ThinkDeck
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AI agent development for startups that need work done, not demos.

ThinkDeck is an AI agent development company that builds custom agents which read your systems, take actions, and close the loop: qualifying leads, resolving support requests, reconciling data, running research. Every agent ships with an evaluation set, guardrails, and monitoring, so it keeps working after launch day.

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AI agents we build

Sales & lead qualification agents

Research every inbound lead, score it against your ideal customer profile, update the CRM, and reply or book a call within minutes.

Customer support agents

Sit behind your support chatbot and resolve requests end to end: plan changes, refunds, resets, order updates, with human approval where it matters.

Operations & back-office agents

Reconcile invoices, move data between tools, generate reports, and flag anything that doesn't add up.

Research & monitoring agents

Track competitors, markets, and sources on a schedule and deliver summaries your team actually reads.

Recruiting & onboarding agents

Screen applications against a rubric, schedule interviews, and provision accounts across your tools when someone joins.

Multi-agent workflows

When a process genuinely splits into parts, a planner agent coordinates specialist agents, with full tracing across every step.

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Our AI agent development process

  1. 01

    Scope one workflow

    We pick the workflow with the clearest payoff and define what 'done' means in a way software can check.

  2. 02

    Map tools & permissions

    Every system the agent touches gets the narrowest permission that works, with approval on irreversible actions.

  3. 03

    Build the evaluation set

    Real examples with known correct outcomes, so every change is measured instead of guessed.

  4. 04

    Build, trace, iterate

    We wire the agent loop, run the evals, read the traces, and fix the failures that repeat.

  5. 05

    Shadow launch

    The agent proposes, your team approves. We measure task success, time saved, and cost per task.

  6. 06

    Monitor & improve

    Tracing, cost alerts, and regular eval runs keep the agent reliable as your data and models change.

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What you get

  • A production AI agent integrated with your stack (CRM, email, database, internal APIs)
  • Model-agnostic design: Claude, GPT, Gemini, or open-weight models, swappable later
  • Guardrails: scoped permissions, approval steps, spending limits, output validation
  • An evaluation suite and dashboards for task success and cost per task
  • Deployment on AWS, GCP, Azure, Cloudflare, or Vercel
  • Full ownership of the code, prompts, and data
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Why startups choose ThinkDeck for AI agent development

We run agents in our own products

We build and operate our own AI products, including AiKey, an LLM gateway for routing, budgets, and observability. We use the same tooling on client agents.

Weeks, not quarters

A focused agent typically reaches production in 3–6 weeks. No six-week discovery phase.

Reliability is the deliverable

Evaluation and guardrails are part of the build, not an upsell. That's what makes an agent safe to connect to real systems.

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AI Agent Development: frequently asked questions

What does an AI agent development company do?

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It designs, builds, and runs AI agents for your business: choosing the workflow, integrating your tools, writing the agent logic, testing it against real examples, adding guardrails, deploying it, and monitoring it after launch.

How much does AI agent development cost?

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Focused agents typically cost $3,000–$10,000, production business agents $10,000–$40,000, and multi-agent systems more. See our full AI agent development cost breakdown. We give a fixed price after scoping.

How long does it take to build an AI agent?

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Most single-workflow agents reach production in 3–6 weeks, including evaluation and a shadow launch. Larger multi-agent systems usually take 8–12 weeks or more.

Do I need an AI agent or a chatbot?

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If the value is in the answer, a chatbot. If it's in the completed task, an agent. Many teams use both. Read AI agent vs chatbot for a quick test.

Which models and frameworks do you use?

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We're model-agnostic. We use Claude, GPT, Gemini, and open-weight models, with frameworks such as LangGraph, the OpenAI Agents SDK, and the Claude Agent SDK, chosen to fit your stack.

Is it safe to give an AI agent access to our systems?

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Yes, when it's designed for it: narrow permissions, approval steps for irreversible actions, spending limits, audit logs, and a rollout that starts in shadow mode.

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Tell us what you're building.
We'll tell you how fast we can ship it.

contact@thinkdeck.site