Everyone's a developer now.
That's why we look under the hood.
AI made it cheap to look like a company. VC and corp-dev hire us to validate the full-stack software engineering and architecture of newly created, AI-only, fully autonomous companies with fewer than five co-founders.
The hero story is the reason for the diligence. If anyone can ship it, someone has to read what they actually built.
- Now Architecture map of the agent stack
- +2h Full-stack code and dependency review
- Live Autonomy claims checked against the system
- +6h Infra, data, and security walkthrough
- Today Diligence memo drafted for the IC
- 3am Open questions logged for the deal team
"The demo looked finished. We needed someone to read the stack before we wrote the check."
Partner, venture capitalEveryone's a developer now. That's why we look under the hood. Full-stack engineering and architecture diligence on newly created, AI-only, fully autonomous companies with fewer than five co-founders. Hired by VC and corporate development.
Hired by VC and corporate development. Not by founders looking for a round.
This site is for venture capital and corporate development teams evaluating newly created AI-only companies. If you are raising, looking for an intro, or hiring a product shop, this is not your page.
The "everyone's a developer" story is why a five-person AI-only company can look finished. We look under the hood because the software engineering and architecture have to match the pitch, not the other way around.
- For VC and corporate development only
- Newly created AI-only, fully autonomous companies
- Fewer than five co-founders
- We look under the hood because anyone can ship a demo
A diligence memo, not a product partnership.
Everyone's a developer now. VC and corp-dev get a technical read on a newly created, AI-only, fully autonomous company with fewer than five co-founders. You get engineering and architecture risk, in language a committee can use.
Mandate fit
We only diligence newly created AI-only autonomous companies with fewer than five co-founders. If it is a rebuilt legacy org or a ten-person product team, it is out of scope.
Under the hood
The hero story is why we open the stack. What is real versus what a weekend of agents can demo.
Engineering risk
Code quality, delivery, security, and the holes that should change price, terms, or a no.
Committee-ready
A memo you can take to IC or corp-dev leadership. Not a workshop. Not a build engagement.
Before the check
The point is a decision. We work for the capital side, not the company raising.
Look under the hood. That's the diligence.
When everyone is a developer, the demo is no longer evidence. We read the architecture, the code, the agent stack, and the operations story of a newly created autonomous company, then tell the deal team what holds up.
Architecture
System design, service boundaries, data flow, and whether the architecture can support an autonomous company without a large engineering org.
Full-stack engineering
Frontend, backend, APIs, data, and how the product is actually built and shipped, not the version in the pitch.
Autonomy & agents
Whether AI agents truly operate the company, where humans are still in the loop, and what breaks when they are not.
Infrastructure
Cloud, environments, CI/CD, secrets, cost, and whether the platform can run 24/7 without a standing ops team.
Security & risk
Auth, exposure, dependencies, data handling, and the holes that matter before capital is committed.
Under the hood
The hero story is why we open the repo. Claims about autonomy and "we shipped it with agents" have to match the system.
A technical read the deal team can take to committee.
Venture capital or corporate development retains us on a newly created AI-only company. We diligence the full stack, then deliver a memo, not a product partnership.
Engage
VC or corp-dev retains Hawaii Ventures on a company they are evaluating. Founders do not hire us.
Scope
Mandate lock: newly created, AI-only, fully autonomous, fewer than five co-founders. Full-stack software engineering and architecture.
Review
We look under the hood: architecture, code, agents, infrastructure, and how the company actually ships. The demo is not the evidence.
Report
A diligence memo for the investment committee or corp-dev leadership: what holds, what is vapor, what is priced risk.
Decide
Findings that support a yes, a no, or terms that reflect the engineering reality, not a consulting tour.
Follow
Open questions, deal-breakers, and what to watch if you proceed. The memo stays useful after the vote.
Capital on one side. A tiny autonomous company on the other.
Venture capital and corporate development hire us because everyone's a developer now. We look under the hood of newly created, AI-only companies that claim to run themselves, with fewer than five co-founders.
VC & corporate development
You are evaluating a check, an acquisition, or a strategic investment. You need an engineering and architecture read you can take to committee, not a founder-friendly product review.
- Investment committee and corp-dev leadership
- Technical risk before capital is committed
- A memo you can defend
AI-only autonomous companies
Newly created companies that are AI-only and fully autonomous, with fewer than five co-founders. The product, operations, and growth are supposed to run on agents. We test whether the software actually does that.
- Fewer than five co-founders
- AI-only, fully autonomous systems
- Newly created, not a rebuilt legacy org
The stack that has to stand up on its own.
Everyone's a developer now. We look under the hood of how a company with fewer than five co-founders is supposed to run as an autonomous AI system, from the interface to the agents to production.
Application architecture
How the product is structured: services, APIs, data models, and whether the design matches an autonomous company or a demo held together by founders.
Cloud & platform
Environments, scaling, spend, secrets, and whether infrastructure can run without a standing ops team.
Agent systems
Orchestration, tools, memory, evals, and the failure modes when agents are the operating team.
Data & integrations
What the company stores, where it flows, and which third-party systems the autonomy actually depends on.
Delivery & quality
CI/CD, testing, observability, and whether five people can keep shipping without the architecture collapsing.