We help teams ship AI agents that run in production — and teach them how.
LABs21 is a consultancy and delivery practice. We design the path, embed senior engineers to build it, then train your team to own it. One team, from first use case to production.
Most agent initiatives stall between prototype and production. The gap is not a missing model; it is the memory, evals, multi-agent boundaries, and observability that make a prototype survive real traffic. We live in that gap.
Design the path
before the code.
We map your path from first use case to production. Strategy, architecture, and a delivery plan your team can actually execute — scoped in weeks, not quarters.
- AI strategy & roadmapping — from first use case to deployment
- Agentic system design — memory, evals, multi-agent boundaries
- GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) — be visible to answer engines
- Tailor-made architecture for your data and constraints
Then we embed
and ship it beside you.
Senior engineers deploy alongside your team to build production agents. The people who design it are the people who build it — no handoff gap, no "strategy deck then disappear".
- Embedded senior engineers, not a rotating bench
- Production memory, observability, evals from day one
- Your team owns a system they can extend when we leave
- Typical engagement: 4–12 weeks, from $18k/week
From first call
to production.
The same practice carries you through strategy, delivery, and handoff. No vendors swapped mid-flight.
Scope
First call. We frame the use case, constraints, and a delivery plan.
Design
Consultancy phase. Architecture, memory model, evals, GEO posture.
Deploy
FDE embeds. Senior engineers ship production agents beside your team.
Own
Training + handoff. Your team extends the system without us.
Then we teach
your team to own it.
Workshops and programs on AI, data, agents, and digitalization. The last mile of every engagement — so the capability stays with you.
Agent Engineering for Teams
A 6-week program: memory, evals, orchestration, production patterns. Cohort or on-site.
AI for Leaders
Strategy literacy for executives.
Data Foundations
From spreadsheets to pipelines.
Digitalization 101
Process automation, scoped.
GEO & AI Visibility
Be the answer, not the link.
Where Consultancy
+ FDE landed.
The same practice across agent types and industries. GEO is our productized entry point; the rest are full engagements.
Be visible to the answer engines.
A fixed-scope audit that turns your site into a case study search engines quote. The lowest-friction way to start with LABs21 — $4.5k, two weeks.
Production coding agents
Embedded FDE ships a codegen agent with memory and evals.
Clinical workflow agents
Consultancy + FDE on a compliance-heavy domain.
Tenant intelligence
Agentic ops over building telemetry.
Portfolio reasoning
Agents that triage and route.
Three ways in.
Indicative ranges below; final scope is quoted after a first call. Training is tailored to your team.
GEO Audit
A fixed-scope audit of your engine visibility, with a ranked remediation backlog. Delivered in one week.
- Engine citation analysis
- Structured data & llms.txt review
- Content shape and crawlability
- Ranked remediation backlog
Consultancy
Architecture review, first use case, and a delivery plan. Fixed scope, fixed timeline, fixed price. De-risk before code.
- Agent strategy & architecture
- First use case scoped
- Risk & eval plan
- Delivery roadmap & quote
FDE engagement
Senior engineers embedded in your team to ship production agents. 4 to 12 weeks, scoped from the consultancy output.
- Memory & retrieval layers
- Multi-agent runtimes
- Eval harnesses & observability
- Your team owns it at the end
Digital Training
Workshops and programs on AI, data, agents, and digitalization. Tailored to your team and the systems we ship together.
- Executive AI literacy
- Hands-on agent engineering
- Data & digitalization tracks
- Cohort or on-site delivery
Frequently asked questions.
What does LABs21 do?
LABs21 is a consultancy and delivery practice for agent transformation. We design the path to AI agents (Consultancy), embed senior engineers to ship them in production (Forward Deployed Engineering), and train your team to own the result (Digital Training). One team advises, builds, and hands off — no gap between strategy and code.
What is Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)?
FDE is our delivery methodology. Senior engineers embed inside your team to ship production AI agents: memory and retrieval layers, multi-agent runtimes, eval harnesses, and CLI tooling. The people who design it are the people who build it, so nothing is lost in a handoff.
What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?
GEO is the practice of making a site citable by answer engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. It extends SEO visibility into AI citability through structured data, machine-readable content, verified sources, and answers shaped to be quoted directly. This site is built to its own GEO standard.
Who is LABs21 best suited for?
Three scenarios fit us: teams that have not started an agent initiative and want a clear path; teams with a working prototype stuck before production; and brands whose domain is invisible to answer engines and want a GEO audit. We work across fintech, property, logistics, enterprise, healthcare, and smart-building sectors.
How is this different from a dev shop or agency?
A shop hands code over a wall. We start with consultancy so the path is designed before code, then embed engineers in your team to build it. One team advises and delivers, and your engineers learn the system alongside us — so you can extend it after we leave.
How much does it cost?
A GEO audit is a fixed $4.5k. Consultancy phases start around $12k for 1 to 3 weeks. FDE delivery starts around $18k per week, scoped from the consultancy output. Training is tailored to your team and quoted after a first call. Everything is fixed-scope and fixed-price.
Do you work with our existing engineers?
Yes. FDE is embedded by design. We write production code alongside your team and leave them able to run it. We are not a black box, and we do not staff your roadmap with people who leave it undocumented.
How do you handle our data and security?
Engagements run inside your environment and your guardrails. We follow your access policies, sign your NDAs, and avoid sending regulated data to external model endpoints without your approval. Sensitive workloads can run on your own model infrastructure.
What do you build against?
We build against your existing stack: your CRM, TMS, wikis, ticketing, and model endpoints. We do not force a platform. Where a component needs to be vendor-neutral, we build it that way and document the integration points.
What if we only want GEO?
That is fine. The GEO audit is a standalone, productized service. Many teams start there; some continue into a full engagement, some do not. Either way, you keep the ranked remediation backlog.
How do we start?
The lowest-friction entry is a GEO audit or a first call to scope a consultancy phase. Email [email protected] and we will shape the right starting point together — you will know the path and the price before any code is written.
Three ways in.
One team throughout.
Book a first call. We will scope a consultancy phase, a GEO audit, or a training cohort — and you will know the path and the price before any code is written.