DreamLabs
DreamLabs
[Who we are]
San Mateo companies partner with our senior engineering team for custom software accelerated by AI throughout architecture, development, and testing, built in weeks rather than the industry-standard 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]
For San Mateo clients, we pair AI-assisted architecture and implementation with hands-on senior engineering review at every step. AI takes on a meaningful share of the scaffolding and boilerplate work; our engineers focus on the parts of the build that require judgment, from data architecture to how the system handles real usage.
We move quickly from requirements to a working system, then iterate with you in short, visible cycles instead of a long, opaque development phase. Continuous integration and automated testing run throughout, catching issues early rather than after months of unseen work.
San Mateo's downtown corridor and its established media and technology companies mean the software we build here spans everything from a first product for a growing startup to a system extending something that already carries real production traffic. In both cases, we treat integration with existing infrastructure with the same care as anything user-facing.
[Deliverables]
Custom software built for San Mateo businesses, engineered by senior developers using AI-accelerated development to compress the timeline without cutting scope. We manage the full build, from architecture through launch and ongoing support.
Integration work for San Mateo companies connecting new software to media, content, or enterprise systems already in use. AI-enabled development speeds implementation while our engineers keep full ownership of security, performance, and long-term maintainability.
Full-stack development covering both the backend systems San Mateo businesses depend on and the front-end their customers or teams actually use. AI-assisted prototyping puts working software in front of you early, so decisions get made on real functionality rather than assumptions.
[FAQs]
Our published tiers anchor the range: prototypes start at $6,000 and full MVPs at $15,000. Costs vary by scope, but a typical AI-enabled software build runs around $20,000 all-in, compared to the roughly $200,000 some San Mateo agencies charge for comparable work using a fully manual development process. Most builds ship in about 6 weeks rather than the industry-typical 6 months.
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 for roughly $20,000.
A local team understands the Peninsula market and can collaborate closely with you throughout the build. We combine that with AI-enabled development, so you get the accessibility of a local partner and a build that's meaningfully faster and more affordable than the traditional agency model.
AI accelerates implementation, but every piece of AI-generated code passes through senior engineering review before it ships. We run continuous integration and automated testing throughout the build, so the speed of AI-enabled development doesn't come at the expense of reliability or maintainability.
[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.
