Forward-deployed AI engineering · for small & mid-cap companies

Ship AI that works.
Fix the AI you already have.

Our MIT-trained forward-deployed engineers (FDEs) and veteran systems engineers embed with your team, on-site or remote, to build agentic AI that reaches production, clean up the pilots that didn't, and keep it all running. Plus an AI video studio that turns your message into content and posts it for you.

  • MIT-trained leadership
  • x-Amazon L7 AI/ML
  • x-Meta AI
  • 30-year Wall St compliance
  • On-site or remote
agents · production
invoice-intakeERP sync · eval pass
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support-tier1handoff rules · CSAT tracked
live
sales-researchCRM enrichment · staging
review
social-autopost9:16 · 16:9 · captions
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evalscost / taskuptime

Illustration of the dashboards we hand over

The gap isn't the model. It's the deployment.

Big consultancies and the AI labs' own deployment arms chase the Fortune 500. Companies with 50 to 2,500 people get tools, not engineers. That's who we work for.

95%

of enterprise GenAI pilots show no measurable P&L impact.

MIT NANDA, 2025
36×

more US forward-deployed engineer job postings in 2026 than in 2023.

TechCrunch, 2026
1 in 3

video ad assets now built with generative AI, heading to 43% in 2027.

IAB, 2026
~90%

of advertisers use or plan to use GenAI to build video ads.

IAB, 2026
Services

Two services. One senior team.

01 · Agentic AI Engineering

Forward-deployed engineers who build, fix and run your AI.

We set up your AI foundation, ship agents into production, and improve the systems you already have, with measurable KPIs and your team trained to own it.

  • Build: production agents wired into your CRM, ERP, inbox, docs and data
  • Fix: rescue stalled pilots, cut hallucinations, cut model spend
  • Set up: GitHub org, CI/CD, environments, access, secrets, docs, GTM playbooks
  • Run: monitoring, evals, security reviews and monthly improvements
See engineering plans
02 · AI Video & Social Studio

Your video production and social posting, automated.

Film-industry directors plus agentic AI render pipelines. Scripts, AI-produced video, every aspect ratio, captions and scheduled auto-posting to your channels, for a fraction of traditional production cost.

  • Scripts, storyboards and AI-rendered video with consented, licensed talent
  • Cut-downs for 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1, with captions and brand kit
  • Auto-posting to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X and Facebook
  • Monthly analytics and creative testing to find what converts
See studio samples
Agentic AI Engineering

What clients hire us to build

The agentic systems small and mid-cap companies ask for most, scoped to ship in weeks, not quarters.

Customer support agents

Resolve tier-1 tickets across chat, email and voice, with clean human handoff and your policies enforced.

Document & invoice processing

Extract, validate and route invoices, contracts, claims and forms into your ERP or accounting stack.

Sales & GTM agents

Lead research, enrichment, CRM hygiene, personalized outreach drafts and meeting prep.

Internal knowledge assistant

Secure, permission-aware answers over your docs, wikis, tickets and drives (RAG done right).

Workflow automation

Agents that take actions across your tools, replacing brittle Zaps and copy-paste work.

Voice & scheduling agents

Answer calls, qualify leads and book appointments 24/7 with natural, on-brand voice agents.

AI coding rollout

Claude Code, Copilot and Cursor rolled out with guardrails, review flows and measurable velocity.

Data pipelines & reporting

Clean, connected data and AI-written reporting your leadership actually reads.

Fix & improve

Already tried AI? We clean it up.

Most companies we meet already have AI in place: a pilot that stalled, a tangle of tools, a chatbot nobody trusts. We audit it, fix it, and make it maintainable.

See the Cleanup Sprint
  • Rescue stalled pilots and get them to production
  • Consolidate AI tool sprawl and cut model/API spend
  • Add evals and guardrails to stop hallucinations
  • Lock down keys, prompts, PII and access controls
  • Untangle repos: GitHub org, branching, CI/CD, docs
  • Replace fragile no-code chains with owned, tested code
Process

How an engagement works

01Week 1–2

Audit

We map your workflows, data and current AI, then rank opportunities by ROI and effort.

02Week 2–8

Build

FDEs embed with your team and ship the first agent to production against a defined KPI.

03Go-live

Deploy

Integrated into your stack with monitoring, evals, security review and documentation.

04Monthly

Run

We maintain, measure and improve, adding the next automation as each one pays back.

AI Video & Social Studio

An AI studio that ships every week

Directed by filmmakers with decades of film, commercial and game experience, rendered by agentic AI pipelines. You approve; we produce, format and post.

Concept to cut

Scripts, shot lists and AI-rendered scenes, with real human direction and taste.

Licensed likeness

Real actors' photos and voices used only with written consent and paid licenses.

Every format

One shoot becomes long-form, shorts, reels, ads and thumbnails automatically.

Auto-posting

A content calendar that publishes to every channel on schedule, with no manual uploads.

Pricing

Clear pricing. Setup once, then monthly.

Every plan starts with a one-time setup fee, then a monthly fee. Cancel monthly plans with 30 days' notice. Need something custom? Book a call.

Cleanup Sprint

Fix and stabilize the AI you already have

$1,500/ month

+ $7,500 one-time setup

  • 2-week AI and codebase audit
  • Fix the top 3 issues (accuracy, cost, security)
  • GitHub, CI/CD and secrets hygiene
  • Monthly monitoring and 8 FDE hours
Get started or book a call first

Embedded FDE Pod

A senior AI team inside your company

$12,000/ month

+ $30,000 one-time setup

  • Lead FDE + systems engineer, on-site or remote
  • Multiple agents and automations per quarter
  • Architecture, security and governance
  • Executive reporting and team enablement
Get started or book a call first

Social Autopilot

Consistent short-form content, posted for you

$1,200/ month

+ $1,500 one-time setup

  • Brand kit and content strategy
  • 12 short videos per month
  • Auto-posting to 3 channels
  • Monthly performance report
Get started or book a call first

Campaign Launch

Commercial-grade spots and ad variations

$6,500/ month

+ $7,500 one-time setup

  • Directed hero commercial each month
  • 40+ ad variations for paid social
  • Licensed digital talent options
  • Media-ready exports and posting
Get started or book a call first

Prices in USD. Setup fee is billed at checkout together with the first month. Monthly plans renew automatically and can be cancelled with 30 days' notice. See Terms.

Team

Senior people, not a bench of juniors

Leadership trained at MIT, with careers at Amazon, Meta, Wall Street, the SEC and in film and games.

Leadership

John BottiMIT-trained
John BottiFounder & CEO, Lead Agentic FDE
Ted LarkinMIT-trained
Ted LarkinWall St Fintech, Compliance Officer, 30-Year Veteran
Mike Froese
Mike FroeseWall St Futures & Options Veteran, x-SEC CPA

Advisory Board

Michele MonclovaMIT-trained
Michele MonclovaAmazon Level 7, AI & Machine Learning Group
Steve Batiste
Steve BatisteAgentic AI Engineer, x-Meta AI, UCLA Neuro-linguistics
Drew Sylvester
Drew SylvesterNeurologist, Healthcare Advisor
Diego Lopez
Diego LopezNC State Business
FAQ

Questions managers ask us

Anything else? hello@venturesagentic.com

What size companies do you work with?

Small and mid-cap companies, typically 20 to 2,500 employees. We're built for teams that need senior engineers without a seven-figure consulting contract.

Do you work on-site?

Yes. Engagements can be fully remote, fully on-site, or hybrid. Our FDEs embed with your team either way.

Which AI models and tools do you use?

We're model-agnostic: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini and open-source models, chosen for accuracy, cost and your data requirements.

Who owns the code and the work?

You do. Code, prompts, workflows and documentation built for you transfer to you once paid, and live in your repositories.

How do you handle security and data?

NDAs as standard, least-privilege access, no training on your data, PII redaction and audit logging. We work inside your cloud when required.

How fast can we start?

Usually within 1–2 weeks of a strategy call. Audits finish in two weeks; first production agents typically ship in 6–8 weeks.

Get started

Book a strategy call

Tell us a little about your company, then pick a time. 30 minutes with a senior engineer, not a salesperson.

  1. 1Tell us about your company
  2. 2Pick a 30-minute slot
  3. 3Get a scoped plan within 48 hours

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