Prototype AI Products in Days, Not Quarters
CrafterTech Studio is an AI product prototyping platform built on the Claude API. We work with founders, product teams, and engineering leads to ship working AI MVPs in 30 days — not 6-month dev cycles. Build AI products without code where it makes sense, write custom code where it matters, and get to real users while the idea still has heat.
AI MVPs die in the gap between idea and shipped
Most AI product ideas never make it past the prototype stage. The bottleneck isn't the model — it's the four months spent figuring out architecture, prompting, evaluation, hosting, and the tedium of authentication, billing, and dashboards. By the time the MVP is live, the founder has lost the conviction that started the project, the model landscape has shifted, and the early-adopter window has closed.
Studio compresses that gap. Our team has shipped products on the Claude API since it launched. We know what to build vs. configure, where to spend engineering effort vs. use a no-code AI app builder, and how to ship something a real user will pay for in 30 days — not 30 weeks.
Three ways founders work with Studio
30-Day MVP
You have a thesis, you need a working product. We scope, design, build, ship, and put it in your earliest users’ hands in 30 days.
Talk to Sales →Build Retainer
You have an MVP that works and need to ship the next 6 months of features without scaling a 12-person eng team. We become the build pod.
Talk to Sales →Tech Co-Founder
For founders without a technical co-founder, who need product-engineering depth from day zero. Limited slots; we screen carefully.
Talk to Sales →The 30-day MVP, week by week
Discovery + Design
Sharpen the thesis. Define the smallest possible experiment. Lock the design system and 3 core flows.
Core Flows in Staging
Auth, primary user flow, Claude integration. Live in staging. You poke at it daily.
Feature Complete
All scoped features shipped. Real users start testing. We instrument what matters.
Bug Bash + Handoff
Polish, deploy to production, walk through the codebase. Decide: take it from here, or roll into a Build Retainer.
The CrafterTech Studio stack
Claude API as the reasoning engine. Production deployments on Anthropic's Claude family. We design around prompt caching, tool use, and agentic loops — not just one-shot completions.
Next.js + TypeScript on Vercel. Full-stack React with edge functions where they matter. SOC2-aligned hosting, fast iterations, and a codebase your future engineers can actually read.
No-code AI app builder for the boring parts. Auth, dashboards, billing, simple CRUD — configured, not coded. Engineering effort goes where it earns its keep: the AI surfaces and the parts that compound.
Evals and observability from day 1. Every Studio build ships with prompt evals, output tracing, and Claude-side guardrails so you know when the AI is drifting before your users do.
Indian payment + compliance ready. Razorpay, Stripe, UPI integration. GST invoicing. DPDP-aligned data handling. India go-to-market removed from the engineering critical path.
Founders we love working with
Strong fit
- Founder with a sharp thesis about a specific AI product
- Existing user research, customer conversations, or domain expertise
- Willing to ship a small thing first, not a complete platform
- Decisive — fast async feedback, weekly sync max
Not a fit (yet)
- “Build me a ChatGPT for [vertical]” without specifics
- Looking for the cheapest dev shop, optimizing for hours not outcomes
- Need a full enterprise platform shipped — that's an Enterprise AI engagement
- Looking to outsource the thinking, not just the building
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CrafterTech Studio and who is it for?+
Studio is our AI product prototyping platform. It is for founders, product teams, and engineering leads who need to ship a working AI product fast — usually 30 days from kickoff to a usable MVP. Built on the Claude API, optimized for Indian go-to-market, and shipped with you, not at you.
How is this different from hiring a development agency?+
A traditional dev agency builds what you spec. Studio operates as a product partner — we challenge the spec, run the smallest possible experiment first, and ship working software in two-week loops. The deliverable is not a Figma file or a dashboard. It is a product your earliest users can actually use.
How do you build AI products without writing code?+
Studio combines a no-code AI app builder for the parts that don't need custom logic (auth, dashboards, simple workflows) with the Claude API for everything that requires real reasoning. Most prototypes are 70% configuration, 30% custom code. Engineering effort goes where it actually moves the product.
How much does it cost to build an AI MVP with CrafterTech?+
Pricing is custom per engagement based on scope, complexity, and the depth of AI integration. We scope and quote on a 30-minute pitch call, then send a fixed-price proposal — no hourly billing surprises. Most founders get the proposal within 48 hours of the call.
Can you help me build a SaaS product on the Claude API?+
Yes — most Studio engagements are exactly this. Founder has a thesis about an AI product, needs a working MVP that real users will pay for. Studio handles the architecture decisions (prompting, caching, agent design, evals), engineering, and deployment. You own the code, the product, and the customer relationships.
What does a 30-day Studio engagement look like, week by week?+
Week 1: discovery, scoping, design system. Week 2: core flows live in staging, Claude API wired in. Week 3: feature complete, in your hands for daily use, real users start testing. Week 4: bug bash, deployment polish, handoff or transition to retainer. We do not disappear for a month and return with a demo — you see progress every day.
Got an AI product worth building?
Pitch us in 5 minutes. We’ll come back within 48 hours — yes, no, or here’s a sharper way to scope it.
Talk to CrafterTech