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Founding Rate
The first five engagements are 20% below list price — a fixed discount honored for the lifetime of the project and the first 12 months of any follow-on retainer.
Founding Clients · Open
We're taking on five founding clients.
A founding-rate engagement that runs the full FORGE methodology — seven specialist agents, ten quality gates, shipped on a fixed-scope quote. The first five get the deepest discount, the most direct founder access, and their project published as a reference build.
Apply to be a founding client5 founding seats20% founding discount10 quality gates per projectShip-or-pay guarantee100% code ownership
Why Founding Clients
New operation. Serious system.
Routiine LLC is new — deliberately. We published our methodology before we opened the door. FORGE — the AI-native dev infrastructure that runs every engagement — is documented publicly. The standards, the quality gates, the decision-record template, the handoff protocol: all published at routiine.io/forge.
We chose a founding-client structure because the first five engagements set the pattern for every engagement that follows. Founding clients get the deepest discount, direct-to-founder access, and the right to shape the offering with feedback that compounds into every future build.
Our bar is straightforward: if we commit, we ship. If we miss the agreed scope on the agreed timeline, the balance is waived. That is the founder-backed guarantee, and it is the reason the discount is 20% rather than 60%.
What Founding Clients Get
Five guarantees. In writing.
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Open Methodology
FORGE is published. Seven specialist agents, ten quality gates, every decision record — you see the system before you hire us. No black-box workflow.
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Ship-or-Pay Guarantee
Fixed-scope quote in writing. If we miss the scope on the agreed timeline, you do not pay the balance. The quality gates exist so the work is right on first delivery.
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Founder-Led, Full Team
Every engagement runs through the founder. No account manager. No handoff to a junior. The FORGE pipeline is the team — architect, backend, frontend, QA, security, DevOps — all on your build.
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100% Code Ownership
At handoff: source code, architecture decision records, runbooks, and every account key. No vendor lock-in. You could replace us with another team the next day.
Scope
What a founding engagement can be.
Custom SaaS
Full-stack, AI-native from day one. Auth, payments, real-time, AI workflows. $15K – $75K.
Web & Digital Presence
Fast, conversion-optimized, local SEO built in. $5K – $15K.
Mobile Apps
iOS + Android on one codebase (Expo + React Native). Real-time, push, payments. $15K – $100K.
AI Operations Integration
Embed AI into existing workflows — no rebuild. Lead routing, document processing, reporting. $5K – $25K.
Project Recovery
48-hour audit, written recovery plan, FORGE execution. For projects stalled or abandoned by another vendor. $5K – $30K.
Fractional CTO
Strategic technical leadership without the full-time hire. $3K – $8K / month.
Fit Criteria
Are you a founding-client fit?
You have a budget of $10K or more and a clear problem — even if the scope is still fuzzy.
You can commit 2–4 hours per week to scoping, reviews, and milestone sign-offs.
You are comfortable letting the engagement be published (anonymized if you prefer) as a reference build.
You want a software partner, not a ticket queue — a team that stays in the build until it ships.
Apply
Tell us what you're building.
We'll reply within 24 hours. If we are a fit, a scoping document lands inside five business days — architecture, timeline, and a fixed price.
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