AI-native startup studio · Sarasota, FL

Florida's AI-Native
Startup Studio for
Founders &
Growing Businesses

DSHG Sonic partners with founders and businesses to build MVPs, AI-powered products, workflow automations, and operating systems that reduce costs, unlock revenue, and scale faster — built on an AI orchestration approach and agent governance standard we're preparing to open up to partners.

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THREE PATHS · ONE STUDIOLive build
Founder idea
MVP build
AI-native startup
Business workflow
AI automation
Cost savings
Existing product
AI layer
Revenue growth
Based in Sarasota, FL
AI-native studio
Since 2017
Startup + 3,000 hours
Equity + cash model
Outcome-based systems
WHERE ARE YOU STARTING?

Choose the path that fits
where you are

FOR FOUNDERS

Build My Startup

For early-stage founders who need a technical co-builder, AI-native MVP, product team, or long-term studio partner.

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FOR BUSINESSES

Automate My Business

For small and medium-sized businesses looking to reduce manual work, improve sales follow-up, automate operations, or increase revenue using AI.

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FOR FUNDED TEAMS

Extend My Product Team

For funded startups and growing companies that need AI engineering, Fractional CTO support and AI agent governance, or custom product development.

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WHAT WE BUILD

From first MVP to AI operating system

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AI-Native MVPs

From concept to launch-ready product.

AI Autopilots

Systems that automate repetitive business workflows — including for legacy tools with no API to connect to.

Custom AI Engineering

LLMs, agents, copilots, data workflows, and integrations.

Fractional CTO

Technical strategy, architecture, product planning, team leadership, and AI agent governance.

Workflow Automation

Reduce manual work across sales, operations, admin, and support.

Venture Co-Building

Cash + equity partnerships for aligned founders.

WHY DSHG SONIC

Not a vendor. Not a traditional agency. A studio built around aligned outcomes.

01

We co-build

We work closely with founders and operators — not just as contractors, but as long-term product and technology partners.

02

We align incentives

Depending on the project, we work through fixed-fee, retainer, cash + equity, or outcome-based models.

03

We stay close after launch

We help with iteration, product strategy, operations, automation, and scale after the first version is live.

04

We stay model-neutral

We pair the right AI system for the job instead of locking you into one vendor — and we're transparent about which one and why.

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

Flexible ways to work together

Fixed fee, cash + equity, retainers, or outcome-based — we match the model to the stage, risk, and outcome.

Fixed Fee

For clearly scoped product or AI engineering work.

Cash + Equity

For startup founders who want a technical co-building partner.

Fractional CTO Retainer

For teams that need ongoing technical leadership.

Outcome-Based

For businesses where AI creates measurable savings or revenue growth.

Outcome-Based AI

AI should not be a demo. It should
move a business number.

We focus on AI systems that reduce labor hours, recover missed revenue, speed up operations, and increase conversion.

AI receptionist
Automated workflows
Faster response
Connected systems
Measurable savings
+38%

Average revenue recovered after deploying AI receptionist + follow-up autopilot.*

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We're building the tracking to publish outcome numbers like this across every engagement — not just this one.*

PROOF, NOT PROMISES

Products and companies
we've helped build

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InformedCare360
In BuildEQUITY BUILD

InformedCare360

Problem

Care teams across assisted living, home care, home health, and dementia support were working in fragmented systems — scheduling in one tool, care plans in another, documentation and billing somewhere else. Information got lost between shifts and care settings, leaving caregivers guessing...

What We Built

InformedCare360 has grown from a single ALF tool into a full Care Intelligence Platform — Informed ALF, Informed Home Care, Informed Home Health, Nurse Registry, and a Dementia Navigation Hub — all connected through one HIPAA-aligned system for care plans, scheduling, communication, documentation,...

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Podcast Inc Al
LaunchedSTUDIO VENTURE

Podcast Inc Al

Problem

Podcasters spend more time on production logistics — transcription, clipping, show notes, multi-platform publishing — than on the content itself, and most tools only handle one piece of that workflow.

What We Built

PodcastInc.ai is an AI co-pilot that turns a single recording into a finished, distributed episode. It's since repositioned around the Middle East, with Arabic/English support built for creators across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.

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Leverly
In BuildOUR LEGACY

Leverly

Problem

Leverly's lead-response product was scaling fast, but the sales process, offshore team structure, and customer success operations behind it hadn't caught up.

What We Built

Over a multi-year engagement, DSHG Sonic worked as Leverly's sales strategy and operations partner — redesigning sales processes and automation, building and managing their offshore team, and standing up customer success and ops automation.

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THE PROCESS

How we work

1

Diagnose

Understand the business, product, workflow, or founder opportunity.

2

Design

Map the AI-native product, automation, or MVP architecture.

3

Build

Develop the system using modern AI and software engineering.

4

Launch

Deploy, test, measure, and support real-world usage.

5

Scale

Iterate, automate deeper, and expand into the next growth layer.

FROM THE STUDIO

What's coming from the studio

Two things we've been building for ourselves — that we're getting ready to open up.

In development

The DSHG Orchestrator

The system we use internally to combine fast-execution AI with deep-reasoning AI into one coherent build, instead of stitching tools together by hand. We're preparing it for select partners.

Coming soon

The DSHG Agent Governance Standard

A published framework for how AI agents should be scoped, supervised, and paused for human review — formalizing how we already run every engagement today.

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Have a startup idea, AI product, or
workflow worth building?

Tell us what you're building or what you want to automate. We'll help you decide the right path.

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