What a software development company should do.
A software development company designs, builds, deploys and maintains software for other organisations — taking a business problem through discovery, architecture, implementation, release and handover. The useful version of that does two things most vendors skip: it tells you when not to build, and it leaves you able to maintain what it built.
We are a team of engineers in New Delhi working with clients across India, the US, the Middle East and Europe. Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-price, agreed in writing before work begins, and ends with the repository, the infrastructure and the documentation in your hands.
AI is a specialism inside that, not a separate business. Plenty of what we ship has no AI in it at all.
— Software —
Build the system.
Custom business systems, web and mobile applications, and the infrastructure they run on.
— AI and automation —
Where AI earns its place.
Agents, chatbots and automation built into working systems — with evaluation coverage before anything reaches a customer.
— Consulting and engagement —
Decide before you build.
Strategy, fixed-price delivery and larger engagements. The cheapest project is the one we talk you out of.
— Real questions —
Common Questions
The questions we get asked most, answered directly.
What does Metageeks actually do?+
We design and build software: custom business systems, web applications, mobile apps, and the cloud infrastructure underneath them. AI is a specialism within that rather than a separate business — we build agents, chatbots and automation, but usually as part of a system that also needs a database, a permissions model and a deployment pipeline. The common thread is that everything ships to production and gets handed over with the source code.
Do you only build AI products?+
No. A good share of our work has no AI in it at all — an e-commerce platform, an internal approvals system, a customer portal. We became known for the AI work because that is what we wrote about, but the engineering underneath is ordinary, careful software development. When AI does not improve a build, we say so and leave it out; a feature that adds cost and unpredictability without adding value is not worth shipping.
How do you price engagements?+
Fixed scope, fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts. We scope on a short call, then send a statement of work with milestones and a number on it. No hourly billing and no per-developer rates. If discovery shows the build is smaller than we first thought, the number comes down — that has happened more than once and it is the main reason clients come back.
Where are you based and who do you work with?+
We are based in New Delhi and work with clients across India, the United States, the Middle East and Europe. Most engagements run remotely with overlapping hours agreed up front. Our clients are typically growing businesses and funded startups — teams large enough to have a real process worth systematising, and small enough that one well-built system changes how they operate.
Which service do we need?+
Usually it is clearer from the problem than the catalogue. If a process is spread across tools and spreadsheets, that is custom software. If your customers need to log in and do something, that is a web application. If the work happens away from a desk, mobile. If deployments are scary and the cloud bill is climbing, that is DevOps. If you are not sure, describe the problem on a call and we will tell you which one it is — including when the answer is that you should buy a product instead.
Can you work alongside our existing engineers?+
Most of our builds involve a client team that already has engineers. We scope alongside them, agree who owns which boundary, and transfer ownership progressively rather than in one lump at the end. The most efficient version of this is when your team has the capacity but not one specific piece of experience — a first payments integration, a first mobile release, a first production AI feature.
— Ready when you are —
Not sure which one you need?
Describe the problem rather than the solution. You will get a straight read on which service fits, including when the answer is that you do not need us.