Launch Your AI MVP Without Burning Operating Cash
Stop draining your pre-seed capital reserves on expensive dev agencies or unverified contract freelancers. We assign senior DBERT software engineering squads to design, build, and deploy your proprietary AI application in exchange for clear milestone equity fractions (2% to 8%).
Born From Bridging Indian Engineering to Venture Value
At DBERT Labs, we stand by a clear industrial commitment: we put our engineering labor and venture equity on the line before asking founders for trust. Our equity incubation model was created to solve a massive structural inefficiency across the Indian startup ecosystem—exceptional founders with deep domain vision often fail because early software agency development costs drain 100% of their initial operating cash before achieving product-market fit.
We realized that as an operational industrial training academy and software studio, we possess an unprecedented advantage: direct access to India's sharpest, verified AI engineers and battle-tested infrastructure platforms. By aligning our engineering capacity with early startup equity, we create a truly win-win venture architecture—you retain your precious liquid runway, while our technical squads execute with the pride and precision of dedicated co-founders.
2% – 8% Equity
Preserve precious pre-seed capital reserves. Exchange small, fair equity percentages for dedicated senior engineering execution.
90-Day MVP Launch
Move from database designs and Figma mockups to a live production software deployment in under 3 operational months.
3-Month MLOps Support
Post-launch technical assistance covers server monitoring, database index optimizations, security patches, and API scaling.
From Blueprint to Live Enterprise Product in 90 Days
1. Full-Stack AI MVP Development
Our dedicated software squads architect your primary production features—developing clean modern dashboards, establishing relational databases, and writing custom AI logic.
- • Next.js 16 & React responsive interface layouts
- • Node.js API servers & PostgreSQL pgvector schemas
- • LangGraph, Ollama & vLLM orchestration workflows
2. Hardened Legal Protections
We eliminate legal ambiguity. Our incubation packages incorporate transparent standardized agreements, milestone-backed vesting schedules, and 100% IP transfer covenants.
- • Milestone-based vesting tied to software performance
- • 100% immediate IP assignment upon milestone delivery
- • Standard Indian SAFE note & cap-table equity structure
3. Post-Launch MLOps Scaling
We stand by our code post-launch. For 90 days after going live, DBERT system engineers monitor runtime containers, tune database queries, and manage infrastructure capacity.
- • Bare-metal GPU container & uptime latency surveillance
- • Algorithmic RAG token budget efficiency tuning
- • Dedicated weekly engineering code reviews & bug resolutions
De-Risking Early Technical Execution
Handing critical core technology creation to an external agency often leads to proprietary knowledge loss and unmaintainable code spaghetti. We operate as an aligned technical partner.
Codebase Continuity Assurance
Every feature is documented within exhaustive Git README logs, architectural ADR diagrams, and structured modular folders. If you later hire full-time internal engineering leads, handoff execution occurs without operational friction.
Milestone Performance Locks
Our equity entitlement remains legally linked to verifiable deployment milestones. You do not cede unreserved equity upfront; our ownership vests precisely as we deploy functional software features to production servers.
Transparent Equity Exchange Structures
We tailor equity exchange percentages and milestone schedules directly to your startup's product complexity and development timeline.
Designed for agile AI web applicatons, automated parsing dashboards, and focused RAG search engines.
- 60-day concentrated MVP delivery cycle
- Next.js 16 frontend & PostgreSQL setup
- Standard 30-day post-launch support
Comprehensive 90-day co-development for enterprise SaaS systems and multi-agent industrial automation platforms.
- Dedicated multi-developer engineering squad
- 90-day full-stack production architecture build
- 90-day post-launch MLOps & CI/CD support
Tailored structures combining minor operational cost retainers with reduced equity exposure (1-2%).
- Preserve cap table equity limits
- Cost-basis monthly engineering retainer
- Full venture studio team accessibility
Our Co-Development Pipeline
Scope Definition & Estimate
We analyze your target MVP architecture parameters, estimate active developer sprint requirements, and align mutually fair equity fractions.
Bilateral Agreement Execution
We draft and execute transparent incubation agreement frameworks, establishing explicit development milestones and vesting locks.
Sprint Execution & Launch
Our engineering squad writes, tests, and commits tested logic directly to your repositories, deploying a production MVP in 90 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our equity incubation scope spans between 2% and 8% depending on the complexity of the required architecture, developer sprint volume, and stage of current product maturity. Lightweight prototype refactoring lands closer to 2%, while comprehensive ground-up RAG and enterprise multi-agent application builds scale toward 6-8%.
Zero. Under our pure equity incubation track, founders pay ₹0 in software developer sourcing, system design consulting, or architectural management fees during the defined 90-day build window. Your operating cash is wholly preserved for marketing, legal, and operational runway.
Our equity agreements incorporate strict milestone-based vesting conditions. If our engineering practice fails to achieve agreed-upon technical release criteria or deployment specifications, our equity entitlement remains unvested and reverts to your company cap table.
Yes. Every equity incubation package natively bundles an additional 3 months of comprehensive post-launch MLOps optimization, server throughput monitoring, bug resolutions, and database scaling to ensure stability during initial user onboarding.
Traditional incubators offer generalized mentoring lectures, desk space, and surface-level networking while taking substantial equity. We function as an active venture software studio: we supply senior engineering squads that actually write, test, and ship your production AI codebase.
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Annotated Term Sheets
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Access DBERT micro-grants ranging up to ₹5,00,000 to offset server costs and connect with active tech angel networks.
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Filter our directory of 1,500+ DBERT learners and execute 15-day technical alignment sprints before making formal team hires.
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Ready to exchange equity for production software co-development, bypass cash-burn barriers, and launch a live MVP in 90 days? Apply for DBERT Incubation today.
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