How we built SpikeForgeWhere ideas get launched.
For founders and innovation teams with something new that has to become real, fast. Senior builders shape it, build it, and stay through launch.
Latest: Rival Nights, idea to pilot in under 3 weeksA person reads it and replies. No automated sequence.
From idea to shipped system
- Shape the releasePlan and designIdea → Scope → Tradeoffs → First slice worth building.
- Build the solutionWorking systemBuild → Refine → Iterate → Deliver.
- Launch reliablyRelease gateVerify → Harden → Package → Ship.
- Learn from useIterateLearn → Evaluate → Refine → Next release.
Don't take our word for it. Open the work.
3 products live in market. 3 source-available products and tools.
Live in market
Source-available products and tools
- Source-available product · In development
Insurance data architecture
OpenLife AnalyticsLife-insurance analytics product, part of OpenLife
Supporting build partner
- Source-available product · In development
Insurance customer experience
OpenLife MarketingInsurance marketing product, part of OpenLife
Supporting build partner
- Installable package · Source available
AI tooling teams can install
Nexus AgentsInstallable multi-agent skills pack
Lead build partner
The same senior team from first call through go-live, and after it.
One team, first call to launch
Senior only, no handoff, no rebadging.
The same people after go-live
We stay close to learn what the launch teaches.
Five ways we help teams ship work.
Most work starts with something new to launch: a product, the systems behind it, or AI in production. When it has to connect to what already runs the business, we rebuild the data and modernize what is in the way.
How the work moves- Product DevelopmentA compact product team handles discovery, design, engineering, release, and the first months after launch.
- Solution EngineeringSolution Engineering turns the plan into integrations, workflow tools, service platforms, and release steps a team can run in production.
- AI and MLWe build model-backed workflows with evaluation, observability, human review, and release discipline from day one.
When the new thing has to connect to existing systems
Three kinds of leaders bring us their builds.
Bring the idea, the system, or the stuck project. We will help define the first useful release and what has to be true to ship it.
Founders
You have a product or venture that needs to reach the market, technical co-founder or not. We build it with you, from first slice to launch.
Build new productsInnovation leads
You are launching something new inside an established company. It has to move at startup speed and still fit the systems, controls, and approvals around it.
See how we workProduct leaders at growing companies
You have a launch your team does not have room for. We add senior builders who own a clear piece of it and ship it, without growing headcount or adding a handoff.
See the five practices
Launching inside a regulated industry? We have done the hard part before.
Much of our background is in financial services. When something new has to fit policy rules, platform seams, data dependencies, controls, and a release path, we already know where they are.
- Product rules, platform boundaries, and data flows get sorted early.
- Release plans include the controls and handoffs real teams need.
- The same discipline carries into other regulated or operations-heavy work.
