Pragmatic AI

Do you have an AI feature in mind, a pilot that never reached production, or a board asking what your company is doing about AI? We build AI features into your software, like assistants and document search that answer questions from your own data. Our engineers also use AI tools in their own work, so your project ships sooner.

We can lead the work from idea to production, or build alongside your developers.

AI-Accelerated Development

AI is one of the most transformational tools in the history of software development.

Our engineers decide how your system should be built, then use GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Cursor to read legacy code faster and prototype features in hours instead of days. Think of us as the general contractor running a team of AI subcontractors. AI can frame a wall fast, but it doesn't know whether the foundation will hold in your soil. A senior engineer with decades of experience owns the code and reviews every line before it reaches production.

Find the AI Worth Building

Most AI features stall after the demo, when the answers are wrong too often or the data isn't ready. We start with a Discovery Workshop that looks at where your people lose time and where your data already holds answers, then rank the ideas by what they would return. You leave with a plan, an estimate, and a recommended architecture.

If the discovery doesn't provide value, you don't have to pay for it.

AI Smart Features We Build

Chatbots & AI Assistants

We build conversational AI and chatbots that answer from your own product catalogs, account history, and policy documents, for customer support or for staff working through complex workflows.

AI Search

We use semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) so people can ask questions of your contracts, manuals, policies, and database records. The same tools can flag clauses that conflict across documents.

Predictive Machine Learning

Machine learning models trained on your own history can forecast demand, detect fraud, predict which customers are about to leave, or optimize inventory.

Text Analysis

Support tickets, emails, and reviews pile up faster than anyone can read them. Natural language processing sorts, tags, summarizes, and gauges sentiment automatically, so you see what's changing without reading every message.

Computer Vision

Computer vision can check what people now check by hand: damage, safety equipment, product quality, or shipment condition. Your team reviews the exceptions instead of every photo.

AI Agents

AI agents can handle routine steps in a workflow, like filling in forms or suggesting the next action, with a person approving the decisions that matter.

Who Does the Work

A senior engineer leads the work from architecture through delivery, so the people who designed your system are the ones building it. You decide what data the AI can see and where the model runs: a cloud service, a private deployment in your own cloud account, or your own servers. We choose models and set usage limits with you so your monthly AI costs stay predictable. You own all of the code and documentation.

You'll see working software at the end of every sprint, including how the AI behaves on your real data, so you can change course early.

What Happens After Launch

AI features need care after they ship: models change, data drifts, and new uses come up. We can stay on to monitor and improve them, or hand them to your team.

Tell us about the AI feature you're weighing or the software you want built faster, and we'll talk it through with you on a call.

When it became clear that a Shopify solution Montage inherited from another subsidiary was not going to meet our functional and security requirements, I turned to Trailhead to build a new app from the ground up. Given the time spent evaluating, and trying to make work, the previous solution, the timeline to rebuild was tight and the budget limited. Trailhead did an excellent job delivering a brand-new solution built on Shopify’s recommended architecture and utilizing AI-assisted data administration to ease the burden of the launch process. Overall, the resulting app was a vast improvement upon what had existed previously, functionally, technically, and aesthetically. It was a definite win.

– BOB DOERKSEN, Vice President of Technology Services at Montage Furniture Services

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Montage Furniture Services provides furniture protection plans and claims processing services to a wide selection of furniture retailers and consumers.

Project Background

Montage was looking to build a new web portal for both Retailers and Consumers, which would integrate with Dynamics CRM and other legacy systems. The portal needed to be multi tenant and support branding and configuration for different Retailers. Trailhead architected the new Montage Platform, including the Portal and all of it’s back end integrations, did the UI/UX and then delivered the new system, along with enhancements to DevOps and processes.

Logistics

We’ve logged countless miles exploring the tech world. In doing so, we gained the experience that enables us to deliver your unique software and systems architecture needs. Our team of seasoned tech vets can provide you with:

Custom App and Software Development

We collaborate with you throughout the entire process because your customized tech should fit your needs, not just those of other clients.

Cloud and Mobile Applications

The modern world demands versatile technology, and this is exactly what your mobile and cloud-based apps will give you.

User Experience and Interface (UX/UI) Design

We want your end users to have optimal experiences with tech that is highly intuitive and responsive.

DevOps

This combination of Agile software development and IT operations provides you with high-quality software at reduced cost, time, and risk.

Trailhead stepped into a challenging project – building our new web architecture and redeveloping our portals at the same time the business was migrating from a legacy system to our new CRM solution. They were able to not only significantly improve our web development architecture but our development and deployment processes as well as the functionality and performance of our portals. The feedback from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. Trailhead has proven themselves to be a valuable partner.

– BOB DOERKSEN, Vice President of Technology Services
at Montage Furniture Services

Technologies Used

When you hit the trails, it is essential to bring appropriate gear. The same holds true for your digital technology needs. That’s why Trailhead builds custom solutions on trusted platforms like .NET, Angular, React, and Xamarin.

Expertise

We partner with businesses who need intuitive custom software, responsive mobile applications, and advanced cloud technologies. And our extensive experience in the tech field allows us to help you map out the right path for all your digital technology needs.

  • Project Management
  • Architecture
  • Web App Development
  • Cloud Development
  • DevOps
  • Process Improvements
  • Legacy System Integration
  • UI Design
  • Manual QA
  • Back end/API/Database development

We partner with businesses who need intuitive custom software, responsive mobile applications, and advanced cloud technologies. And our extensive experience in the tech field allows us to help you map out the right path for all your digital technology needs.

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