For funded software, SaaS & AI founders (pre‑seed to Series A)
Ship a market‑ready v1.
6‑8 months weeks.
BeemFlow is a founder‑led product studio. We plug in as your
product, engineering, and design team to take you from fuzzy thesis
to a live v1 that's ready for your first real users.
You bring the users. We make sure the product, onboarding, analytics
and key workflows are ready for them once it's live.
10+ years building together · 15+ products shipped · 1 VC‑backed company founded & exited
Milestone overrun protection: if we miss your agreed v1 launch by >2 weeks for reasons in our control, we eat the overage.
You have runway and a thesis.
You don't have a product team.
You've raised or set aside capital. You know the problem you want to solve. But there's no senior product, engineering, or design leadership in‑house.
- Every agency and freelancer gives you a different story on scope, timeline, and cost
- You can't tell who's right
- No traction, no real user data, and nothing new to show your board except another deck
Agencies are slow. Freelancers disappear. Vibe coding ships slop.
Agentic coding is powerful, but if you vibe code your way to a demo, you lose the time you think you're saving. The code hides security holes that put customer data and deals at risk, and one bad incident can freeze your roadmap while everyone scrambles to contain the damage. Then a serious team has to rewrite it just to get to day one of production.
You get a flashy prototype on a shaky foundation. Every new feature gets slower, riskier, and more expensive. Better to build for production from the start so you can keep shipping fast when it actually matters: after real users show up.
You don't want an account manager and a room of juniors.
You want a small senior squad that can actually ship a production‑ready v1.
How we work
Blueprint. Build. Launch.
For each build, we assemble a small senior squad: both founders, a product
designer we trust, and (when needed) infra / security specialists we've
worked with before.
You don't get handed to layers of juniors. We stay
your single point of accountability.
When scope demands more hands, we add engineers inside that squad – they plug into our BeemSpec system, our standards, and our review, so you still have one accountable brain trust instead of a revolving door of contractors.
Milestone Blueprint (Strategy Sprint)
We map your users, core jobs, and constraints into a story‑mapped v1 that is actually buildable by real engineers on a real timeline.
- A release‑by‑release story map
- Technical architecture and stack decisions
- A clear “launch milestone” tied to a business goal (raise, sell, or onboard first customers)
- Structured so both human engineers and AI agents can execute
- A buildable v1 plan your board and engineers can’t easily poke holes in
- You can build with us or any team
If we’re a fit and you roll into the Launch Build within 60 days, we credit the full $8K Blueprint fee toward your build.
Launch Build
We take the Blueprint and ship a market‑ready v1 to production: live, demoable, and ready to onboard.
- AI coding agents for repetitive implementation while we own architecture, product decisions, and quality
- Weekly releases so you can see real progress and click through the product early
- Analytics, logging, and basic onboarding wired so you can invite users in and see what they actually do
- Deployed product, on your infrastructure
- Analytics wired and a coherent on‑brand UI
- A polished demo script for investor conversations
- A short technical appendix for your next investor update
If we miss your agreed v1 launch by more than 2 weeks for reasons in our control, we eat the overage.
Scale & Stewardship (Optional)
Available once your v1 is live. This is for ongoing leadership, operations automation, and fast iteration on the product we’ve shipped together based on real user feedback, not a net‑new product build.
- Build your internal team: hire and onboard your first engineers so you’re not dependent on us forever
- Automate back‑office workflows, alerts, reporting, and integrations between your tools with custom agents and n8n
- Iterate on the live product based on user behavior and feedback, with a focus on the highest‑leverage improvements
- Guide roadmap, architecture decisions, and smaller improvements to the existing product
- When you’re ready for a major new module or product line, we’ll Blueprint and price that as its own sprint
If you love how we ship together and want us embedded more deeply, we can design an engagement that feels like an internal squad while keeping the same clarity on scope and timelines we use for our builds.
Why we ship faster
BeemSpec is our AI‑native product management and coordination system. We map your whole product in one place: users, flows, specs, releases, designs, and architecture, so every human and every agent is working from the same source of truth.
AI coding agents then operate inside that structure, handling the repetitive work while we stay on top of product decisions, architecture, security, and code review. We supervise the agents, review their output as we go, and keep the system clean.
You get the speed of agents with the judgment of two founder‑engineers: faster execution, solid architecture, and higher‑quality code guided by years of shipping real products to production.
What we offer
AI‑Accelerated Product Engineering
From fuzzy idea to market‑ready v1 in 6–8 weeks once scope is locked. A small senior squad that owns product strategy, UX/UI design, engineering, and security, led by the two founders and powered by our BeemSpec coordination system. We design and build the first version of your product so it’s ready for real users, investor demos, and your next round of conversations.
Security & Infrastructure
Security‑minded architecture and hardening by default, with deeper pentesting and cryptographic design when the product warrants it. We set up infrastructure on accounts you own, with logging, monitoring, and basic incident response so your early usage doesn’t turn into a fire drill.
Operations Automation (Post‑Launch)
Available as part of Scale & Stewardship once we’ve shipped your v1. We automate the work around it: back‑office workflows, alerts, reporting, and integrations between your tools. Often built on n8n and custom agents to solve problems custom to your business.
Fractional CTO
Ongoing technical strategy, architecture decisions, and engineering team building once you’re past v1 and need a real engineering org, not just a contractor. We help you hire, onboard, and transition to an internal team while keeping the roadmap and architecture coherent.
Track record
What we've built
Valist → HyperPlay – Founded, Funded, and Acquired
Co-foundersTwo‑engineer founding team → pre‑seed from 2048 Ventures → acquisition and integration into a platform with 100K+ users.
We co‑founded Valist, a developer‑first software distribution platform.
We built the core product, raised pre‑seed from 2048 Ventures, and led the full acquisition process: due diligence, negotiations, and integration into HyperPlay’s ecosystem.
HyperPlay Labs – 0→100K+ Downloads, $12M Series A
Head of Product & VP EngineeringLed product from zero to 100K+ downloads across Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Deck. Supported a $12M Series A raise.
Post‑acquisition, HyperPlay needed to ship a desktop gaming platform and raise a Series A fast.
We led product development and security across Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Deck, established key partnerships, and contributed to the fundraising strategy through HyperPlay’s $12M Series A. We continue as Strategic Advisors.
Travel Money – 0→1 Fintech Product
CTOShipped a production iOS app and Chrome extension with AI‑powered product detection, payments, and French customs integration from zero internal tech team.
A non‑technical founder had a fintech thesis around VAT export arbitrage, seed funding, and French customs to navigate, but no product and no tech team.
We acted as sole CTO and built the full iOS app and Chrome extension: AI‑powered product detection, payment processing, and customs integration (PABLO / Article 275 CGI), plus the underlying infrastructure.
2U FinTech Bootcamp – Curriculum Engineering Across 60+ Universities
Curriculum EngineeringProduction‑quality full‑stack and distributed systems curriculum deployed at 60+ universities, including Columbia, Rice, and University of Toronto.
2U needed scalable, production‑grade curriculum in full‑stack development, distributed systems, and cryptography for their university partner network.
We authored the curriculum and built production apps used as teaching tools, which have since been deployed across 60+ universities.
Who we are
Alec Wantoch & Zach Pelkey
Founder‑Led Product Studio
BeemFlow is a founder‑led product studio. Every engagement is led by Alec and Zach, two founder‑engineers with an exit, plus Aise, our senior product design partner, and a small bench of senior specialists we've shipped multiple products with (product design, infra, and security). You work directly with us. We build the squad around you.
We co‑founded Valist, raised from 2048 Ventures, and led the acquisition into HyperPlay. Post‑acquisition, we ran product and security through HyperPlay's Series A and 100K+ downloads. We've shipped 15+ products across fintech, infrastructure, and education, with roots in security engineering: pentesting, applied cryptography, and infrastructure hardening.
Now we run BeemFlow and build every client product using BeemSpec, our AI‑native coordination system. That's how a small, senior team consistently ships like a much larger one.
We care about building the right thing, and building it fast.
And helping founders avoid the expensive mistakes we already paid for.
Questions
Things founders ask
Who is this for? +
Funded software, SaaS, and AI‑product founders (pre‑seed to Series A) who need a real v1, not just a prototype, and don’t have senior product + engineering in‑house.
How are you faster than a typical agency? +
We only take a few builds at a time, we’re the ones actually doing the work, and we use BeemSpec to coordinate AI agents instead of handing tasks to layers of juniors. That lets us commit to aggressive timelines without playing games on quality.
Do I own everything you build? +
Yes. Code, infra accounts, automations, and documentation are all yours. We set everything up in accounts you control and avoid hard vendor lock‑in wherever practical. When paid tools or cloud vendors are the better choice, we pick ones that are easy to migrate away from later.
Do you also get us users? +
No. You bring the users (or audience, or pipeline). We design and build the product, onboarding, and analytics so those users can actually use it and you can learn from real data.
Aren’t you just two people? What if something happens or you get busy? +
Day‑to‑day, you work directly with the two founders. Every build starts with the same core pod: both founders plus a product designer we’ve shipped with before. When a project needs more implementation horsepower, we scale the pod with senior engineers, infra, and security specialists from our regular bench. They work inside our BeemSpec system, our repos, and our review process. We stay responsible for product decisions, architecture, and final code. We cap concurrent builds and book in sprints so we don’t oversell capacity. All plans, decisions, and code live in shared systems you own, so the work isn’t stuck in one person’s head and can be handed off cleanly as you grow your internal team.
What happens if things take longer than expected? +
Before we start, we agree on V1 scope and a launch milestone. Our launch guarantee applies to that scope, as long as you’re giving feedback and access within a few business days. If we miss that milestone by more than 2 weeks for reasons in our control, we eat the overage. If you decide to expand scope mid‑sprint (it happens!), the default is we park those ideas in the next sprint. If you want them pulled into this sprint, we’ll adjust the budget and timeline together so there are no surprises.
Do you also help automate internal operations? +
Yes. Once we’ve shipped your v1 and real users are in the product, we’ll identify the back‑office workflows, alterts, and reporting that are chewing up founder / team time. Then we automate them (often with n8n and other open‑source tools on infra you own) as part of Scale & Stewardship, so you don’t have to hire a shadow ops team just to keep up.
Tell us what you're building.
Book a 30-minute call. If there's a fit, we'll map your product and show you how fast we can ship it.
We take on 2–3 engagements at a time. If we're full, we'll schedule the next sprint.