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Practical answers on AI integration, AI agents, automation and MVP development, from the team that ships these systems for startups and B2B companies.

MVP guide How much does it cost to build an MVP in 2026? MVP development cost in 2026: our ranges by scope ($6k to $50k, most $10k to $20k), a US/UK agency comparison, what drives the price and what AI adds. Read guide MVP guide How to build an MVP step by step: a week-by-week process The MVP development process step by step: discovery, scope cutting, design, build sprints, QA and launch, with a 12-week plan, roles and common mistakes. Read guide Buyer's checklist How to choose an AI development company: a checklist for buyers How to choose an AI development company in 2026: a scorecard, questions to ask about RAG, evaluation, data privacy and costs, and red flags to walk away from. Read guide Outsourcing guide Outsourcing software development to Ukraine in 2026: costs, time zones and risks Outsourcing software development to Ukraine in 2026: typical rates vs US, UK, Poland and LatAm, time zone overlap, war-time continuity, contracts and IP. Read guide Cost guide How much does it cost to build an AI agent in 2026? AI agent development cost in 2026: our build ranges by complexity (from $5k), a US/UK agency comparison, build vs buy, and monthly token and hosting costs. Read guide Customer service AI AI agents for customer service: what they can do, build vs buy, and how to roll one out AI agents for customer service in 2026: what they handle well, off-the-shelf vs custom, helpdesk and CRM integration, human handover, rollout plan and metrics. Read guide AI automation Which business processes should you automate with AI first? Which business processes to automate with AI first: a scoring framework for volume, rule clarity and error cost, ROI math, and real dispatch and CRM examples. Read guide Model Context Protocol What is an MCP server, and does your product need one? What an MCP server is: how the Model Context Protocol gives AI assistants tools, resources and prompts, plus transports, auth, security and when SaaS needs one. Read guide AI integration guide How to integrate ChatGPT or Claude into your product: a step-by-step guide Step-by-step guide to integrating ChatGPT or Claude into your SaaS: choosing a model, prompts, RAG, streaming, guardrails, evaluation, privacy and cost control. Read guide RAG guide RAG implementation guide: architecture, chunking, vector databases and evaluation RAG implementation guide for business: ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector database options, hybrid search, permissions, evaluation and common failures. Read guide Tech stack guide Symfony vs Laravel for SaaS in 2026: an honest comparison Symfony vs Laravel for a SaaS in 2026: architecture, maintainability, APIs, admin, queues, testing, hiring, performance and release cycles with a clear verdict. Read guide Cost guide How much does AI app development cost in 2026? AI app development cost in 2026: our ranges for AI web and mobile apps by scope (AI features from $5k), US/UK agency comparison, monthly model costs. Read guide Cost guide How much does AI chatbot development cost in 2026? AI chatbot development cost in 2026: our ranges by complexity (from $5k), a US/UK agency comparison, build vs buy, and monthly token and hosting costs. Read guide Outsourcing guide How much does offshore software development cost in 2026? Offshore software development cost in 2026: typical hourly rates by region, the hidden costs buyers miss, and total cost of ownership compared with in-house. Read guide Engagement models Dedicated team vs fixed price vs time and materials: which model fits your project? Dedicated team vs fixed price vs time and materials: how each engagement model works, which projects it fits, the real risks, and contract terms to insist on. Read guide

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Services AI integration How we add LLM features to a product that already has users, data and a codebase, without breaking what works: architecture, guardrails, timeline and what drives cost. View service Services AI agent development What a business AI agent really is, which tasks it handles well, how we design the tools, permissions and approval steps around it, and what building one costs. View service Services AI automation For companies that want repetitive back-office work done by software: which processes to automate first, when AI is needed and when plain rules are better, and how a rollout looks. View service Services AI chatbot development How a custom AI chatbot that answers from your own knowledge is built: grounding with RAG, handover to people, channels, accuracy testing, timeline and cost drivers. View service Services RAG and LLM development We build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems that let an LLM answer from your documents, tickets and databases, with sources, access control and measured accuracy. View service Services MVP development We help founders and product teams turn an idea into a working product real users can pay for, with a week-by-week plan, honest scope cutting and AI features where they actually help. View service Services SaaS development We design and build SaaS products end to end, from the first paying customer to a platform with teams, plans, integrations and an admin your staff can run. View service Services Symfony and PHP development Symfony is our core back-end stack. We build new Symfony applications, upgrade and rescue legacy PHP code, and provide dedicated Symfony teams for long-running products. View service Services AI consulting A short assessment that tells you which AI use cases are worth building, what they will cost to build and run, and what to do first, written by the engineers who would then build it. View service Services Generative AI development How we build products whose core value is generated text or reasoning: copilots, document generators, writing tools and persona assistants, from model choice to quality control in production. View service Services Dedicated team How a dedicated software development team from Lytvynov Production is put together, onboarded and managed, and what you should expect about reporting, replacements, ownership and cost. View service Services AI product development The stages an AI product goes through between an idea and a product people pay for, what each stage must prove, and how we run them with our clients and for our own products. View service
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