AI and software development in Hackney

Augustova builds custom AI systems, websites, web and mobile applications and business automations for companies in Hackney and across East London. Fixed price, agreed against a written scope, typically two to four weeks to a working system. We run our own software in production, so the work is done by the people who carry it.

Working in Hackney

Hackney has one of the highest densities of small creative, digital and hospitality businesses in London, centred on Shoreditch and running north through Dalston. Most are owner led, growing quickly, and running on tools that were each chosen individually rather than as a system.

Hackney supports one of the largest concentrations of small creative, digital and hospitality businesses in London. Most are owner led and grew quickly, which means the operational layer underneath them was assembled tool by tool rather than designed. The borough also has an unusually high proportion of firms that sell services to other businesses, so their own delivery process is the product.

Agencies here are asked for AI features by their clients constantly and rarely have anyone in house who can build them. We work as a white label partner so the agency keeps the relationship.

Who we tend to work with here

Digital and creative agenciesTechnology startupsHospitality and foodFashion and retailMedia production

Also covering

Shoreditch, Dalston, Hoxton, Stoke Newington, London Fields, Homerton.

What we build for Hackney businesses

Custom AI Solutions in Hackney

£8,000 to £25,000. Two to four weeks to a working system.

For Hackney agencies this is frequently delivered under their brand for their client, with the specification agreed jointly and the credit staying entirely with them.

AI Training Sessions in Hackney

£1,200 to £6,000. Delivered within three weeks of booking.

Agency teams often want the capability in house eventually. A developer focused programme is a legitimate alternative to subcontracting forever.

AI Adoption Consultancy in Hackney

£2,500 to £6,000. One to two weeks end to end.

Agencies use the audit as a pre sales tool, producing a costed technical plan they can take to their own client with confidence.

App Development in Hackney

£8,000 to £30,000. Two to six weeks depending on surface area.

White label application work is a normal arrangement here, built to your conventions and released under your name.

AI Implementation in Hackney

£4,000 to £15,000. One to three weeks.

Where an agency has built a prototype to win a pitch, production is the gap between that demo and something that survives real users.

Web Development in Hackney

£4,000 to £16,000. Two to five weeks depending on page count and integrations.

We are careful here. Hackney agencies build sites themselves, so we would rather be the technical capability behind them than bid against them.

What Hackney businesses keep asking us to fix

Client demand the agency cannot staff

An agency asked for an AI feature has three options: turn it down, hire for it, or subcontract. The first loses the account and the second is slow and expensive.

Delivery process assembled tool by tool

Briefs in one place, files in another, approvals in a chat thread. The cost is not the tools, it is the hour a day spent moving information between them.

Hospitality demand that moves by the evening

Bookings, staffing and communication all peak outside office hours, which is exactly when the current process depends on somebody being available.

Questions from Hackney businesses

Will you work as a white label partner for our Hackney agency?

Yes, and it is a deliberate part of the business. We deliver under your brand, to your conventions, with a written commitment never to approach your client during the project or afterwards. That commitment is the only real objection to the arrangement, so it is in writing rather than implied.

Do you compete with digital agencies in Shoreditch?

Not intentionally. Where an agency already builds websites well, we would rather supply the AI and application capability behind them. The partner page sets out exactly how that runs, including the client protection commitment.

Based in Hackney? We can meet.

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