Services
Custom software. Applied intelligence. Experimental engineering.
KRATT works across software engineering, applied AI and technical research, backed by senior technology advisory. Engagements can be scoped as one-off projects, retained support, fractional leadership or research assignments.
Custom Software & Integrations
Custom software built around the way your business actually works, from internal tools and integrations to production platforms.
Typical problems
- Critical work held together by spreadsheets, re-keying and manual exports.
- Systems that do not talk to each other, so data is duplicated or wrong.
- A product idea that needs a reliable first production version.
- Reporting that takes days to assemble by hand.
Capabilities
- Web applications
- Internal business systems
- APIs and integrations
- Data workflows
- Mobile solutions
- Reporting and automation
- Architecture and production deployment
Typical engagement outputs
- Agreed scope, architecture and delivery plan
- Working software delivered in reviewed increments
- Source code, infrastructure configuration and documentation handed over
- Deployment, monitoring and support arrangements
AI Archaeology
Understand the software your business already runs, then rebuild it properly. We use today's AI to excavate legacy systems and turn what we find into a modern, scalable solution fitted to how you work now.
Typical problems
- A business-critical system whose original developers are long gone, with little or no documentation.
- Business rules that exist only in old code, stored procedures or spreadsheets, and nobody can say exactly what they are.
- A platform that is expensive to change, hard to host securely and cannot scale with the business.
- Several overlapping systems built over the years that should really be one.
Capabilities
- AI-assisted code and database analysis
- Reverse-engineering of business rules and data flows
- Architecture and dependency mapping
- Technical debt and risk assessment
- Documentation of existing systems
- Target architecture and modernisation roadmap
- Staged migration and data migration
- Rebuilding on current, supported technology
- Parallel running and behaviour verification against the old system
Typical engagement outputs
- A written map of the existing system: components, data, integrations and embedded business rules
- Assessment of what to keep, replace or retire, with risks and effort
- Target architecture and a staged modernisation plan
- The new system, delivered in increments and verified against the old one
- Documentation your team can maintain
AI, Automation & Computer Vision
Applied AI and computer vision for problems where ordinary software rules are not enough.
Typical problems
- Repetitive document or email handling that consumes skilled staff time.
- Visual inspection or counting done manually from photos or video.
- Measurements that need to be taken from images rather than by hand.
- An AI pilot that looked promising but was never evaluated or productionised.
Capabilities
- AI-assisted workflows
- LLM integrations
- Process automation
- Machine learning
- Image analysis
- Object detection
- Segmentation
- Image-based measurement systems
- Model evaluation
Typical engagement outputs
- Problem framing with measurable success criteria
- Evaluation dataset and documented test results
- Working model or AI workflow integrated into your systems
- Monitoring and retraining approach for ongoing operation
Research & Experimental Development
Structured investigation where the technical answer is not known in advance: define the uncertainty, test candidate approaches and document what works.
Typical problems
- A concept that depends on a technical capability nobody has proven yet.
- Accuracy or performance requirements that existing methods do not meet.
- Several possible approaches and no evidence about which will work.
- A need for documented technical evidence before committing investment.
Capabilities
- Technical feasibility studies
- Systematic investigation of technical uncertainty
- Proof-of-concept development
- Experimental software
- Measurement and validation systems
- Prototype evaluation
- Technical research reporting
Typical engagement outputs
- Defined objective and statement of technical uncertainty
- Experiment plan with evaluation criteria
- Prototypes and recorded experimental results
- Technical report with conclusions and recommended next steps
Technology Advisory
Senior technical judgement for technology decisions, architecture, vendors, delivery and risk.
Typical problems
- A major technology decision or vendor selection without an internal expert.
- An engineering team that needs senior leadership but not a full-time CTO.
- An investment or acquisition that depends on software nobody has reviewed.
- A delivery programme that is late, over budget or unclear.
Capabilities
- Fractional CTO support
- Architecture reviews
- IT strategy
- Vendor assessment
- Software and product due diligence
- Delivery planning
- Technical risk assessment
- Security and operational reviews
Typical engagement outputs
- Written findings with prioritised recommendations
- Architecture or vendor decision records
- Delivery or remediation plan
- Ongoing technical leadership on an agreed cadence
Engagement models
Scoped to the problem, not to a package.
Pricing depends on scope and is agreed in writing before work starts.
- A
Project delivery
A defined outcome, scope and timeline - for example an identity rollout, an integration or a new internal system.
- B
Retained engineering support
Ongoing development, maintenance and support of software we have built or taken over, with an agreed scope and cadence.
- C
Fractional technology leadership
Senior technical leadership for a set number of days per month, without a full-time executive hire.
- D
Research / feasibility engagement
A time-boxed investigation of a technically uncertain problem, ending in documented results and a recommendation.
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