// AI integration + software studio — California
AI can write the code.
The hard part is making it work for your business.
A boutique California studio for AI integration and software. The model is fast at writing code — the value is knowing what to build, wiring it into your real data and tools, and standing behind it in production. You work directly with the senior engineer who does all three.
Direct founder access/California-based/One name accountable
// What we build with — the tools are commodity; the wiring is the work
// What we do
The code is the cheap part.
Four things that decide whether AI actually works for your business — and that a generator can't do for you.
AI wired into your real data, tools & workflow
Most AI stalls at the demo because it never touches the systems your business runs on. We connect LLMs, retrieval, and automation to your data, apps, and workflow — the messy seams where generated code breaks down.
Judgment: what to build, and what to refuse
Generation is cheap, so the first decision matters more, not less. We pick the one or two workflows worth automating, scope them precisely, and say no to the rest — so you don't spend months building something that changes nothing.
Safety, privacy & reliability you can defend
AI that sounds confident and is wrong is a liability, not a feature. We ground answers in your data, test the failure modes a demo hides, handle the edge cases, and keep your data where it belongs — so you can put a real decision on the output.
Native iOS apps, shipped to the App Store
Native Swift and SwiftUI apps with on-device intelligence — taken from idea to an approved App Store release. The last 20% AI skips — error states, permissions, offline, App Store review — is what decides whether it actually ships.
Not sure which of these you need?
Schedule a consultation// Selected work
Real things we've shipped.
Products we designed, built, and shipped ourselves — live, with real users. We don't just advise on AI; we run it in production.
VoiceType
voicetype.dev
Press ⌘ twice, speak, paste perfect text. A privacy-first macOS dictation app — real-time and fully on-device with WhisperKit. Audio never leaves your Mac.
OfferGlow Studio
offerglowstudio.com
AI virtual staging for real-estate listings — staged photos, originals, disclosure copy, and a clear record of what changed. A broker-reviewable proof pack in 24 hours.
CipherGuard
cipherguard.dev
Automated smart-contract security — scans for 80+ vulnerability classes in seconds, so teams catch issues before attackers do. First audits free.
AION
sealedaion.com
A cryptographic inheritance vault — split a crypto seed phrase across a 4-of-7 threshold so family can recover it. Shamir secret-sharing, sealed in the browser.
Sanctuary
sanctuaryfaith.org
A digital sanctuary for prayer, fellowship, and the daily practice of faith — a calm, carefully-crafted space to be still.
// How we work
Judgment first. Code second.
Most of the value is decided before a line of code exists. One senior team, start to ship — you always know what's happening and why.
- 01
Decide
We map the real problem, pick the one or two things worth building, and name what to refuse. Most of the value is decided here — before any code exists.
- 02
Scope
One clear, testable plan an AI can't guess at and you can hold us to. Sharp inputs are what make fast, generated code actually correct. No slideware.
- 03
Build
Senior engineering, AI used for leverage — every line reviewed by the person accountable for it. We catch the confident-but-wrong output before your users do.
- 04
Ship & stand behind it
We harden it for the real world — errors, edge cases, privacy, App Store review — ship to production, and stay reachable for how it behaves with real users.
// Why TechBantu
AI can build it. So why TechBantu?
Because the code was never the hard part. AI can generate an app in an afternoon — and it will just as happily generate confident, idiomatic code that's wrong, skip the guardrails that protect your data, and hand you a demo that falls apart on real users.
What stays scarce is the judgment to decide what's worth building, the work of wiring it into your actual systems, and a named human who stands behind it in production. We're AI-native, so we deliver in days what slower shops quote in months — but you're paying for the judgment, the integration, and the accountability, not the typing.
- Judgment, not just output
- We tell you what to build, what to skip, and which AI output to throw away — the decisions that separate a real result from a fast-but-useless one.
- Integration is the work
- AI into your real data, tools, and workflow — the messy last mile where demos die and a ChatGPT seat can't help you.
- Safe in production
- Grounded outputs, tested failure modes, privacy by design — AI you can put a real decision on, not a confident guess.
- One name accountable
- You talk to the senior engineer building it. No account managers, no junior hand-offs, no black box — direct from first call to launch.
- AI-native speed
- We build with AI every day, so you get days-not-months delivery — and an honest read on where AI helps and where it's just hype.
- California-based
- US time zone, US business hours, and plain-language communication — a registered LLC behind every engagement.
// Start a project
Tell us what you're trying to make work.
A 30-minute call, straight with the founder. We'll tell you honestly whether AI is the right move for it, what we'd build, and what we'd refuse — no pressure, no commitment.