibility audits.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/bezep-solutions/

### DevSmartX
- url: https://www.devsmartx.com/en
- hq: Cairo, Egypt
- regions: Middle East, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, Computer Vision, Custom AI Development
- size: Mid-size
- founded: 2022
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: DevSmartX is a Cairo-based AI and software systems engineering firm building autonomous AI agents, real-time computer vision systems, predictive ML pipelines, and NLP solutions for enterprise clients across Egypt, the GCC, and Europe, following a fixed six-step delivery methodology.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/devsmartx/

### Folio3 AI
- url: https://folio3.ai/
- hq: Pleasanton, USA
- regions: North America, Asia, Remote/Global
- specialties: Generative AI, Computer Vision, AI Agents
- size: Large
- founded: 2005
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Folio3 AI is the AI unit of Folio3 Software, building custom generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, and AI agent solutions across healthcare, sports analytics, transportation, and agriculture.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/folio3-ai/

### Grid Dynamics
- url: https://www.griddynamics.com/
- hq: San Ramon, USA
- regions: North America, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: Data Engineering, Custom AI Development, AI Agents
- size: Large
- founded: 2006
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Grid Dynamics is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: GDYN) technology engineering firm providing AI, data and analytics, cloud, and digital engagement services to Fortune 1000 enterprises, including a proprietary agentic-commerce AI platform.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/grid-dynamics/

### Innowise
- url: https://innowise.com/
- hq: Warsaw, Poland
- regions: Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, Data Engineering, Full-Stack Development
- size: Large
- founded: 2007
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Innowise is a full-cycle software development company offering AI and machine learning solutions through a dedicated AI hub, alongside custom web, mobile, cloud, and enterprise software development and IT staff augmentation.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/innowise/

### inVerita
- url: https://inveritasoft.com/
- hq: Lviv, Ukraine
- regions: Europe, Latin America, North America, Remote/Global
- specialties: Computer Vision, Generative AI, AI Agents, Data Engineering
- size: Mid-size
- founded: 2015
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: inVerita is a Lviv, Ukraine-headquartered software development company, founded in 2015, offering computer vision, generative AI, AI agent, and data engineering development services, plus IT staff augmentation in Latin America, from offices spanning Ukraine, Poland, and the US.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/inverita/

### ISHIR
- url: https://www.ishir.com/
- hq: Dallas, USA
- regions: North America, Middle East, Asia, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, AI Agents, Data Engineering
- size: Mid-size
- founded: 1999
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: ISHIR is a digital product innovation studio offering AI-native custom software development, generative AI and AI agent development, data and analytics services, and staff augmentation, with offices spanning Texas, Dubai/Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, and Singapore.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/ishir/

### Kata.ai
- url: https://kata.ai/
- hq: South Jakarta, Indonesia
- regions: Asia, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, LLM Integration, Generative AI
- size: Mid-size
- founded: 2015
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Kata.ai builds AI agents and conversational chatbots for customer service, marketing, sales, and HR automation, and offers KataCX, a no-code generative-AI chatbot platform, primarily for enterprise and government clients in Indonesia.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/kata-ai/

### LeewayHertz
- url: https://leewayhertz.com/
- hq: Gurugram, India
- regions: Asia, North America, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, Generative AI, AI Agents
- size: Large
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: LeewayHertz builds generative AI platforms, LLM applications, AI agents, and custom software for enterprise clients, alongside data engineering and industry-specific AI solutions for finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/leewayhertz/

### Markovate
- url: https://markovate.com/
- hq: San Francisco, USA
- regions: North America, Remote/Global
- specialties: Generative AI, AI Agents, Computer Vision
- size: Boutique
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Markovate is a generative AI development company building custom agentic AI, conversational AI, machine learning, and computer vision solutions for manufacturing, construction, healthcare, insurance, and real estate clients.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/markovate/

### Master of Code Global
- url: https://masterofcode.com/
- hq: Redwood City, USA
- regions: North America, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, Generative AI, AI Agents
- size: Mid-size
- founded: 2004
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Master of Code Global develops conversational AI, generative AI, and AI agent solutions on platforms like OpenAI, Google Cloud, and AWS, plus custom software and mobile app development, with offices across North America and Europe.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/master-of-code-global/

### Motionexai
- url: https://motionexai.com/
- hq: Dubai, UAE
- regions: Middle East, Remote/Global
- specialties: LLM Integration, AI Agents, Generative AI
- size: Boutique
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Motionexai is a Dubai Silicon Oasis-based AI company building custom language models, RAG pipelines, and AI-agent-driven automation (CRM and WhatsApp workflows) alongside SaaS platforms for startups and enterprises across the UAE and wider GCC.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/motionexai/

### N-iX
- url: https://www.n-ix.com/
- hq: Valletta, Malta
- regions: Europe, North America, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, AI Agents, Data Engineering
- size: Large
- founded: 2002
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: N-iX is a global software engineering company offering AI consulting, AI agent development, cloud, data platform engineering, and legacy modernization services, with an AI implementation approach it calls 'pragmatic AI software engineering.'
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/n-ix/

### Neoteric
- url: https://neoteric.eu/
- hq: Gdansk, Poland
- regions: Europe, North America, Remote/Global
- specialties: Generative AI, Custom AI Development, MVP Development
- size: Boutique
- founded: 2017
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Neoteric is a Polish software studio building AI and generative AI-powered digital products end to end, from product strategy and design through development and scaling, for fitness, edtech, and energy sector clients.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/neoteric/

### Saigon Technology
- url: https://saigontechnology.com/services/ai-development-services/
- hq: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- regions: Asia, North America, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: LLM Integration, Computer Vision, MLOps, Data Engineering
- size: Large
- founded: 2012
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Saigon Technology is a 400+ engineer Vietnamese software company offering AI development services spanning computer vision, document AI/OCR, LLM and RAG application development, and MLOps productionization, delivered via IT staff augmentation, dedicated development teams, or a fixed-price model for clients in the US, EU, Australia, and Singapore.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/saigon-technology/

### Softermii
- url: https://softermii.com/
- hq: Los Angeles, USA
- regions: North America, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, Generative AI, Mobile AI Apps
- size: Mid-size
- founded: 2014
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Softermii builds custom AI agents, generative AI and LLM-based applications, and RAG systems alongside web and mobile app development, with a proprietary agentic AI platform called APEX.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/softermii/

### SoftServe
- url: https://www.softserveinc.com/
- hq: Austin, USA
- regions: North America, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: Custom AI Development, Data Engineering, MLOps
- size: Large
- founded: 1993
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: SoftServe is a digital engineering company designing and building data, cloud, AI/ML, robotics, IoT, and extended-reality solutions for enterprise clients, with generative and agentic AI among its core service areas.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/softserve/

### Southworks
- url: https://southworks.com/
- hq: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- regions: Latin America, North America, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, Custom AI Development, Full-Stack Development
- size: Mid-size
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Southworks is a software engineering firm building AI copilots and intelligent agents alongside cloud migration and modernization work for enterprise clients, operating engineering teams across Argentina, Latin America, North America, and Europe.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/southworks/

### Symph
- url: https://www.symph.co/
- hq: Philippines
- regions: Asia, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, Custom AI Development, Full-Stack Development
- size: not published
- founded: 2010
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Symph is a Philippines-based AI software development agency with 16 years of engineering experience, building custom AI agents, AI applications, and web/mobile business systems for clients including government agencies and SMEs, delivered on a project basis.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/symph/

### TechAhead
- url: https://www.techaheadcorp.com/
- hq: Agoura Hills (Los Angeles), USA
- regions: North America, Asia, Remote/Global
- specialties: MLOps, Generative AI, AI Agents, Data Engineering
- size: Large
- founded: 2009
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: TechAhead is a Los Angeles-headquartered technology solutions company, founded in 2009, building AI-native platforms, agentic AI systems, MLOps pipelines, and mobile/enterprise software for Fortune 500 and high-growth clients, offering staff augmentation, dedicated offshore teams, and managed product engineering.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/techahead/

### Tecla
- url: https://www.tecla.io/
- hq: Austin, USA
- regions: North America, Latin America, Remote/Global
- specialties: LLM Integration, Generative AI, Data Engineering
- size: Large
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Tecla hires and embeds LATAM and US engineering talent for client teams, and through Tecla Labs builds custom AI products, generative AI and RAG integrations, and AI agents directly for clients via nearshore staff augmentation, long-term embedded teams, or scoped AI execution engagements.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/tecla/

### Virtual Arc
- url: https://www.virtualarcsoftware.com/en/
- hq: Belgrade, Serbia
- regions: Europe, Balkans, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, Custom AI Development, Full-Stack Development
- size: Boutique
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Virtual Arc is a Belgrade-based studio building production agentic AI systems with retrieval-augmented generation and multi-provider LLM orchestration, alongside custom business software such as ERPs and B2B portals for clients across Serbia, the EU, and the US.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/virtual-arc/

### VirtueNetz
- url: https://www.virtuenetz.com/
- hq: Dallas, USA
- regions: North America, Latin America, Remote/Global
- specialties: Generative AI, MVP Development, Full-Stack Development
- size: not published
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: VirtueNetz is a Dallas, Texas-based software company building AI products (NLP, chatbots, voice assistants, predictive analytics) and MVPs using Latin America-based engineers working in US time zones, offering dedicated AI engineers, project-based delivery, and team-extension engagement models.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/virtuenetz/

### Xedrum
- url: https://xedrum.com/
- hq: Wilmington, DE, USA
- regions: North America, Europe, Remote/Global
- specialties: AI Agents, Generative AI, MVP Development, Mobile AI Apps
- size: Boutique
- featured: false — independent listing, no commercial relationship to this site
- verified: true (last verified August 30, 2026)
- summary: Xedrum is a boutique AI and ML development company (21+ clients, 37+ delivered projects) building AI agents, generative AI features, RAG systems, and AI-powered mobile and MVP products for startups and SMBs in healthcare, fintech, and agtech, offering dedicated AI teams, IT staff augmentation, and project-based delivery.
- profile: https://aidevshops.com/companies/xedrum/

## Guides

### How to Choose an AI Dev Shop
- url: https://aidevshops.com/guides/how-to-choose/
- published: 2026-08-30
- summary: What to check before you hire an AI development shop to build your product.

Hiring an AI dev shop is closer to hiring a co-founder than buying a service. You're handing over a chunk of your product, your data, and weeks of runway before you know if it works out. Here's what separates a good hire from an expensive mistake.

## Start with the portfolio, not the pitch

Any shop can put "AI Development" in their nav bar. Ask for two or three case studies close to your actual problem — same modality (text, vision, voice), similar data volume, similar accuracy or latency bar. Generic chatbot demos don't tell you much if you need a computer vision pipeline for a factory floor.

Then push past the case study copy: ask who on the team actually built it, whether that person is still there, and whether you can talk to the reference client directly — not a quote pulled from their site, an actual short call. A shop that hesitates to connect you with a past client is telling you something.

## Test technical depth with a paid pilot, not a proposal

Proposals are marketing documents. The real signal comes from watching a team write code against your problem. Structure a small, scoped, paid pilot — two to four weeks, one well-defined slice of the real project against your actual data — before signing anything larger.

During the pilot, watch for:

- **How they handle ambiguity.** Do they ask sharp questions about edge cases and what "good enough" means, or just start building?
- **Whether they benchmark before they build.** A good team flags when a simpler approach — a tuned prompt, a smaller model, a rules-based fallback — beats a heavier custom model, instead of defaulting to the most impressive-sounding architecture.
- **Code and documentation quality**, not just a working demo. Ask for repo access during the pilot.
- **How they talk about limitations.** Teams upfront about where a model will fail are more trustworthy than ones that only talk about upside.

## Nail down IP ownership before day one

This belongs in the contract before any code is written. Confirm in writing:

- You own all code, model weights, and fine-tuned artifacts produced for you — not a license to use them.
- Any pre-existing frameworks the shop reuses across clients are disclosed and licensed to you, not silently baked into your deliverable as lock-in.
- Your data, including anything used for fine-tuning, stays yours, with a clear deletion policy once the engagement ends.
- If they build on their own proprietary agent framework, understand what happens if you leave — can another team maintain it, or are you locked in?

## Staffing and turnover risk

Ask directly: who is assigned to my project, and what happens if they leave mid-engagement? Boutique shops (under roughly 20 people) carry more key-person risk — your project may ride on two or three engineers. Not automatically bad, but know it going in.

For larger shops, ask the opposite question: will you get the senior team from the sales call, or will work get handed to a junior bench after signing? Get names and seniority levels written into the statement of work, not just "a dedicated team."

## Communication cadence

Set this explicitly before work starts: how often you get a working build (weekly demos beat monthly status decks), expected response time on blocking questions, and who your single point of contact is. AI projects carry more inherent uncertainty than typical software work — models underperform, data is messier than expected, timelines shift. A shop that surfaces that early is easier to work with than one that goes quiet and delivers a surprise at the end.

## Red flags in proposals

- **Vague scoping with a big price tag.** If a proposal can't define what "done" looks like — specific metrics, specific deliverables — it's a placeholder, not a plan.
- **No mention of evaluation.** A serious engagement defines how you'll measure whether the system works — accuracy, latency, cost per inference — before building starts.
- **Guaranteed outcomes.** Nobody can promise a specific accuracy number before seeing your data. Confident guarantees at the proposal stage are a sales tactic, not an engineering commitment.
- **Unwillingness to do a paid pilot.** A large upfront ask with no smaller proof step means you're underwriting their learning curve.
- **No discussion of ongoing costs.** Inference, hosting, and monitoring costs don't stop at launch — a shop that prices only the build and waves off run-cost questions leaves you to find out the hard way.

## A practical checklist before you sign

1. Two to three relevant case studies, verified with a real reference call.
2. A scoped, paid pilot against your actual data before any larger commitment.
3. IP ownership and data handling terms in writing.
4. Named team members and what happens if they leave.
5. An agreed evaluation method and definition of "done."
6. A weekly demo cadence during active build.
7. Clarity on post-launch ownership — maintenance, monitoring, and fixing model drift.

Shops vary widely in size and specialty — a small boutique like [asaasin.ai](https://www.asaasin.ai) and a several-hundred-person firm are both legitimate ways to get AI work built, but they carry different risk profiles. Match the shop to your project's scope, verify claims with a paid pilot instead of a slide deck, and get IP and staffing terms in writing before real work starts.