Forward-deployed
We work where you work: in your Slack, your standups and your tools, on your real backlog. Not a slide deck from a distance.
Modern Residency
Our team, inside yours.
Modern engineers and operators embed with your company. They join your channels and your standups, connect your data, build the agents and departments around how you already work, and train your people until your Computer runs without us.
Residency log
Example
- Engineer
Connected Shopify, Meta Ads, Klaviyo and QuickBooks to your Company Brain
Done - Architect
Mapped the recurring work in growth, finance and support
Done - Operator
Wrote the payout reconciliation SOP with your finance lead
Done - Computer
Reconciled last month's payouts and flagged three mismatches
Needs approval
Built on your data
Every agent, report and SOP we build reads your Company Brain, so the work starts from how your business actually runs.
Handed over, not locked in
We train your people to brief agents and review their work. When we step back, everything we built stays in your Computer.
Who joins your team
A crew that ships, not a consultancy.
A small team of builders who have set up Computer for companies like yours before, working alongside your people and thousands of ready-made agents.
AI solution architect
Maps the work worth handing to agents, designs your departments and sets the guardrails: who approves what, and when.
- Work mapping
- Department design
- Approval rules
Forward-deployed engineer
Connects your stack to the Company Brain, builds custom agents, tools and reports, and keeps the data clean.
- Data connections
- Custom agents
- Reports and dashboards
Operator
Has run growth, finance or operations at a real company. Writes the SOPs with your leads and coaches your team on working with agents.
- SOPs
- Training
- Weekly reviews
Your Computer
Thousands of ready-made agents and every frontier model, set up around your business and working from day one.
- Agents on real work
- Asks before anything risky
- Yours to keep
How it works
From kickoff to a team that runs itself.
A typical first month, one or two departments at a time. Every week ends with something live and a review of what changed.
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Week 1
Map
We shadow your team, connect your tools to the Company Brain and agree on the work agents should take first.
12 tools connected · 40 tasks mapped -
Week 2
Build
The first agents and SOPs go live on real work, with your approvals on anything risky.
first agents live · approvals on -
Week 3
Scale
Department by department: reports, briefs and recurring jobs your team stops doing by hand.
daily briefs · weekly reports -
Week 4
Hand over
Your people own it: playbooks, owners and the numbers you'll track. We stay on call, or keep building with you.
owners trained · playbooks done
Figures in the steps are an example. Every Residency is scoped to your business.
What we build together
Every department, wired to the truth.
Growth and ads
Daily performance briefs, creative tests and budget pacing, read from your ad accounts and store.
“Meta CPA up 18% since Tuesday. Two ad sets to pause, ready for your approval.”Finance
Payout reconciliation, margin by product and channel, and a month-end close that doesn't start from a spreadsheet.
“Shopify payouts reconciled to QuickBooks. Three mismatches flagged.”Customer support
Drafted replies grounded in orders and policies, with escalations routed to the right person.
“42 replies drafted overnight. Five refunds waiting on you.”Operations
Inventory watch, supplier follow-ups and the SOPs your team runs every week, written down and running.
“Three SKUs under two weeks of cover. Reorder drafts attached.”Creative
Ad concepts, product imagery and video on every frontier model, briefed from what's actually selling.
“Six new concepts built from your top three bestsellers.”Leadership
One weekly view of the business for founders and boards, with the source behind every number.
“Your Monday brief: revenue, margin, and what changed.”How we work
Ground rules, from day one.
- Your data stays yours. Modern is SOC 2 compliant. The embedded team works inside your Computer, behind your company sign-in and your permissions.
- Approvals before anything risky. Agents ask first. Your team decides, and every action is logged.
- Live every week. Each week ends with something running on real work, and a review of what it changed.
- Built to hand over. SOPs, playbooks and owners are written down, so nothing lives only in our heads.
Questions
Residency, answered.
What is a Modern Residency?
A Residency puts Modern's own engineers and operators inside your team. They connect your data, set up agents and departments around how you already work, train your people and hand over a Computer your team runs with confidence.
Who joins our team?
A small crew: an AI solution architect who maps the work and designs your departments, a forward-deployed engineer who connects your data and builds custom agents and reports, and an operator who writes SOPs with your leads and trains your team.
How long does a Residency last?
Most start with a first month focused on one or two departments. After that you can keep building with us month to month, or run it yourselves with Modern on call.
What happens to what you build?
It's yours. Agents, SOPs, reports and the Company Brain stay in your Computer when the Residency ends, and your team knows how to run and change them.
Is our data safe with an embedded team?
Yes. Modern is SOC 2 compliant. The team works inside your Computer, behind your company's sign-in and the permissions you set, and agents ask before anything risky.
How much does a Residency cost?
A Residency runs alongside your Computer plan and is scoped to your business: how many departments, and how much we build. Email sales@modern.ai and we'll put together a plan.
Bring Modern in-house.
Tell us about your team and the work you want off your plate. We'll come back with a plan for your first month.