DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
"Malibu's entertainment, hospitality, and wellness brands work with our engineers to build custom software, using AI-augmented speed to launch in weeks, not months."
★★★★★
“Other app developer quoted 10X the price to create a live testable version. DreamLabs pricing structure has meant we can quickly get the app in users hands and see what they think!”
Jenn Brooks · Founder & CEO @ Nurture
As a fractional product team, we start by defining your vision and sharpening your strategy. We don’t just say “yes,” but always ask “why?”, helping your dev budget go further and faster.
We use AI-accelerated development to help teams of all sizes launch custom, scale-ready digital products. Ship in days/weeks, not months/years.
User testing is a bonus service we offer to all clients for free. This means we learn together from real users with each release.
[What We Do]
Our development process for Malibu clients pairs AI-assisted architecture, implementation, and testing with direct senior engineering oversight at every stage. That combination lets us deliver production-grade software on a timeline that manual development alone can't match, which matters for clients whose businesses run on tight, high-profile schedules. We move from requirements to a working system quickly, then iterate with you in short, transparent cycles rather than a long black-box process. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout the build, so we catch issues early rather than at the end of a long development phase. Many Malibu clients need software that manages bookings, memberships, or client relationships with a level of privacy and polish that off-the-shelf tools don't provide, and we build for that expectation directly, using AI to accelerate the parts of development that benefit from it while keeping senior engineers accountable for architecture, security, and the details that determine whether a system feels genuinely custom or just quickly assembled. We stay closely engaged after launch too, since client and membership platforms tend to need refinement once real usage begins.
[Deliverables]
Custom software built for Malibu's entertainment, hospitality, and wellness businesses by senior engineers using AI-accelerated development. We deliver high-performance, discreet systems built around the specific demands of your business, from architecture through launch. The same AI-accelerated process that speeds up this kind of build also keeps the price well below what a traditional Malibu agency would typically charge.
We design and build booking and membership platforms tailored to Malibu's hospitality and wellness brands. AI-assisted prototyping means you're reviewing real, working screens early, so brand and experience decisions get made with actual feedback rather than assumptions. We handle the less visible groundwork behind booking membership platform, data modeling, testing, and deployment, with the same care we bring to the parts you'll actually see.
We connect new software to the CRM and client-management systems Malibu businesses already rely on, so a new platform fits into how you actually operate. AI-enabled development shortens the build cycle while our engineers stay hands-on with security and data privacy. That combination of AI-assisted speed and senior oversight is how we keep this kind of client crm systems work both fast and dependable.
[FAQs]
You get a team that moves at the pace a high-profile Malibu business needs, using AI-augmented development to deliver production-quality software for around $20,000 in about 6 weeks, well under the roughly $200,000 and 6-month timeline typical of a traditional build. We're happy to walk through exactly how AI fits into benefits working augmented before you commit to a project, if that context is useful.
Prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. Costs vary by scope, but a typical AI-augmented software build runs around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 some Malibu-area agencies charge for comparable work using a fully manual development process. Whatever the specifics, the goal stays the same for Malibu clients: production-grade software delivered on a timeline a fully manual build can't match. That pricing holds for most Malibu engagements regardless of which platform or system is involved.
We build with security and data privacy as a baseline requirement, not an add-on, particularly for client and membership data. Access controls, encryption, and careful handling of sensitive information are part of the architecture from day one, not bolted on afterward. We'd rather explain this in plain terms than in marketing language, since handle privacy data is usually the question that determines whether a project is worth starting.
We start with discovery to define requirements, then move into AI-assisted architecture and prototyping, followed by iterative development with your feedback built into each cycle. Senior engineers review everything that ships, and typical projects complete in around 6 weeks. The details vary by project, but this is generally how we approach process working malibu for Malibu clients specifically.
[01] Product Strategy
We start by helping you define your long and short-term product visions. We then break down the concepts into concrete features and functions, so we can piece them back together into a prioritized roadmap.
[02] Development
With the framework pinned down, we go heads-down on execution. We leverage AI-powered tooling and a modern Flutter + Firebase stack to develop your product in record time.
[03] Polishing + Launch QA
Your finished product to ensure that each feature works seamlessly, every color is precise and all copy is ready for publication. We then manage the entire app publishing process on mobile, web or both.
