Vertical AI Studio · Los Angeles

Generic AI is built
for everyone.
We build for
someone.

DVLP Studio is a Los Angeles AI product studio. We build private AI tools for the industries that need them most — and custom AI software for ambitious companies. Two products live. More on the way.

DVLP Studio AI platform — connected vertical AI tools for document search, workflow automation, security, analytics, and knowledge graphs
Built on tools you trust
Anthropic Claude
OpenAI
AWS
Supabase
Vercel
Notion
Clio
Google Drive
What we do

Three ways
to work with us.

DVLP Studio operates as a product studio, not an agency. We sell working software — our own products and custom builds — never billable hours.

01 / Our products

Vertical AI tools

Private AI products we own, build, and ship. Legal Intelligence is live in beta with law firms. PM Intelligence launches in 2026. More verticals in active development.

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02 / Custom AI builds

Built for your business

Custom AI software for specific business problems. Ingestion pipelines, retrieval systems, agentic workflows, AI-powered dashboards. Engagements typically run $15K–$80K.

Discuss a build →
03 / Digital products

Web & e-commerce

Production web platforms, e-commerce stores, and digital products. Shopify, Next.js, full-stack engineering. We bring product-studio quality to client work — not agency-style hours.

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Live products

Our AI products,
built for the work
you actually do.

Not wrappers. Not prompts sent to ChatGPT. Products that learn the specific vocabulary and workflows of one vertical at a time. Here's what's live right now.

Launching 2026

PM Intelligence

Auto-generated status reports from Jira, Asana, Slack, and Linear. Surfaces blockers, flags at-risk tasks, generates stakeholder updates. Eliminates up to 18 hours of weekly reporting.

PM Intelligence dashboard
18h
Saved/week
6+
Integrations
Q3
2026 launch
Join the waitlist
More vertical AI products in active development.
Verticals are selected based on workflow density, ROI clarity, and our domain access. Want a vertical we haven't named? Tell us about it.
Healthcare ops Real estate Accounting Education
Why a studio
Most legal AI is built by engineers who've never sat with a lawyer.
Most legal tech is built by lawyers who've never shipped software.
We learn the work first. Then we build.

DVLP is a two-person studio — a designer and an engineer — who go deep on one vertical before touching code. That's why the product we ship reflects how your team actually works, not how an engineer imagined it might.

Proof

Real work.
Still running.

We don't publish case studies until the client says so. What we can say: the work ships, it runs, and people come back. That's the metric.

What's in production today
Legal Intelligence is running in private beta with Social Security disability and personal injury firms. PM Intelligence is in active development for Q3 2026. More verticals in design.
Current as of May 2026 · Updated quarterly
Average time saved
18h
per team · per week
Built by founders
1:1
Direct access, every project.
Security

Your data never
leaves your instance.

Every client gets a dedicated, isolated environment. Your data trains your AI and no one else's. Built to satisfy ABA Model Rule 1.6 and ABA Formal Opinion 512.

Per-client isolated instances
Each client gets a dedicated environment. Your documents are isolated from every other client on the platform.
Never used for model training
Your data is never sent to third parties for training. Your client information stays yours, period.
ABA Opinion 512 compliant
Built around ABA Formal Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.6. DPA, sworn declaration template, and engagement letter language included.
Built on
Anthropic OpenAI Supabase Vercel AWS
DVLP Studio security architecture showing per-firm data isolation and encryption layer
Process

How we work.

Four weeks from first call to something real in production. No scope creep. No disappearing for months. You see it before it ships.

DVLP Studio process: Discovery, Design, Build, Launch
01 ——

Discovery

30-minute call. We map your exact workflow problem before writing a line of code.

02 ——

Scope & Design

Wireframes, copy, architecture — agreed and signed before the build starts.

03 ——

Sprint Build

4–6 week sprints. Bi-weekly demos. You see working software at every stage.

04 ——

Launch & Iterate

Production deploy with monitoring. We stay on it after launch — that's when learning starts.

Team

Built by people who
ship things.

UCLA engineers who got tired of watching good ideas die in agency backlogs. We build the products we wish existed.

Robel Mengistu, Co-founder of DVLP Studio
Robel Mengistu
Co-Founder
Builds the products. AI architecture, full-stack engineering, and the kind of taste that makes technical work feel like design. Years of e-commerce, enterprise software, and AI experience. UCLA. Built in Los Angeles.
Lissa Prudencio, Co-founder of DVLP Studio
Lissa Prudencio
Co-Founder
Drives UX, brand, and client relationships from brief to launch. Turns complex AI workflows into products people actually want to use. Believes great design is the last unfair advantage. UCLA.
FAQ

Common questions.

What people ask before they get on a call.

DVLP Studio is a vertical AI product studio. We build two things: our own AI products (Legal Intelligence and PM Intelligence, with more in active development) and custom AI software for ambitious companies. We've shipped products across legal tech, e-commerce, ed-tech, and enterprise AI for over five years.
No — we're a studio, not an agency. Agencies sell hours. We build products. The difference matters because our incentives are aligned with shipping working software, not maximizing billable time. We take on a small number of custom engagements per quarter to stay focused.
A vertical AI studio builds AI tools for one industry at a time — instead of generic AI for everyone. We learn the specific vocabulary, workflows, and document types of an industry before we build. That's why our products outperform generic AI for the specific use cases they're designed for.
Custom AI builds typically run $15,000 to $80,000 depending on scope. Marketing websites start around $8K. Full custom web applications run $25K–$60K. Custom AI builds with ingestion pipelines, retrieval systems, and AI-powered workflows run $30K–$80K. Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute discovery call.
DVLP Studio is based in Los Angeles, California. We work with clients across the United States and ship work remotely. We do travel for important kickoffs and quarterly business reviews with enterprise clients.
Three ways. Request early access to Legal Intelligence if you run a law firm. Join the PM Intelligence waitlist if you run operations. Or get in touch about custom AI development — we take on a small number of custom builds per quarter. All three start at the contact page.
Get started

Ready to build something
that ships?

30-minute call. No deck. We'll be direct about whether we're a fit — and tell you who else to call if we're not.