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FDE Teams

Engineering capacity to put AI into production.

When you need hands-on engineering alongside your teams, HonestAI's forward deployed engineering offerings help you build, integrate and ship.

HonestAI focuses on Managed AI Operations — we run business workflows for you against agreed outcomes. Engineering-capacity engagements are delivered through our sister brand, FDETeam. If you'd rather hand over the workflow, see Managed AI Operations.

Offerings

Six ways to engage.

01

Dedicated FDE Teams

Forward deployed engineers embedded with your teams to build and ship AI into your workflows.

When it fits: You have a multi-quarter AI roadmap and need sustained engineering capacity.

  • · Engineers working in your tools and rituals
  • · Delivery lead and weekly reporting
  • · Code and documentation owned by you

02

Project-Based Pods

A scoped pod that delivers one defined AI outcome end to end, then hands it over.

When it fits: You have one clear use case and want a fixed scope and timeline.

  • · Agreed scope and acceptance criteria
  • · Cross-functional pod (engineering, data, delivery)
  • · Handover and runbook

03

Startup Accelerator

Helps early-stage companies take an AI product from prototype to production quickly.

When it fits: You are a startup with a working prototype that needs to become a dependable product.

  • · Architecture and model review
  • · Production hardening and evaluation
  • · Scaling and cost guidance

04

Enterprise Integration

Connects AI agents securely to ERP, CRM, HRIS and data platforms you already run.

When it fits: Your AI works in isolation and needs to read and write to core systems.

  • · Integration design with least-privilege access
  • · Connectors to SAP, Salesforce, Workday and more
  • · Logging and audit trails

05

LLM Foundry

Model selection, fine-tuning, evaluation and retrieval pipelines for your domain.

When it fits: Off-the-shelf models are not accurate enough on your documents or language.

  • · Model selection and benchmarking
  • · Retrieval and fine-tuning pipelines
  • · Evaluation sets built from your data

06

AI Implementation

Takes a proven AI use case into governed, monitored production.

When it fits: A pilot has proven value and needs controls, monitoring and ownership.

  • · Governance and approval design
  • · Monitoring and alerting
  • · Option to hand over or have HonestAI operate it

Looking for work completed, not engineers?

Most HonestAI customers buy business work completed by agents that we deploy and operate. FDE engagements are for teams that want to build alongside us. See the AI Workforce or how HonestAI works.

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Scope the right engagement.

Book a call and we'll recommend the FDE model that fits your goal.