AI · data · software strategy through delivery
Every week gives you 168hrs/wk Your systems should make more of them.
168 Studio is an AI, data, and software delivery partner. We help commercial teams and public-sector organizations unify scattered data, automate difficult workflows, modernize web systems, and put AI into production where it can do useful work. Clear scope, working software, and a handoff your team can own.
From unclear problem
to working system.
AI that works on your knowledge
Search, extraction, classification, copilots, and agents built around your documents, workflows, permissions, and review requirements.
One trustworthy operating picture
Data integration, cleanup, APIs, reporting, and dashboards that turn disconnected systems into decisions people can actually defend.
Software fitted to the work
Internal tools, workflow automation, portals, and line-of-business applications shaped around the way your team really operates.
Fast, accessible, maintainable web
Public websites and web applications rebuilt for performance, accessibility, secure operations, and straightforward ownership.
Tight scope. Working delivery. Clear ownership when we leave.
Start with a
defined outcome
Bring the requirement, broken workflow, scattered data, or system that needs to exist. We turn it into an executable scope, identify the risks and dependencies, and choose the smallest delivery path that produces a useful result.
- Define the users, outcome, constraints, and acceptance criteria
- Map the systems, data, security, and operational dependencies
- Use proven tools where they fit; build custom where they do not
- Deliver in visible increments with documentation throughout
Built, shipped,
used daily.
Prior operating-company work, built and shipped by the founder. The company remains unnamed; architecture, delivery decisions, and outcomes can be discussed directly.
RAG knowledge system
Answers plain-English questions straight from the company's own documents and systems.
Hours of digging became one question.
Financial automation
Automated the moving, reconciling, and reporting of the company's numbers, end to end.
Data entry ended; the reports ran themselves.
Custom sales software
Built tooling around how the team actually sold, not how a vendor imagined they would.
The software bent; the sales process did not.
Internal comms platform
Replaced Slack for the company's internal communication, built fully in-house.
The vendor bill ended; adoption went company-wide.
Recruiting platform
Replaced Greenhouse: applicant tracking and the full hiring pipeline in one system.
Hiring fit the team; the license fee did not survive.
AI sales trainer
Trains reps in live conversation against an AI buyer that talks back.
Practice became unlimited; real leads stopped paying for it.
Call intelligence
Every recorded call transcribed and summarized within minutes, then scored against the sales playbook.
Every call read; nobody had to listen.
Sales pipeline automation
Automated a slice of the sales pipeline end to end, taking the repetitive steps off the team's plate.
Volume scaled; headcount did not.
Four moves from need
to owned capability
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01
Discover
We start with the headaches, not the tech. Where do the hours vanish? What do your people do twice? Which questions can nobody answer? That list is the job.
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02
Scope
We define the outcome, users, constraints, interfaces, risks, and acceptance criteria. Not everything deserves custom software, and not every problem needs AI.
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03
Deliver
Working software, not slideware. Short feedback loops, visible progress, practical security, and documentation alongside the build.
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04
Transfer
Deployment, testing, training, operating notes, and a clear handoff. Your team understands what it owns and how to keep it working.
Build only what earns its place. Make the important choices visible. Deliver something people can use, inspect, maintain, and confidently own.
Virginia-based small business · Direct engagements · Teaming & subcontracting
Bring us the outcome.
We’ll find the path.
For a direct project, teaming need, or subcontracting opportunity: tell us what needs to work, what is getting in the way, and what a successful delivery would change. Technical detail is welcome but not required.