DIGI

Software development

We build it.

AI-native products and systems for the public sector and enterprise, engineered and hosted in the UK. What changes between engagements is not the standard of the work. It is how the build is funded, and that is entirely your call.

Three ways to engage us, sorted by how the work is funded.

01

Build

This is for you if: You know what you need built, and you want to own it outright.

You commission it. You own it. Fixed scope, fixed price. This is how most of our work is done.

  • A defined piece of software, scoped, priced and delivered. You hold the intellectual property and the source from day one.
  • We work in short cycles with working software in front of you throughout, rather than a long silence followed by a reveal.
  • Security, accessibility and infrastructure are part of the build, not a phase bolted on at the end.

Build

Liquid Friday

A fixed-scope, fixed-price platform build for an award-winning UK payroll and workforce compliance company.

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Build

Launcha

A platform for a private, systematic investment operation - quantitative strategies, execution and reporting.

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02

Venture partnership

This is for you if: You have the idea, the market and the domain knowledge, and you would rather not fund the whole build up front.

An alternative to paying the full development cost. We reduce or replace the fee in exchange for revenue share or equity.

  • Some clients have a strong product and a real market, but would rather not carry the entire build cost before the first customer arrives. Where that is the case, we can take revenue share or equity in place of some or all of the fee.
  • The practical effect is that we carry some of the risk with you. We think that is a healthier arrangement than a supplier who gets paid the same whether the product succeeds or not.
  • To be clear, this is an option, not a requirement. We are happy to simply build what you need and be paid for it, and that is how most of our work is done.
  • We are selective about it, because it only makes sense where we believe in the market and can see a route to revenue.

Venture partnership

Invision Protect

A co-owned product combining Revelion’s autonomous penetration-testing technology with Invision360’s public-sector reach.

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03

Delivery partnership

This is for you if: You already have a product and a roadmap you cannot ship fast enough.

We become your AI-native build capacity, on day rate or on a shared-upside arrangement, whichever suits you.

  • For established software companies, the constraint is rarely ideas. It is throughput, because a roadmap keeps slipping when hiring senior engineers takes months.
  • We plug in as a senior, AI-native delivery team working on your product, to your standards, inside your release process.
  • This can run as a straightforward commercial engagement, or, where you would prefer to conserve cash, on an arrangement where part of our fee is tied to the upside instead. Either way the work and the standard are the same.

Delivery partnership

Invision360

An AI assistant build that grew into a long-term delivery partnership on enterprise SEND software used across 70 local authorities.

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How the work gets delivered

Our process is AI-native too, and that is what moves your timeline.

Whichever way a build is funded, it is delivered the same way. AI development tooling sits at the centre of how we work, every day, on every project. That is why a small senior team ships enterprise-grade software considerably faster, and at materially lower cost, than a traditional studio carrying the same scope.

  • Shorter cycles

    Working software in front of you throughout, rather than a long silence followed by a reveal.

  • Less overhead to pay for

    Most cost in software delivery is coordination. A smaller senior team with AI leverage removes the layers you would otherwise be funding.

  • The standard stays where it was

    Security, accessibility and testing remain inside the build. The speed comes from removing overhead, not from removing scrutiny.

FAQ

Common questions

What does a software development partnership involve?

It is an alternative to paying the full development cost up front. DIGI takes revenue share or equity in place of part of the fee, which means DIGI carries some of the commercial risk. It is offered when a client would prefer it, and it is never a condition of working with DIGI. A straightforward fixed-price build where the client owns everything is always available and is how most of our work is done.

Can we commission a build and own it outright?

Yes, and this is the default. A Build engagement is fixed scope and fixed price, and the client holds the intellectual property and the source code from the start. Revenue share and equity arrangements only apply where a client asks for them.

How do you deliver enterprise software faster than a traditional studio?

Because our own delivery process is AI-native, not just the products we build. AI development tooling is central to how the studio works every day, across code, tests, documentation, review and infrastructure. That lets a small senior team deliver enterprise-grade software considerably faster and at materially lower cost than a traditional studio carrying the same scope, without removing the security, accessibility and testing work that a procurement panel will check.

Where is the software engineered and hosted?

DIGI engineers software in the United Kingdom and hosts in the United Kingdom by default. Sovereign self-hosted deployment is available through our sister company CHMS Cyber Security for organisations with the strictest data requirements.

Do you work with UK public-sector organisations?

Yes. DIGI builds enterprise software for UK public-sector organisations, including SEND software used across 70 local authorities, delivered in partnership with Invision360.

What does AI-native mean?

AI-native means artificial intelligence is the foundation of both what we build and how we build it. We build AI-first products such as agents and autonomous systems, and we use AI throughout our own delivery, which is how a small senior team ships at the pace of a much larger one.

Tell us what you need built.

If you are not sure which model fits, say what you are trying to achieve and we will tell you honestly which one makes sense - including when the answer is none of them.

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