A small AI app studio, steeped in craft

Your idea, brewed
into a working AI app.

Tell us what your business actually struggles with. We’ll steep it in AI, design it with care, and hand you a real, live app — usually inside a week. No discovery decks. No 40-page statements of work. Just craft and follow-through.

Days
Most projects ship inside a single working week.
One team
Designers and engineers who stay with your project end to end.
Zero fluff
No discovery theatre. No vendor handoffs. No six-figure quotes.
Why we exist

Every business has a small, stubborn problem AI could quietly fix.

Most of them never get fixed. The quote is too big. The timeline is too long. The agency is too busy selling a three-month “discovery phase” to actually ship anything.

We started Steeped Digital to go the other way. One honest conversation. One short sprint. One real app that your team can use on Monday morning.

We believe the best software still feels handmade — thoughtful, warm, a little opinionated. AI should feel that way too. So we slow down where it matters (understanding your workflow) and move fast where it doesn’t (everything else).

“Good tools disappear into the hands of the people who use them. That’s what we’re here to make.”
What we do

AI apps that actually do something.

Not chatbots bolted onto brochures. Real, task-shaped tools — built for the specific corner of your business that keeps eating your team’s time.

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Custom AI Tools

Built around your workflow, not a generic template. We shape the app to the way your team already thinks and works.

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Brewed in Days

From first call to live deployment, measured in days. You stop waiting for the roadmap and start using the thing.

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No Fluff. Just Craft.

No 12-week discovery. No vendor theatre. You talk, we listen, we build — and we stick around if something needs tuning.

The problem we solve

Software shouldn’t feel like a hostage situation.

The old way of hiring an agency punishes curiosity. You show up with an idea and leave with a line item. We wanted a kinder, faster version of this — for ourselves, and for you.

The old way
  • A 12-week “discovery phase” before a line of code is written
  • A six-figure quote for an MVP nobody uses
  • Five stakeholders, three vendors, one exhausted champion
  • A roadmap longer than the problem deserved
The Steeped way
  • One honest call. We listen harder than we talk.
  • A clear scope in 48 hours. Fixed price. No surprises.
  • A working app in days, deployed on your domain
  • A small team that stays with it after launch
How it works

A simple process. Real results.

Four steps. No theatre. You’ll always know what’s happening and what’s next.

01Pour

Tell us your idea

A quick call or a few paragraphs in an email — whatever’s easier.

02Steep

We scope it fast

No 40-page proposals. A clear, honest plan inside 48 hours.

03Brew

We build it

Designed, coded, and deployed by a small team that gives a damn.

04Serve

You launch

Your app, your brand, live on your domain — and we stick around.

Pricing

Honest prices. Fixed. No surprises.

We quote a flat price up front, in a single email. No hourly invoices, no change-order theatre, no six-figure MVPs. These are starting points — every project is unique, so consider them anchors, not contracts. We’ll confirm the exact number within 48 hours of our first conversation.

Espresso
A single AI tool
$2,500starting
Ships in ~3 days
  • One focused AI feature, one clear workflow
  • Custom design, not a template
  • Deployed on a Steeped subdomain or yours
  • 2 weeks of light post-launch tweaks
Perfect for: a single-task utility like our Roast My Resume.
Start an Espresso
Most popular
French Press
A full AI app
$7,500starting
Ships in ~1 week
  • Multi-step workflow, branded end to end
  • Deployed on your domain
  • Basic auth + usage analytics included
  • 4 weeks of post-launch iteration
  • Handover docs so your team can run it
Perfect for: an internal team tool, a client-facing utility, a lead magnet.
Brew a French Press
Pour Over
A custom build
$15,000starting
Ships in ~2–3 weeks
  • API integrations (CRM, Slack, Stripe, your stack)
  • User accounts, roles, data persistence
  • Fine-tuned prompts on your content / data
  • 8 weeks of post-launch support
  • Optional monthly retainer after that
Perfect for: a product your team will use every day, or a revenue-facing app.
Plan a Pour Over
Not sure which tier you need?
Tell us the problem in plain English. We’ll point you to the right size — or tell you if we’re not the right fit.
Tell us your problem →
How we compare

The same app, three very different bills.

Big AI agency
$50k – $150k
Per source: Aloa, DesignRush, Appinventiv (2026)
3–6 months. Discovery phase. Five-person team. You’re one of many accounts.
Steeped Digital
$2.5k – $15k
Flat. Written in the email.
Days to ~3 weeks. No discovery tax. A small team that stays with it.
DIY on Lovable/Bolt
$0 – $2k
Plus your weekends.
Cheap, fast, generic. You’re the PM, the designer, the engineer, and the support team.
From the journal

Notes from the workshop.

Short, opinionated pieces on AI, small business, and why the best software still feels handmade.

Read the journal →
Ready when you are

Let’s brew something good.

Tell us what you have in mind. Even half an idea is enough. We’ll write back within 24 hours — from a real human, not a form-letter.

No sales pipeline. No spam. One real reply from a real human.