Custom software
for teams that
keeps shipping

We build AI, SaaS, and digital products that help businesses innovate, automate, and scale. Scope stays written down. You keep the code, the runbooks, and a system your team can run after we leave.

Founded
2023
Products shipped
60+
Industries
12+
Team
Remote
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About

DataAnnotation is a custom software shop. We build AI features, SaaS products, and the internal tools teams actually run day to day. The work is for companies that already have users, a backlog, and a reason the last vendor stall still stings.

We started in 2023. The team is fully remote. We have shipped 60+ products across 12+ industries. The job is a system that still runs on Monday: something your people can operate, extend, and explain. A prototype that dies after the demo is not the work we take.

Our Mission

Help teams ship software they can keep. That means cutting the dull work, putting the right data on the screen, and leaving a product that still boots after we are gone. We would rather finish a smaller slice that is operable than a wide build nobody owns.

Good products come from a written scope, honest engineering, and a close working relationship with the people who will run them. You keep the code. Decisions live in the repo. Your next hire should not need a week of archaeology to find out how the system works.

Why us

What Sets Us Apart

01Written scope
We treat discovery as a deliverable, not a kickoff chat. Before the first commit, the brief names the users, the flows, the integrations, and what done looks like. When the work changes, the write-up changes with it. Six months later you can open the repo and see why a decision was made, who made it, and what we cut. Nobody has to rebuild the project from Slack.
02One bench
Engineers, designers, and the person sitting with you share the same brief from week one. Reviews happen on a regular cadence, not in a dump at the end. If a tradeoff will hurt the people who run the product, it gets said in the room while there is still time to change it. The work is the product, not a ticket pile handed across a wall.
03You keep the repo
Code, runbooks, access, and the notes that explain the system stay with you. We do not lock the build behind a vendor account or a black-box host. When we leave, your team can deploy it, change it, and hand it to the next hire without a forensic pass through our inbox. If you want us back later, that is a choice, not a requirement.

What we take

Our Services

AI, SaaS, web, mobile, and the consulting that sits in front of a build. Plus design, rebuilds, and the integrations those products lean on. Each engagement starts with a written scope. You keep the repo when we leave.

01

AI

Features that sit inside a product people already open: copilots, review queues, ranking, extraction, and the boring glue that keeps a model from becoming a demo. We write the fallback, the eval, and the runbook. Someone on your side should be able to ship a change without us in the room. If the data is not ready, we say so before you buy another tool.

02

SaaS

Multi-tenant products from the first paying workspace to the admin, billing, and roles that decide whether month two is quiet. We build the app, the tenancy model, and the parts customers never see. You keep the repo. The next hire should be able to add a plan or a permission without a forensic pass through our Slack.

03

Web

Portals, dashboards, marketing sites that have to perform, and the internal tools your ops team actually lives in. Authenticated flows, permissions, and the integrations the last platform would not bend for. Scoped before the first commit. Built so your content and product people can change it without waiting on us for a headline.

04

Mobile

iOS and Android apps that talk to the same APIs as the web, or stand on their own when the work is in the field. We design the offline path, the push story, and store release, not just the pretty first screen. If a feature belongs on the phone, it gets a home there. If it does not, we keep it on the web.

05

Consultant

A technical voice before the build, or after the last vendor left a mess. Architecture, cost, what to cut, and a written plan your board or your buyer can read. We sit in discovery, ask the ugly questions, and tell you when the brief will not survive contact with production. Sometimes the right next step is not more code.

06

Product design

Flows, systems, and the screens users notice. Design sits with engineering from the first sketch, so the file that ships is the file you reviewed. We do the research that fits the timeline, the states empty screens need, and a system your next designer can extend without starting over.

07

Rebuilds

Apps that still make money and cannot be thrown away. We stabilize what is live, cut the parts that block you, and move the rest without a surprise outage. Data comes with the rebuild. So do the runbooks. A greenfield rewrite is on the table only when the old system is actually done.

08

Integrations

Payments, CRMs, ERPs, warehouses, and the vendor APIs that never quite match the docs. We map the real flow, handle the failure cases, and leave you a log you can read at 2am. The integration is part of the product, not a weekend script that only one contractor understands.

The difference

Why Us

Teams hire us when the last vendor left a repo nobody can run, or a demo that never made it to Monday. Here is how the work actually goes, and what you keep when we leave.

Start a brief
  1. 01

    Write it first

    Discovery is a deliverable. Before the first commit, the brief names the users, the flows, the integrations, and what done looks like. When the work changes, the write-up changes. Six months later you can open the repo and see why a cut was made. Nobody has to rebuild the project from Slack.

  2. 02

    One brief

    Engineers, designers, and the person sitting with you share the same notes from week one. Reviews happen on a cadence, not in a dump at the end. If a tradeoff will hurt the people who run the product, it gets said in the room while there is still time to change it.

  3. 03

    You keep the keys

    Code, runbooks, access, and the notes that explain the system stay with you. We do not lock the build behind a vendor account or a black-box host. When we leave, your next hire should be able to deploy a change without a week in our inbox.

  4. 04

    We will say no

    If the data is not ready, or the brief will not survive contact with production, we say so before you buy another tool. Sometimes the right next step is not more code. We would rather finish a smaller slice that is operable than a wide build nobody owns.

  5. 05

    Remote, close

    The team has been fully remote since 2023. We have shipped 60+ products across 12+ industries. Distance is not a status meeting. The work is the product, and the people who will run it stay in the same brief as the people who write it.

  6. 06

    Still up on Monday

    A demo that dies after launch week is not the work we take. We stay until your people can operate the system, extend it, and explain it. If you want us back later, that is a choice, not a requirement.

Next step

Let's ship software you can keep

We take AI features, SaaS products, and the internal tools teams actually run. The job is a smaller slice that is operable, not a wide build nobody owns. Scope stays written. You keep the repo.

Tell us what is stuck. We will write the scope.

A short note is enough. What you have, what broke, and what has to be live. You keep the repo. The team stays remote.

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