Founding Pilot Program
A fixed-scope DevOps implementation to take your startup from manual deploys to production-grade infrastructure in 30 days.
Risk-free: Pay nothing if we don't hit success criteria
What's Included
Everything you need to ship fast and sleep well
CI/CD Baseline
- GitHub Actions pipelines (build, test, deploy)
- GitOps deploys with FluxCD + Kustomize
- Environment promotions (dev - staging - prod)
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform for 1 environment (VPC, cluster, RBAC)
- Secrets management flow (AWS Secrets Manager / Vault)
- State backend + remote execution
Observability Stack
- Logging (Loki) + metrics (Mimir/Prometheus)
- Grafana dashboards + basic SLOs
- Alerting rules (PagerDuty/OpsGenie integration)
Cost Guardrails
- AWS/GCP/Azure budget alerts
- Resource policies (OPA/Sentinel) to prevent expensive mistakes
- Cost showback dashboard
What You Get
Success Criteria
Clear, measurable outcomes - not hand-wavy consulting
Production Deploy via Pipeline
One service successfully deployed to prod via GitHub Actions + FluxCD
Health Checks Passing
Service returns 200 OK, logs visible in Grafana, metrics flowing
Team Handoff Complete
Your team can trigger deploys, read logs, and roll back independently
If we don't hit all 3 criteria, you pay nothing
Apply for a Slot
Short application • We'll reply within 24 hours
Frequently Asked Questions
Why only 3 slots per month?
Quality over quantity. Each pilot gets hands-on attention from our founding team. As we grow, we'll increase capacity.
What if my stack is different (e.g., GCP + Cloud Run)?
We adapt. The pilot covers the same functional areas (CI/CD, IaC, observability, cost) but uses the tools native to your cloud.
Can I pay monthly instead of fixed fee?
The founding pilot is fixed-fee only. Once you're live, we offer monthly retainers for ongoing support.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes. We'll sign your NDA or use our mutual NDA template.
What happens after the 30 days?
You own all code and infra. We offer 2 weeks of hypercare (Slack support, quick fixes). After that, optional monthly retainer or you're on your own.
Ready to ship faster?
Join the founding cohort and get production-grade DevOps in 30 days.