Salmon Solutions

AI implementation that ships to production.

Three core services, one principle: working software over slide decks. Every engagement ends with production-ready code, not recommendations.

Agentic AI and Automation

What it is

Design and build of multi-agent systems — AI that uses tools, makes decisions, and executes multi-step workflows autonomously. This includes MCP server development, agent orchestration frameworks, and integration with existing toolchains.

Problems it solves

  • Internal workflows that eat hours of human time every week — approvals, data entry, report generation, triage
  • Customer-facing processes that need intelligent routing, response, or action
  • Tool sprawl where teams switch between 10 apps to complete one task
  • Failed automation attempts that were too brittle or too dumb to handle real-world variation

Who needs it

Companies with repetitive, high-volume workflows that basic automation can't handle well. Teams that have tried rule-based automation and hit the ceiling. Organizations that want AI agents embedded in their operations — as a production system, not a toy demo.

What the engagement looks like

A focused assessment of workflows and infrastructure. Identification of highest-ROI automation targets. Architecture, build, and deploy of the agent system. Typical timelines: 4-8 weeks for an initial production system, depending on complexity and integration points.

AI-Ready Data Infrastructure

What it is

Assessment and modernization of data infrastructure to support AI workloads. This means restructuring pipelines for real-time access, building APIs that AI agents can consume, implementing data quality and governance, and connecting existing data stores to LLM-powered applications.

Problems it solves

  • AI projects that fail because the data isn't accessible, clean, or structured for AI consumption
  • Legacy ETL pipelines built for dashboards that can't serve real-time AI agents
  • Data silos that prevent AI systems from accessing the information they need
  • “Garbage in, garbage out” problems where the AI works fine but the data feeding it doesn't

Who needs it

Any company whose AI ambitions have outpaced their data infrastructure. If you've invested in AI tools or pilots and the results are underwhelming — the problem is usually here. Over 40% of agentic AI projects fail because the underlying data architecture wasn't built for it.

What the engagement looks like

A data infrastructure audit — mapping current architecture, identifying gaps, and prioritizing fixes by impact. Then hands-on engineering: new pipelines, APIs, data quality checks, and the connective tissue between data and AI systems. This is engineering work, not a report.

LLM Integration and Product Development

What it is

AI capabilities embedded into existing products and internal tools. RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) systems, intelligent search, content generation, document processing, and custom LLM-powered features that users interact with directly.

Problems it solves

  • Adding AI features to a product without LLM integration experience on the team
  • Quick prototypes built on the OpenAI API that aren't production-ready (slow, expensive, unreliable, or inaccurate)
  • Competitors shipping intelligent features while yours stagnate
  • Retrieval pipelines that need to surface the right information from large document sets

Who needs it

SaaS companies, startups, and product teams that want AI features integrated into the workflows their users already use. Particularly relevant for teams with a working product that want to add intelligent capabilities without rebuilding from scratch.

What the engagement looks like

Collaborative scoping — what the feature does, what data it needs, how users interact with it. Build of the retrieval pipeline, LLM integration, and API layer. Integration with the existing codebase and deployment to production. The deliverable is a production feature, not a Jupyter notebook.

How Engagements Work

1

Discovery call (free)

A 30-minute conversation. You describe what you’re trying to accomplish. We tell you honestly whether we can help and what it would take. No pitch, no pressure.

2

Scope and proposal

A clear scope of work — what gets built, what you’ll have when it’s done, timeline, and cost. No ambiguity, no change-order surprises.

3

Build

The work happens. Regular updates and working demos as the project progresses. Integration with your team’s existing tools and workflows — Git, Slack, whatever you use.

4

Ship and transfer

The system goes to production. Deployment, documentation, and knowledge transfer so your team can maintain and extend everything. You own it all.

Fractional AI Lead

Not every company needs a full-time AI hire. But many need senior AI leadership — someone who can set technical direction, evaluate tools and approaches, architect systems, and build alongside the existing team.

A Fractional AI Lead engagement means embedding with your team on a monthly retainer — typically 2-4 days per week. Standups, architecture discussions, code reviews, and building the high-leverage AI components directly.

This works well for:

  • Companies serious about AI but without an internal AI team yet
  • Engineering teams that are strong but need AI-specific expertise to complement their skills
  • Organizations that have tried hiring an AI lead and found the talent market impossibly competitive

The goal is to become unnecessary. Build the systems, establish the patterns, upskill the team. When you're ready to bring it fully in-house, you have everything you need.

Let’s discuss your needs.

If your AI initiative is stalled, your data infrastructure isn't ready, or you need senior engineering help to bridge the gap — let's have a straightforward conversation about it.