Skin in the game.
From day one.
Stakewell gives founders and CEOs a fully managed engineering team and fully managed AI agents at Indian market cost, in exchange for equity, not fees. We don't get paid until you win.
The Building Trap
Every option is broken. For teams and for AI.
Option A
Hire locally
$180K/year per developer. Before benefits or the three months it takes to hire. For a 3-person team, you're looking at $500K+ annually before you've shipped a single feature. And that's before you even think about AI infrastructure.
Option B
Use an agency
$15,000–$25,000/month for dev. Another $5,000–$15,000/month for an AI consultancy. 40–60% markups everywhere. Zero incentive for anyone to care whether your product succeeds. They invoice the same either way.
Option C
Find a technical co-founder
Takes years. Costs 20–40% equity and full decision-making authority. Most founders never find one. And even when they do, nobody is building and maintaining the AI layer that makes the business run.
Stakewell solves both. At the same time.
The Stakewell Model
We replace your engineering pipeline
and automate your operations.
Fully Managed Engineering Team
We recruit, hire, manage, and retain your developers. CTO advisory, QA, DevOps. You never post a job again. No attrition risk. No HR overhead. Just a team that shows up and builds.
Indian Market Cost
60–70% below Western rates for both engineering and AI infrastructure. A fully managed team plus custom AI agents costs less than one mid-level Toronto developer. No markups. No surprises.
Equity Aligned Across Both
We take a small equity stake instead of fees, for engineering and AI both. Our incentives are structurally identical to yours across every service we deliver. We only win when you win.
Fully Managed AI Agents
Custom AI agents built on Corteron, our proprietary AI operating infrastructure. Automates your sales pipeline, marketing, customer success, and operations. Built, deployed, and maintained by us. You never touch the infrastructure.
The Process
Engineering team and AI agents.
Up and running in days, not months.
Apply
Tell us about your company and where you are in the build.
Discovery
We audit your technical needs and your operational landscape. Output is a 90-day roadmap covering both your engineering build and your AI automation priorities.
Team and Agent Deployment
We deploy your engineering team from our vetted bench and configure your first AI agents simultaneously. Both are operational before you finish onboarding.
Build and Automate
Two-week sprints for engineering. Continuous deployment for AI agents. Weekly written updates on both. You ship product and automate operations at the same time.
Apply
Tell us about your company and where you are in the build.
Discovery
We audit your technical needs and your operational landscape. Output is a 90-day roadmap covering both your engineering build and your AI automation priorities.
Team and Agent Deployment
We deploy your engineering team from our vetted bench and configure your first AI agents simultaneously. Both are operational before you finish onboarding.
Build and Automate
Two-week sprints for engineering. Continuous deployment for AI agents. Weekly written updates on both. You ship product and automate operations at the same time.
The Alignment
We only win when you win.
Starter
1–2 developers
Available upon request2–3% equity
Ideal for founders who need to validate a product quickly and automate their first operational workflows.
Builder
Popular3–4 developers
Available upon request3–5% equity
Our most popular tier. Full product team with PM-level coordination plus a suite of AI agents covering sales, marketing, and customer success.
Scale
5–6 developers
Available upon request5–8% equity
For post-traction companies scaling engineering rapidly and deploying AI across all 15 operational domains.
All equity structured on a 4-year vest with a 1-year cliff, the same as a co-founder. Covers both engineering and AI services. No informal handshakes.
Who We Work With
We're selective. On purpose.
At thin margins with equity on the line across both engineering and AI, the quality of our partners matters as much to us as it does to them.
Right for Stakewell
Founder or CEO
No engineering or technical background required
Some traction or seed raised
Pre-revenue founders considered case by case
Clear product vision
You know what you're building and why
Wants a long-term partner
Not a vendor relationship, a co-builder
Ready to automate
Open to replacing manual operations with AI agents that run 24/7
Not the right fit
Pre-idea stage
Come back when you know what you're building
Looking for cheap outsourcing
We are not an agency or an AI vendor. We hold equity.
Wants to own 100% forever
Equity is the model. It's non-negotiable.
Stop hiring. Stop doing it manually. Start building.
Applications are reviewed within 48 hours. We only take on partners we genuinely believe in, for engineering and AI both.