Note · Acceptance
Agree the test before the build
Define the outcome, evaluation examples, acceptance measure, and human approver before building an AI workflow with Sophrono and your operating team.
AI Implementation · Agentic Systems Engineering
Intelligence is abundant.Judgment is engineered.
Sophrono is an AI implementation firm for businesses that need AI to do real work. Models supply the capability. We engineer the judgment around them: architecture, business logic, trusted data, validation, and human authority.
- Fixed-price or hourly engagements
- Measured against acceptance criteria you sign
- Senior engineers directing specialized agents
How to start
Every engagement starts with a question.
A free conversation settles what is worth doing. From there, each step is scoped and priced before you take it.
- 01A free conversationFreeAsk an engineer anything, or bring one workload. You hear which agentic systems could fit, and the right next step.
- 02One workflow in code$750The Diagnostic: one hour of agent coding, the code, an Agentic AI Blueprint, and a one-hour consultation. You sign an engagement letter first.
- 03The work the evidence calls forFixed price or hourlyA System Blueprint, a Production Pilot, or a full build. Scope, terms, and acceptance criteria are agreed before work begins.
- 04Ongoing carePer sprint or agreed scopeIteration Sprints improve one agreed metric at a time. AI Stewardship keeps the system measured and current, with people approving each release.
Start at whichever step fits. Each one is its own decision, and none requires another.
Not ready to talk? Open Model Watch arrives once a month.
Core services
One path, from first signal to lasting value.
Five stages, offered as options. Each service carries a classical name for what it does, and the Canon rule it answers to.
Define
Know what to build, and what it will cost.
- AUSPEXAgentic Engineering DiagnosticBring one workflow. Leave with the code, a blueprint, and a clear next step.Latin for the official who read the signs before any undertaking began.$750Read Canon I · Architecture is decisive.
- GROMASystem BlueprintA buildable, priceable plan, with acceptance criteria you sign.The Roman instrument used to lay out cities before they were built.Scoping depositRead Canon I · Architecture is decisive.
Validate
Confirm AI fits the work before the full build.
- PAIDEIAModel Training & Fine-TuningA model trained on your work, owned by you.Greek for the education that formed a person’s judgment.Fixed priceRead Canon VI · Every workflow teaches the next.
- PERIPLUSProduction PilotWorking software on a clear path to production.The charted record of a first voyage, so others could follow.Fixed priceRead Canon V · Reliability is engineered.
Deploy
Production software, built around your operations.
Compound
A live system that keeps getting better.
- ITERUMIteration SprintsA live system that gets better, one agreed sprint at a time.Latin for “again,” the root of “iterate.”Per sprintRead Canon VI · Every workflow teaches the next.
- CUSTOSAI StewardshipProduction AI that keeps improving.Latin for “keeper,” the root of “custodian.”Scope by agreementRead Canon VII · Built to improve as models improve.
Monetize
Protect your data, then bring it to market.
- THESAUROSData Protection & ReadinessYour data stays yours, and ready to earn.The sealed treasuries at Delphi, built for a city’s most valuable offerings.Fixed priceRead Canon IV · Your data is worth more than you think.
- EMPORIONData & AI MonetizationA path to new revenue from the data and AI you already own.Greek for a port of trade, where goods met new markets on agreed terms.Fixed fee · optional revenue shareRead Canon IV · Your data is worth more than you think.
See every service, including the supporting services: Business Logic Registry, System-of-Record Architecture, Agent Assurance, and Research-to-Production.
What you keep
Built to be changed with confidence.
Each system is designed so that the next change can be reviewed, measured, and approved as readily as the first.
- 01
Explicit rules
Business logic is written down, so every change to it can be reviewed.
- 02
Trusted records
Each workflow names its source of truth, and the only places it may write.
- 03
Reusable evaluation
Reviewed cases become the test set for every later change.
- 04
Operating visibility
Run records show quality, cost, and exceptions, task by task.
How the work gets done
Engineers hold the reins. Agents do the work.
Senior engineers direct agents on bounded tasks. Tests compare every result with the agreed criteria. People decide what is accepted, and what is released.
- DefineMap the task, its systems of record, its constraints, and its acceptance checks.
- ExecuteSpecialized agents take on agreed parts of the work, under an engineer’s direction.
- CheckTests and evaluations compare each output with the agreed criteria.
- ApprovePeople review consequential actions, exceptions, and every release.
- OperateAccepted changes go live. Run records and corrections feed the next review.
The model is chosen for the task
A decision for each workload.
We weigh the options against the task, the data boundary, and the operating cost. A model change in production passes the same checks, and a person's approval.
How we engage
Agree the scope. Name the test.
Choose a fixed price or hourly engineering. Either way, scope and acceptance criteria are agreed before implementation begins.
Fixed price
One fee for the agreed scope. The result is checked against the acceptance criteria you approved.
Hourly engineering
Senior engineering at $375 an hour, for work that will change as it goes. Scope and reporting are agreed up front.
Acceptance
Every outcome names its test, its threshold, and the person who approves it. Our measure is cost per accepted outcome.
Full engagement terms are finalized in a Master Services Agreement.
Data Capital
Your data is worth more than you think.
Every AI tool your team uses sees some of your data. Some of those tools are allowed to keep it. Before you hand more of it to anyone, know where it goes, what it is worth, and who has the right to use it.
Free checklist
AI Vendor Data Exposure Checklist
Thirty checks across your AI tools, vendor terms, contracts, and controls, plus a ten-question self-assessment that scores your exposure.
A Sophrono program
Own the intelligence your business runs on.
Self-Sovereign AI is governed intelligence you control: your data, open-source models trained on it, agents that run on those models, and a learning loop measured against agreed criteria. Delivered work is yours under the agreement, and base models keep their own licenses. People approve every release in your own cloud account or on your own hardware.
- Your Data01
- Your Models02
- Your Agents03
- Your Learning Loop04
- Your Hardware05
- Sovereign by default. Dependent by choice.
Research
Research you can check.
Papers, commentary, and notes from the work: how outcomes are measured, where people approve, and what new models change for a business.
Note · Operations
Choosing an AI implementation partner
The questions to bring to any AI implementation conversation: acceptance, ownership, model choice, human approval, and data handling.
Note · Human approval
Design the human approval point
Give governed AI workflows a clear approval owner, explicit action boundaries, and review evidence before they connect to your business systems and records.
Open Model Watch
Follow the models worth your attention.
One email a month on open-model releases, license changes, and what they mean for your business.
The Canon
Three maxims. Ten rules.
Kanōn is Greek for a measuring rod: the standard every system we build is checked against. Each rule names what a system needs and how to check it.
Gnōthi seauton
Know thyself.
We start with how your business actually works.
Metron ariston
Measure is best.
Nothing ships on faith.
Mēden agan
Nothing in excess.
No more model, spend, or autonomy than the work requires.
- IArchitecture is decisive.
- IIYour logic is capital.
- IIIOne truth, never two.
- IVYour data is worth more than you think.
- VReliability is engineered.
- VIEvery workflow teaches the next.
- VIIBuilt to improve as models improve.
- VIIIThe system is the advantage.
- IXInfrastructure should fit the work.
- XAuthority stays human.
soh-FROH-noh · “I keep a sound mind”
Why Sophrono
In Greek, a sōphrōn mind is fully capable and fully in command of itself. That is how we build: the agents supply the power, and your people hold the reins. Read the story behind the name.