Custom Generative AI Development Services

Generative AI development services built for production: LLM integrations, RAG systems, AI chatbots, and generative applications. Tecla covers the build end-to-end for startups and growing companies.

Over 10 years building with senior AI and engineering talent for US companies.
2 to 4 weeks
To a usable first version
Evals built in
Production-grade from day one
10+ years
Building for US companies
Trusted by leading companies

What we build

Generative AI software development services across LLM integrations, retrieval, chatbots, and generative applications. Here is some of what we build.

LLM Integrations

Claude, GPT, and Gemini connected to products, internal data, and existing workflows.

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RAG & Search Systems

Retrieval over proprietary data, grounded answers in real time, and semantic search inside the product.

AI Chatbots & Assistants

Customer-facing and internal assistants, built on your knowledge base and your systems.

Content Generation Systems

Workflows that automate content production for text, media, and structured outputs, with human review where it matters.

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Generative AI Applications

New AI powered products built on LLMs, from concept through production deployment.

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Fine-tuning & Evaluation

Domain-specific model training, fine-tuning, and evaluation suites that measure quality before users do.

From LLM integrations to full generative applications

Tell us what you need and we scope the build.

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The typical AI dev agency vs Tecla

The difference shows up in how the model gets chosen, how quality gets measured, and what happens after the code ships.

Typical AI dev agency

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Model selection
Whatever the team already knows
Evaluation
Quality issues surface in front of users
Grounding
Generic outputs from the model's training data
Cost at scale
Token costs discovered after launch
After launch
Codebase handoff, support ends at delivery

What teams bring to us

Some of the briefs that start a generative AI engagement at Tecla.

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"Add an AI assistant to the product"

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"Let customers search our docs in plain language"

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"Answer support tickets from our knowledge base"

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"Summarize contracts before review"

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"Take our GenAI prototype to production"

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"Build semantic search into the platform"

Some arrive as a one-line idea, others as a working prototype that needs evaluation coverage, cost tuning, and integration with existing systems. The engagement starts wherever the team is.

How we deliver

Discovery before code, evaluations before scale, managed support after launch.

Discovery & scoping

We map the project scope, the technical environment, and what the first deliverable has to solve.

Build & evaluate

Model selection, architecture, and prototype scoped to a usable first version. Every build ships with evals before production.

Deploy & manage

Launch, monitoring, and a clear path forward: expansion sprints, managed operations, or handoff.

Grounded in your data, evaluated before launch

Generative AI carries a specific risk: the system speaks with confidence whether it is right or wrong. Tecla builds for that reality, grounding every answer in your data and measuring quality before launch.

The scope defines what working means before the build starts, and the application ships when it meets that bar.

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Industries we serve

Generative artificial intelligence takes a different shape in every industry. The data, the compliance environment, and the machine learning constraints are different. We adapt every engagement to the business behind it.

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SaaS & B2B Software

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Fintech & Financial Services

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E-commerce & Retail

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Healthtech

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Cybersecurity

Media & Content

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Logistics & Supply Chain

Insurance

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Professional Services

The two people you'll work with

Every Tecla engagement is supported by two roles, both included from day one.

AI Solutions Lead

Owns the commercial relationship. Involved in qualification, kickoff alignment, business-value and scope decisions, final delivery, and expansion discussions.

AI Systems Lead

Owns discovery, system definition, architecture, buildout, delivery, and future-phase recommendations. Your technical point of contact throughout the engagement.

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Tell us what you need from our generative AI services: an LLM integration, a RAG system, a chatbot, or a generative application built from scratch. We scope the engagement from there.

From the teams we've worked with

Eleven years, 500+ companies, 50,000+ vetted professionals. What they say about working with us.

Tecla is organized and provides a strong partnership experience. From hiring multiple engineers within weeks to maintaining consistent communication and feedback, they've shown real professionalism. Their follow-up and collaboration made the entire staffing process efficient and enjoyable.

Kristen Marcoe

Director @ Credo AI

I’m very happy with Tecla. Their support has improved our QA process, reduced bug reports by half, and made our onboarding process twice as fast. The team is responsive, cost-effective, and delivers high-quality candidates on time. Tecla has truly become a trusted extension of our internal hiring team.

Meit Shah

Principal PM @ Stash

It was a pleasure working with Tecla. Their team quickly understood our hiring needs and found candidates that matched our technical requirements perfectly. Communication was seamless, and they were always quick to respond and deliver results. Tecla’s attention to quality made the entire experience smooth and efficient.

Mayya Bozhilova

Manager @ Three Space Lab

Tecla successfully found candidates for our team and handled the entire process from scheduling to interviews. They were timely, responsive, and always kept communication flowing through email and messaging apps. I was really impressed with Tecla’s follow-up and thoroughness throughout the process.

Jessica Warren

Head of People @ Chowly

Tecla's business model and team set our company up with engineers that we have the real possibility of working with long-term and can grow with our business. Tecla came in highly recommended, and their pace from introduction to engagement to presenting candidates was very fast.

David Bradley

Founder @ QPilot

Internally, we're moving much faster than we were without the remote engineers Tecla recruited for us and we've been able to implement far more features. Once we brought on our first full-time designer in South America, it made the quality of our user interface, product, and marketing efforts increase substantially.

Drew Batshaw

CTO @ Waggl

When we started our recruiting initiatives for LATAM developers, it was crucial for us to rely on a company that could provide deep local expertise to help us identify the best software developers in Latin America. The teams at Tecla really go the extra mile to understand our needs, which is what has made our partnership so successful!

Douglas Santos

Lead Tech Recruiter @ HomeLight
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Hire generative AI engineers by specialty

When the need is talent, Tecla's network covers the full generative AI stack. Senior engineers across the US and Latin America, vetted to the same standard.

Beyond AI development

Generative AI is one shape of how Tecla builds. When the work is broader, autonomous, or needs senior AI leadership, we cover what comes next.

AI Development Services

Custom AI development across the full stack, from AI-powered products and ML models to platform integrations.

Agentic AI Development Services

Custom AI agents and agentic systems for security triage, financial workflows, customer support, and AI driven business operations.

Fractional Chief AI Officer

Executive AI leadership at part-time hours. Strategy, governance, and technical direction before a full-time hire is justified.

Frequently asked questions

What do Tecla's generative AI development services include?

Custom generative AI solutions covering LLM integrations, RAG and search systems, AI chatbots and assistants, content generation workflows, fine-tuning, and generative AI applications built from scratch. Every engagement includes scoping, architecture, evaluation, and deployment support.

What models does Tecla work with?

Claude, GPT, and Gemini for most LLM-powered features, plus open-weight generative AI models when data privacy or cost profiles call for them. Model selection is benchmarked against your data and your workload, not the framework of the moment.

How is Tecla different from a typical generative AI development services company?

Tecla runs fixed-scope sprints with a dedicated AI Systems Lead and managed operations after launch. The typical generative AI development services company bills hourly, rotates developers, and hands off a codebase without ongoing support.

How long does a generative AI build take with Tecla?

A usable first version typically ships in two to four weeks through a fixed-scope sprint. Production deployment ranges from six weeks to several months depending on integrations, evaluation depth, and data complexity.

What is RAG and when does it make sense?

Retrieval-augmented generation grounds LLM answers in your own data instead of the model's training set. It makes sense when accuracy matters and the knowledge lives in your documents, tickets, or databases: internal assistants, customer-facing search, and knowledge tools are the common cases.

Does Tecla build custom AI chatbots?

Yes. Custom AI chatbot development is part of Tecla's generative AI practice, covering customer-facing assistants, internal knowledge bots, and support automation built on your data and connected to your systems.

Does Tecla serve non-tech companies?

Yes. Gen AI development services at Tecla serve both technology and non-technology companies. The common thread is data worth building on and a workflow where generative AI earns its place.

Fine-tuning or prompting: which one does my use case need?

Prompt engineering with good retrieval covers most use cases and ships faster. Fine-tuning earns its cost when the task needs consistent domain-specific behavior a prompt cannot hold: specialized tone, structured outputs at scale, or accuracy in a narrow domain. Discovery answers this before the build starts.

How does Tecla handle quality and hallucination control?

Every AI enabled application ships with an evaluation suite that measures accuracy, grounding, and failure modes before users see it. Quality control runs through our generative AI software development services from the first sprint, with guardrails and human review paths for any output that carries consequence.

Can Tecla build generative AI into an existing product?

Yes. Generative AI app development services inside an existing product cover LLM-powered features, semantic search, and content workflows added without rebuilding the core. The integration works within the architecture already in place.

How much do Tecla's generative AI development services cost?

Tecla starts engagements with a fixed-price sprint. Cost varies by scope and sprint format. The assessment call establishes the scope before any commitment.

Who owns what Tecla builds?

The client. Every application and integration Tecla builds runs on your infrastructure, with your data, and the code belongs to you. Tecla manages the engagement end-to-end, but ownership stays with the client.

Does Tecla work with startups?

Yes. Gen AI development services for startups typically begin with a proof of concept or MVP sprint and scale from there. The engagement adapts to the stage, the budget, and the technical capacity already in place.

Does Tecla offer generative AI consulting as well as development?

Yes. Generative AI consulting and development services run together at Tecla: model strategy aligned with business goals, build-or-buy assessments, and architecture reviews for companies earlier in the decision, and full development for companies building for the long term.

How do I get started with Tecla's generative AI development services?

Tecla looks at what you need, scopes the engagement, and comes back with a plan. No commitment until the scope is confirmed. Get started at Tecla.

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