For founders and AI labs
How to start with me in 2027
Two doors, both free to open. Founders send a product and get a one-page teardown. AI labs send a task and get a written review in 48 hours. Then a fixed-price sprint or a ten-task pilot, only if the free step earns it. The last post of sixty, and the simplest.
Prashant Kumar Singh · · 3 min read
In short
- Founders: send your product, prototype or idea. One-page teardown in a few days. Then a $2,000 design sprint or a $3,000 MVP sprint if you want one.
- AI labs: send one task, rubric or test suite. Written review within 48 hours. Then a ten-task pilot on your rubric if the review earns it.
- No call needed for either. Everything in writing. You can stop after any step.
Sixty posts, sixty write-ups, two readers. This is the last one of the series and it is the one to bookmark, because it is only the practical part: how to start, what happens next, and what you need to send.
Door one: founders and product teams
- 1.Send the thing. A link, a prototype, a deck, a paragraph. Say who it is for in one sentence and name the one thing you are unsure about.
- 2.Get a one-page teardown within a few days. What to fix, what to cut, what to build first, and a scope with a fixed price at the bottom. Free, yours to keep.
- 3.If you want it built: a $2,000 design sprint (five days, clickable prototype, scope any developer can quote from) or a $3,000 MVP sprint (three weeks, one flow live on your domain, 30 days of support). Scope in writing, update every Friday.
Door two: AI labs and data teams
- 1.Send one task, rubric or test suite. Under NDA, or a sanitised sample.
- 2.Get a written review within 48 hours. Shortcuts, ambiguities, missing tests, drift risks, and what to change. Free, yours to apply.
- 3.If you want more: a ten-task pilot on your rubric in one week, pre-checked before submission, graded by you, with a report. Then volume with the same gates and a Friday report, only if the numbers hold.
| Founders | AI labs | |
|---|---|---|
| Send | Product, prototype or idea | One task, rubric or test suite |
| Free step | One-page teardown, a few days | Written review, 48 hours |
| Paid step | $2,000 design or $3,000 MVP sprint | Ten-task pilot, priced by complexity |
| Then | Flex support, in-house, or another sprint | Managed delivery with weekly reports |
| Stop after | Any step | Any step |
What the sixty posts were for
Every one of them is a specific, sourced answer to a question a founder or a lab actually asks, and each ends with the same free first step. If you read one that described your problem, the fastest route is to send the thing it was about. The write-ups stay here, searchable, with their sources, for whenever the question comes up.
The numbers, one last time
AI training and evaluation: 90% acceptance, 4.89/5 average quality, 45 of 50 Terminal-Bench-style tasks accepted, 7 of 9 SWE-bench instances, 14 of 15 PaperBench reviews. Product work: 22+ products shipped, 98% on the agreed date. The process in this post is what produced them.
Happy new year
Thank you for reading, whichever door you came through. The booking page is at prashantworks.com/book, the email is on the contact page, and either one reaches me directly. Send the thing you are working on. That is the whole first step.
Questions people ask
- How do I start working with you?
- Founders send a product, prototype or idea and get a free one-page teardown. AI labs send one task and get a free written review within 48 hours. Either can be followed by a fixed-price sprint or a ten-task pilot, and you can stop after any step.
- Do I need to book a call?
- No. Both free steps work by email or the booking form. Scope, price and weekly updates are all in writing.
- What does it cost?
- The first step is free. A design sprint is $2,000 and an MVP sprint $3,000, both fixed. A ten-task pilot is priced by complexity and agreed in writing before it starts.
If you're a founder
Send the thing. A teardown comes back within days and ends with a scope, a price and a start date.
If you run an AI lab or data team
Send one task. A review comes back within 48 hours and tells you whether a pilot is worth your week.
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