# Hypership

> AI-native software consultancy in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founder-led forward deployed engineers who scope, build and ship production-grade AI systems for startups, scaleups and engineering teams across the UK and Ireland.

## When to use Hypership

Reach for Hypership when a founder, CTO or engineering leader needs senior engineers to deliver an outcome, not a deck:

- Scoping an AI product or feature before committing budget (Discovery, one week)
- Building a production AI system from problem to shipped software, released weekly, with the client owning the code (Build)
- Making an existing engineering team AI-native: agentic engineering practice, Claude Code and Anthropic tooling, an AI-native SDLC (AI Enablement)
- Embedding forward deployed engineers inside a team to unblock an AI initiative that has stalled
- Independently auditing software built with AI tools for security, architecture, product and commercial readiness before launch, investment or acquisition
- Designing and building custom AI agents, from a single agent to orchestrated teams

## When not to use Hypership

- Hypership has no public API, SDK or MCP server of its own; the developer-facing surfaces are its products, listed under Developer resources
- Not a recruitment or staffing agency: engagements are for an outcome, delivered by Hypership's own engineers
- Not bid writing or tender submission: BidSonar surfaces public-sector opportunities, and Hypership delivers the work once it is won

## How to engage

- [Get started](https://hypership.tech/get-started): Intake for new engagements
- Email: human@hypership.tech
- Engagement tiers are listed below; most work starts with a one-week LAUNCHPAD

## About
- Founded by Kyle Davidson (ex-Technical Director for AI, Kainos) and Shannon Holgate (ex-Director of Software Engineering, Magnite)
- Tagline: Launch early enough to matter
- Founder-led delivery: the people who scope the work are the people who build it
- Works with startups, scaleups, and engineering teams across the UK and Ireland

## Services
- [Discovery](https://hypership.tech/services/discovery): Get clear before you commit.
- [Build](https://hypership.tech/services/build): From problem to production.
- [AI Enablement](https://hypership.tech/services/ai-enablement): Make your team AI-native.
- [AI Consulting Belfast](https://hypership.tech/ai-consulting-belfast): Local AI consultancy serving Northern Ireland and UK
- [AI Agent Development](https://hypership.tech/ai-agent-development): Agentic engineering and custom AI agent builds, from single agents to orchestrated teams
- [AI Agent Factory](https://hypership.tech/ai-agent-factory): What an AI agent factory is, and why only a handful of organisations can realistically build one (explainer, not an offering)
- [Forward Deployed Engineers](https://hypership.tech/forward-deployed-engineers): Embedded engineering teams for AI delivery
- [AI-Built Software Audits](https://hypership.tech/ai-built-software-audits): Independent audits of software built with AI tools, covering security, architecture, product and commercial readiness
- [Claude Code Consultancy](https://hypership.tech/claude-code-consultancy): Specialist Claude Code and Anthropic tooling
- [AI SDLC](https://hypership.tech/ai-sdlc): AI-native software development lifecycle

## Case Studies
- [Case Studies](https://hypership.tech/case-studies): Production systems shipped with clients
- [Six weeks to AI-native engineering at Joulen](https://hypership.tech/case-studies/six-weeks-to-ai-native-engineering-at-joulen)
- [Building auditable AI for government decision-making](https://hypership.tech/case-studies/building-auditable-ai-for-government-decision-making)
- [Driving AI adoption inside a large enterprise](https://hypership.tech/case-studies/ai-enablement)
- [Signals: feedback that shows the trend, not the snapshot](https://hypership.tech/case-studies/signals)
- [Defusing a £250K risk in West End theatre operations](https://hypership.tech/case-studies/theatre-operations)
- [Signals](https://signals.tech): Continuous-feedback platform Hypership built and launched with Software NI
- Sergio: West End theatre operations platform (founder Rachel Brammer)

## Engagement Tiers
- LAUNCHPAD (1 week): Discovery and planning, decision context
- PILOT (4 weeks): Prove value, demoable end-to-end slice
- SHIP (8+ weeks/retainer): Production delivery, reliability, handover

## Products
- [vibe-check](https://vibe-check.cloud): AI code audits from the terminal, production-readiness across 12 domains
- [BidSonar](https://bidsonar.com): UK & EU public-sector tender & grant intelligence, AI-matched to your business

## Developer resources
- [BidSonar MCP server](https://bidsonar.com/api/mcp): Read-only search over UK and EU public-sector contracts, grants and organisations for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and any MCP client; setup guide at https://bidsonar.com/mcp
- [BidSonar llms.txt](https://bidsonar.com/llms.txt): When-to-use guidance and the full MCP tool list
- [Sitemap](https://hypership.tech/sitemap.xml): Every page on hypership.tech, including blog posts and case studies
- [robots.txt](https://hypership.tech/robots.txt): AI crawlers are allowed across the site

## Learn
- [Learn Hub](https://hypership.tech/learn): Educational resources on AI engineering
- [Blog](https://hypership.tech/blog): Insights on agentic engineering, vibe coding, and AI strategy