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Ship a real product fast, with AI woven through the build.

I'm Arthur Liebhardt. I design and ship production software for founders and scaling teams, with AI built into the work rather than bolted on after. One accountable person, senior from day one, no agency overhead.

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What I do - Everything between an idea and a live product you own.

Seven ways I help, across two tracks — build the product, and adopt AI that actually pays off. Most engagements start with the one piece you're missing and expand from there: take the whole arc or just the part you need.

Build

Plan it, ship it, and set your team up to keep going.

  • MVP development. Design and ship a production-grade product in weeks — narrow enough to launch, solid enough to build on, not a throwaway prototype you’ll rebuild later.
  • Product planning. Turn a fuzzy idea into a scoped roadmap with a clear first slice, priorities ranked by impact and risk, and an honest case for what to cut.
  • Team & process setup. Pick the right stack and tools, stand up workflows that survive growth, and run the technical side of hiring so your first engineers are the right ones.

Adopt AI

Put AI to work where it actually pays off.

  • AI discovery. A focused workshop and audit that surfaces the few AI use cases with real ROI and low risk — and rules out the ones that only sound good — before a line of code is written.
  • AI education. Hands-on upskilling that gets your team genuinely fluent in modern AI tools, prompting, and workflows, so the capability stays in-house after I leave.
  • AI automations. Automate the repetitive internal work that quietly eats your team’s week, with guard-railed systems you can trust to run unattended in production.
  • Custom agents. Bespoke AI agents wired into your real tools and data, scoped to do specific jobs reliably inside your product or operations — not a demo chatbot.

How I ship - A tight, senior-led process built for speed.

You work directly with the person building your product. AI shows up wherever it makes the work faster or better, and every phase is built to leave you with more capability than you started with — momentum you own, not a vendor you depend on.

01

Scope the smallest real thing

We start by cutting your idea down to the version that proves value fastest. You leave with a sharp scope, a defined first slice, and honest tradeoffs you can fund and defend to investors — not a bloated backlog.

  • Scoping
  • Roadmap
  • Prioritization
02

Find the AI worth doing

Before building, I map where AI genuinely de-risks or accelerates the work, and where it’s just hype. You only invest in use cases with real ROI and a clear path to production.

  • Discovery
  • Audit
  • ROI
03

Design and build in the open

I design and ship in short cycles, using AI to move faster across the stack while keeping the craft high. You see working software early and steer it every week — never a black box that surfaces at the deadline.

  • Design
  • Build
  • Weekly demos
04

Ship, then hand it off clean

I launch a production product your users can actually use, then hand it over with the team, tools, and processes set up to keep building — documented and owned by you. Momentum you own, not a vendor you depend on.

  • Launch
  • Handoff
  • Team setup
AI in production

AI that does work, not AI that does demos.

The fastest AI wins are rarely the flashy ones — they're the repetitive internal work nobody wants to own. I build automations and custom agents wired into your actual tools and data, each scoped to a real job, guard-railed, and measured against time saved — so it holds up in production instead of breaking on the first odd input.

Start with a discovery audit
We find the few workflows worth automating and rule out the ones that only look good on a slide.
Build the ones that pay for themselves
Guard-railed automations and agents that run unattended, scoped to a specific job and measured against time saved.
Wire it into your real systems
Agents that act inside your product and operations on your live data and tools — not a chatbot bolted onto the side.

Who I work with - Built for founders and teams in motion.

Engagements are small, senior, and direct. If any of these sound like you, a first call will be useful.

  • Founders from pre-seed to Series A who need to ship a real product, fast.
  • Non-technical founders who want a trustworthy partner to own the build and translate between vision and engineering.
  • Small teams adopting AI who want real ROI, not a pile of tools nobody uses.
  • Teams that want a senior partner to set up the right stack, tools, and processes — and leave them more capable than before.

Let's figure out the right first move.

Tell me where you are — a raw idea, a stalled build, or a team trying to adopt AI — and I'll tell you honestly whether and how I can help. A first call is direct and useful whether or not we work together; you'll leave with a clearer view of your next technical move.

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Europe-based, working remotely worldwide.