Purple Orange AI
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What it proves
Recurring work moves from connected sources through review gates to channel delivery with durable run and cost evidence.
Agentic product studio
We design and engineer AI products that coordinate real work across control surfaces, connected tools, and human approval gates.
Recurring work moves from connected sources through review gates to channel delivery with durable run and cost evidence.
Explore project proof“Build the system. Show the proof.”
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Delivery boundaryHuman approval on every run
Build stack: Claude Code, Fable 5, OpenAI, GitHub, Obsidian, n8n, Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, Tailwind CSS.
Unilever
Western Union$2,500. Live in 7 days. It drafts. You approve. Larger sprints after that.
Need a longer build? Other packages
7 days · fixed scope
$2,500
One recurring workflow in the tools you already use. The agent drafts. It does not send, post, or write back until you approve. Live in your workspace in 7 days.
Best for: owner-led teams that want the work done without giving an agent the keys.
$1,250 to start. $1,250 when the first live draft is waiting for you.
See the offerOngoing · after handoff
$500 per month
Monitoring, prompt updates when your process changes, and one small change a month. For an agent already running in your tools.
Best for: teams that want the agent kept sharp without hiring for it.
Starts when the 14-day fix window ends. Cancel any time.
See how it starts2 Weeks
$12,000
One to two production workflows built inside your actual tools: access setup, implementation, testing, approval controls, documentation, and handoff.
Best for: A clear manual workflow with real business value and enough focus to ship in two weeks.
Fixed fee. Scope confirmed on the intake call.
Book the intake callEvery build starts with one 30-minute call. We map the workflow, the tools, the approvals, and the failure paths. If one agent can carry it, we scope the $2,500 install on the call. If it cannot, we say so and you owe nothing.
Workflow intake · 30 minutes
Bring the workflow eating your week, blocking a launch, or keeping a pilot out of production. We pressure-test it, score the implementation risk, and give you the clearest next move.
If we do not see a workflow worth automating, we will tell you before you spend a dollar.
A repeatable sequence still happening manually. It is work an owner, operator, founder, support lead, sales team, or engineering org does over and over. If it has clear inputs, decisions, and outputs, it can usually be systemized.
If your workflow is not on this list, still book the audit. The point is to find the highest-leverage starting point before you commit to implementation.
Most modern business tools with an API: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Airtable, Notion, Slack, Calendly, Stripe, Twilio, Shopify, GitHub, common CRMs, and case-management systems. If your tool has an API, probably yes. If it does not, we will tell you what is realistic before you commit.
No. It removes the worst hours of their day so they can do real work.
If one workflow carries the value, we install one reviewable agent for $2,500 and it is live in 7 days. If the work spans several workflows or teams, we scope a $12K sprint or larger. If nothing is ready, we say so.
Default setup runs in your tools and your accounts. Data stays in your environment. We document the data flow before we build, you sign off, then we build.
Yes. It is the intake call for a paid install, not a sales meeting. We keep it short and direct because it is the first 30 minutes of the work.
Pick the workflow eating your week.
30 minutes. No charge. You keep the map either way.
Every engagement follows the same five beats. No mystery, no surprises on the invoice.
30-min call + async review of your stack, data, and goals.
Written plan: tools, MCPs, data flow, guardrails, eval harness.
Production code, real integrations, shipped in weekly demos.
Eval harness, observability, and red-team pass before launch.
Docs, runbooks, and a live walkthrough so your team owns it.
We pick the sharpest tool for the job. Then we write the code, wire the pipes, and hand it off so your team can extend it.
Our default for complex agent orchestration, MCP integrations, and long-horizon autonomous work. Ships with AGENTS.md, skills, and hooks.
When a team is already deep in the OpenAI ecosystem or needs tight GPT-5 integration. We treat it as a peer, not a fallback.
Our IDE for developer-facing flows. We configure project rules, context, and model routing for the whole team.
Custom connectors into Shopify, NotebookLM, Notion, Postgres, and internal APIs: whatever your team actually uses. Built to survive upgrades.
Production-grade orchestration. Compose, Nginx, SSL, zero-downtime deploys, and monitoring. Built like an engineering team would build it.
The glue layer. FastAPI, Next.js, worker queues, RAG pipelines. We write code your engineers will recognize, review, and maintain.
If your stack doesn't appear here, ask. We've probably shipped with it.
MCP means Claude Code and Codex read from, write to, and orchestrate across the tools you use every day: Notion, Slack, Gmail, Linear, Stripe, Shopify, and 1,000+ more. Anything internal, we build a custom MCP server for.
Don't see yours? Scope a custom MCP server →
We wire your agents directly into Slack, Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, and iMessage. Your team types a sentence; the agent runs the workflow, updates the CRM, drafts the doc, or ships the post, then reports back in thread.
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A live Violema mission pattern: request, sources, reviewable card, your approval, delivery. Every run logged with cost evidence.
Claude Code and Codex are both free to try. Docs are good. Here's why teams still call us.
2-3 months of trial and error
Your team can figure it out, but two months of tool hopping, brittle demos, and abandoned automations costs more than a focused sprint. We already know which patterns survive real work.
3-6 months to fill + 2-3 months to ramp
Senior AI engineers with real production chops are rare, expensive, and not looking. You would wait months to hire, then months more to ramp. We ship working workflows in weeks and hand off to your existing team.
Strategy decks that never ship
Most AI consultancies sell recommendations and leave you to implement. We write real code, deploy to production, and do a full handoff with documentation your engineers can actually use.
Real owned products and operating systems, with truthful status, current media, and deeper proof where it is publishable.
An outcome-first AI operator for recurring founder and team workflows: connect real systems, draft useful work, require approval where needed, deliver through real channels, and keep an inspectable run ledger.
A read-mostly cockpit for an entire agentic organization: a telemetry-driven organization mood score, a unified Needs-You approval queue, and a live roster covering every agent's current work, queue, and week, assembled automatically from run evidence.
A raise-process operating system that scores fundability, models the expected raise with confidence bands, tracks per-investor belief coverage and pipeline state, and ranks the next investor moves with explainable reasons. It drafts, but never sends outbound.
A non-executing control plane that selects models, verification, escalation, and approval contracts for Hermes, then records confidence, cost, execution, and outcomes.
An incubating visual evidence intelligence system for psychedelic medicine, designed to turn research, trials, compounds, and methodological context into a source-backed neuroscience surface.
An Obsidian knowledge graph built by Graphify: documents, decisions, agent runs, and entities are extracted into one linked, queryable vault that gives every agent and platform the same durable context.
A governed sales, partnership, press, and collector operating system that turns production-ledger evidence into qualified-revenue recommendations, proof readiness, pipeline health, and approval-gated action.
A configurable outbound operating system for lean teams, joining campaign setup, source packs, research, qualification, review queues, and send controls.
A compounding pSEO, operator-research, distribution, and monetization stack that scores opportunities, gates claims on proof, and lets search and revenue signals choose the next batch.
One ladder, one quality bar. Start with one agent. Add the care plan when it is running. Sprint when one workflow is not enough.
Typical signal: an owner or operator retyping the same thing into the same two tools. The agent drafts it. Nothing leaves until you approve.
Typical signal: a small team with one or two high-value workflows ready to build. You have examples, tools, and a real owner for the process.
Typical signal: several related workflows, multiple tools, or a team that needs a repeatable AI operating system across sales, support, finance, ops, or engineering.
We specialize in Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, with deep MCP, agent orchestration, and RAG work. We bring the sharpest tool for your stack, not the one we brag about.
Every workflow runs in production with Docker, CI/CD, monitoring, and documentation. No prototypes that rot. No proofs of concept that never ship.
Your team owns everything we build. Full documentation, recorded walkthroughs, AGENTS.md configurations, and post-delivery support so your engineers can extend it.
Start with one agent. Sprint only when the business case is obvious. No lock-in, and the care plan cancels any time.
Purple Orange AI is a production AI engineering practice based in Chicago. We build and operate the AI systems that owner-led businesses, funded startups, and mid-market teams actually ship: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, MCP servers, agentic workflows, Docker orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and full-stack deployments.
Founded by Max Markovtsev, who ships AI infrastructure daily, from custom MCP server integrations to full operator deployments on production VPS. Before building AI systems, Max spent 15+ years shipping high-stakes projects at Leo Burnett, BBDO, and JWT for P&G, Unilever, and Wrigley. That means we know how to communicate with executives, hit deadlines, and deliver under pressure.
We take on 3-4 engagements at a time.
We build and deploy production AI systems for owner-led businesses, funded startups, and mid-market teams. That includes environment setup, MCP server integrations, agent workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and complete team handoff, using whichever tool fits best: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or a mix. Engineering practice, not a deck-selling consultancy.
Both, plus Cursor. We pick the tool by the problem: Claude Code for complex agent orchestration and MCP-heavy work, Codex when a team is already deep in the OpenAI ecosystem, Cursor for developer-facing IDE flows. Same team across all three.
We assess workflow readiness, integration surface, ownership, risk, and controls. You walk away with a specific automation candidate, tool/integration map, timeline, and honest scope estimate. You keep it even if you don’t hire us. If it fits, we scope the $2,500 install on the call.
Hiring takes 3-6 months. We deploy in 1-6 weeks. You get production infrastructure, documentation, and handoff without adding someone you need to manage. Our practice has already solved the problems a new hire would be discovering.
Yes. Many of the best first workflows live inside owner-operated businesses: real estate, dental, HVAC, CPA, law, auto dealers, light manufacturing, agencies, and service businesses. Same senior engineer, same quality bar, scoped to fit.
Yes. Typically through Production AI Infrastructure engagements (see the full packages page). We navigate security review, SSO, audit requirements, and cross-team governance so a stalled pilot becomes real production infrastructure.
Book the 30-minute intake. We will map the workflow, tools, risk, and approval gates, then give you a concrete path to production. You keep the plan even if we are not the team to build it.
A ranked workflow recommendation, integration map, complexity rating, timeline, and an honest read on whether the work is worth doing now. If it fits, we scope the $2,500 install on the call.
Claude Code
Fable 5
OpenAI
GitHub
Obsidian
n8n
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Python
Node.js
Tailwind CSS
