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Turn Your Startup Vision Into Production Software

Sharply is the senior product and engineering team behind ambitious startups. We take you from strategy and architecture to launch—building AI products, SaaS platforms, and custom software ready for real users.
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Senior engineers only · You own the code and IP · Innovation & R&D grant experience (SR&ED, IRAP, and more)

Production-grade technology, chosen for your product—not ours

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What we do

One Senior Team From Idea to Production

Strategy, design, engineering, infrastructure, and technical leadership—without the cost and delay of assembling separate teams.
AI Product Development

Useful, reliable AI products—not demos. We build LLM applications, agents, retrieval systems, evaluations, and human-in-the-loop workflows.

Software Development

Production-ready SaaS, web and mobile applications, internal platforms, and APIs designed for maintainability and growth.

Product Strategy

Turn an ambitious idea into a buildable plan with product validation, MVP scope, architecture, delivery milestones, and a pragmatic roadmap.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Secure, observable infrastructure with scalable cloud architecture, automated delivery, monitoring, and operational readiness.

Workflow Automation

Replace repetitive, error-prone work with integrated AI and software workflows built around how your team actually operates.

Fractional CTO

Senior technical leadership for founders who need architecture, delivery oversight, engineering strategy, hiring support, and clear decisions.

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Why Sharply

Senior Product Thinking. Accountable Delivery.

We work as an extension of your founding team: challenging assumptions, reducing delivery risk, and owning the technical path from first decision to production. You get direct access to the engineers doing the work.

AI-native product development

We design products around modern AI—LLMs, agents, and retrieval—not bolted on after the fact.

Senior engineers only

You work directly with experienced product engineers. No handoffs to juniors.

Founder-level collaboration

We embed like partners—fast decisions, shared context, and real ownership of outcomes.

Momentum without shortcuts

Focused scope and tight iterations create early momentum while protecting the quality your product needs to grow.

Healthcare & regulated expertise

We've shipped compliant, production software for healthcare and other regulated industries.

Modern, scalable architecture

Clean, well-tested foundations that scale from MVP to real production load.

Innovation & R&D grant experience

We have experience delivering software projects backed by government innovation and R&D grants—such as SR&ED, NRC IRAP, and more—collaborating around technical milestones and documentation needs.

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Case Studies

Software Built for Real-World Complexity

Selected product work across AI, healthcare, education, industrial technology, and growth—designed to solve operational problems and scale beyond the MVP.
HealthTech
AI-Native Medical Billing Platform

Automating complex billing and clinical workflows in a regulated healthcare environment.

  • Agentic Workflows
  • Compliance-Heavy Integrations
  • Healthcare Compliance
  • Precise Billing & Accounting
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Challenge
Manual billing and document-heavy clinical workflows created delays, added administrative work, and increased the risk of errors.
Solution
We built an AI-powered platform that automates billing, coding, and document workflows, with secure Ministry of Health integrations and privacy-conscious architecture.
Outcome
Teams can process claims with fewer manual touchpoints while handling sensitive patient and billing data securely throughout the workflow.
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EdTech
AI-Powered Learning Hub

Bringing learners, mentors, course content, and AI assistance into one collaborative workspace.

  • Video Streaming
  • Real-Time Chat Rooms
  • Productivity Integrations
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Challenge
Learners and mentors were moving between disconnected tools to access content, track progress, ask questions, and collaborate.
Solution
We created a unified learning hub for courses and workshops, combining progress tracking, mentor collaboration, messaging, and contextual AI support.
Outcome
The platform gives every participant shared context and a clearer learning journey, without the friction of switching between tools.
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Smart Manufacturing
Smart Factory Platform

Turning sensor data, maintenance history, and shop-floor expertise into predictive operational intelligence.

  • IIoT Integration
  • Custom Machine Drivers
  • Predictive ML Models
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Challenge
Retiring shop-floor experts took critical knowledge with them, while reactive maintenance made equipment failures disruptive and expensive.
Solution
We built an AI platform that combines sensor data and maintenance history, using machine learning to predict machine and tooling failures.
Outcome
Teams gained predictive maintenance analytics, manufacturing and quality statistics, and shared visibility into equipment health and shop-floor knowledge.
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Marketing AI
Predictive Advertising Platform

Using predictive intelligence to improve audience targeting across major advertising platforms.

  • Ad Platform Integrations
  • Per-Persona ML Optimization
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Challenge
Broad audience targeting made it difficult to identify high-intent prospects and allocate advertising spend efficiently across campaigns.
Solution
We built an AI-driven platform that identifies promising audience segments and supports campaign optimization across channels such as Meta and Google Ads.
Outcome
Marketing teams can make more informed targeting decisions, focus spend on stronger opportunities, and continuously refine campaign performance.
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Process

A Clear Path From Idea to Launch

You see progress early, make informed decisions, and always know what is being built, why it matters, and what comes next.
  1. 01
    Discovery

    We align on the business outcome, users, risks, constraints, and—where relevant—your innovation or R&D grant context (such as SR&ED, NRC IRAP, and more).

  2. 02
    Product Strategy

    We turn the opportunity into a focused scope, measurable milestones, delivery plan, and pragmatic product roadmap.

  3. 03
    Design & Architecture

    We design the user experience and technical foundation, resolving expensive unknowns before full implementation.

  4. 04
    Development

    Senior engineers ship working software in visible iterations, with regular demos and decisions made in context.

  5. 05
    Launch & Continuous Improvement

    We launch, monitor, document, and improve the product—then support your team through its next stage of growth.

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Learn from Engineers Building Real Products

Our mentors are the same senior engineers who actively build production software for founders and businesses—and they help developers and founders do the same. You learn practical skills from real-world product experience, not theory.

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Hossein Kalbasi

CTO at LexieHealth

Shahab Mosallaie

Team Lead at Pelmorex

Sherry Vedadi

Project Manager at Medisca

Christopher Gagnier

Director of Software Dev. at Intact

Reza Fazeli

ML Engineer at IBM

Darian Ghorbanian

Senior Analyst at Lululemon

Shayan Tavakoli

Solutions Consultant at Genpact

Mohammad Beheshtian

Senior Software Eng. at Global Relay

About Sharply

A Technical Partner for Ambitious Founders

Sharply helps founders turn technically ambitious ideas into dependable products. Our team brings startup speed, senior engineering judgment, and experience working on government innovation and R&D grant projects—such as SR&ED, NRC IRAP, and more—including software in healthcare and other demanding environments.

Meet Your Product Team

Senior-only

Direct access to experienced product engineers

AI-native

LLM, agent, retrieval & automation expertise

R&D grants

Experience with SR&ED, IRAP & more innovation-backed projects

Your IP

You retain ownership of the code and product

FAQ

Questions, Answered

The essentials on how we engage, deliver, and partner.
What kinds of projects does Sharply Studio take on?

AI products, SaaS platforms, web and mobile apps, internal tools, and workflow automation—from early MVPs to production-grade systems.

How do engagements work?

We start with a short discovery to align on goals and scope, then work in tight iterations toward a production-ready product—often continuing as your long-term technical partner.

How does pricing work?

We shape the scope around your priorities, budget, and company stage. Each engagement is divided into clearly defined milestones with agreed deliverables and pricing. We invoice only after you receive a working, testable deliverable for that milestone—so payment follows tangible progress.

How quickly can we start?

We can often begin discovery within one to two weeks. After reviewing your goals, we will recommend the fastest responsible path to a meaningful first milestone.

Who owns the code and IP?

You do. Everything we build is yours, delivered on modern, well-documented, and scalable foundations.

Can you work on government innovation or R&D grant projects (like SR&ED, NRC IRAP, and more)?

Yes. We have experience working on software projects backed by government innovation and R&D grants, including SR&ED, NRC IRAP, and more. We can align delivery with technical milestones and maintain clear engineering records; your accountant, funding advisor, or program representative remains responsible for eligibility and claim guidance.

How is mentorship related to the studio?

Our mentorship is led by the same senior engineers who build production software for our clients. So whether you're a manager planning to start or grow a technical department in your company, or an engineer looking to sharpen your real-world skills, you learn from real-world product experience—not theory.

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Leave With a Clearer Path Forward.

Tell us what you are building, where you are stuck, and what success looks like. We will review it and respond within one business day to arrange a focused discovery call.

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