PRODUCT
Product design & development
Web apps, MVPs, SaaS products, internal tools and integrations, designed and built in TypeScript, React and Next.js on AWS.
Product design & developmentBoutique product, engineering & AI agency
Build something new. Make what you have work better.
Foundry 41 builds web products and untangles existing software and business processes. We fix awkward tools, simplify manual handoffs and use AI where it earns its place—not everywhere. You work directly with senior engineers, with a clear scope and a clear handover.
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What does Foundry 41 do?
Build a new product or improve the business you already run. Our work spans product development, practical AI engineering and advisory, company brains, and healthcare software.
AI ENGINEERING
AI agents & advisory
General AI advisory for one business bottleneck, AI agents and LLM features, plus engineering-team AI consulting—with clear scope and human review.
AI engineeringCOMPANY BRAINS
Company brains
An AI teammate in Slack that runs in your own cloud account, with its own memory, skills and integrations, and people approving what matters.
Company brainsINDUSTRY
Healthcare
EHR integrations, patient-facing apps and human-approved AI workflows for health-tech companies, practices, clinics and MSOs.
HealthcareFor the business you already run
You may not need another product. You may need less friction.
A spreadsheet copied into three tools. A dashboard nobody trusts. A simple request that takes five handoffs. Start with the part that gets in people's way, not a mandate to replace everything or add AI.
01 · UNDERSTAND
Find the tangle
Walk through the real work with the people doing it. Identify the bottleneck, the tools worth keeping and what a useful improvement would look like.
02 · IMPROVE
Fix one useful thing
Agree a bounded change: simplify an interface, remove duplicate entry, connect existing tools or add a reviewed AI step when it fits. Test the result before rollout.
03 · HAND OVER
Leave your team in control
Hand over the agreed changes, documentation and operating instructions. Ongoing support is a choice, not a required retainer; software rights follow the agreed license.
How we work
How does a project with Foundry 41 work?
Four steps: a fit call, an agreed scope, a reviewable result, and then either a handover or separately scoped follow-on work.
Step 1
Fit call
A short call about the problem, the people involved, and whether we are the right team. No pitch deck.
Step 2
Scoped proposal or Workflow Blueprint
A written scope for a new build or existing-system improvement, a paid AI advisory review or engineering-team pilot, or a paid Workflow Blueprint for a governed cross-system production workflow. Scope and fee are agreed before paid work starts.
Step 3
Deliver and review
For advisory, review the written recommendation with your team. For builds and improvements, review working changes in weekly demos, with agreed checks before rollout.
Step 4
Hand over or keep going
Your team takes over the agreed deliverables, documentation and operating instructions. Product builds include a 30-day launch-defect warranty, with optional monthly care. Further improvements, coaching or governed-workflow operations are optional and separately scoped, with access you can revoke.
Proof
What can you check before hiring us?
Anthony's independent track record on Upwork, and the AI systems we run on our own companies.
- Upwork status
- Expert-Vetted
- Earned on Upwork
- $200K+
- Upwork jobs
- 31
- Hours logged
- 3,545
Internal reference deployments, not client work: Sky is Foundry 41's own company brain, working in Slack from its own AWS account; Olivia is the instance we run for GrowLab. How Sky works.
Who you'll work with
Who is behind Foundry 41?
Foundry 41 is a small, senior engineering boutique led by Anthony, CTO at a healthcare technology company. The work is senior-led and AI-assisted, and you work directly with the people building it.
Anthony is Expert-Vetted on Upwork, with more than $200K earned there, and he builds and runs Sky, Foundry 41's internal company brain. Foundry 41 works from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Lisbon, and was formerly Paper Clouds.
Questions
Frequently asked questions about Foundry 41
What does Foundry 41 do?
Foundry 41 is a boutique agency for product design, development and AI engineering. We build web apps, MVPs and SaaS products; untangle and improve existing software and business processes; offer bounded AI advisory and engineering-team consulting; build AI agents and LLM features; and set up company brains in the client's own cloud account.
Who does the work?
Senior people. Foundry 41 is a small, senior team led by Anthony, a CTO at a healthcare technology company and a fractional CTO for healthcare and AI SaaS companies. The work is AI-assisted, and you work directly with the people building it.
How does a project start?
With a short fit call. If there is a fit, we agree a scope for a build or improvement project, a paid AI advisory review or engineering-team pilot, or a paid Workflow Blueprint for a governed cross-system production workflow. Scope and fee are agreed before paid work; builds and implementation changes are reviewed in weekly demos.
Can you improve what we already have?
Yes. Bring an awkward process, a confusing internal tool or a manual handoff. We scope a bounded improvement, keep what works, and use AI only where it helps. The agreed work includes testing, documentation and handover; ongoing support is optional and separately scoped. A governed cross-system production workflow still starts with a paid Workflow Blueprint.
How much does it cost?
We do not publish prices. Scope and fee are agreed in writing before any paid work starts.
What happens after a product launch?
Scoped product builds include handover and 30 calendar days to report defects against the agreed requirements for correction at no extra fee. Optional Care or Care Plus adds capped monthly maintenance and small improvements. Warranty fixes do not consume care hours; larger features and hosting/API bills are separate.
Where do the code and data live?
Custom-build code goes into your repository and deployments use your cloud account under your keys. Improvement work can stay in your existing tools; we agree access, data flows and provider boundaries before changes. You pay cloud, model and API providers directly. Software rights follow the agreed license.
Do you work in healthcare?
Yes. We build EHR integrations, patient-facing apps and human-approved AI workflows, sign a BAA before any PHI access, and keep PHI in the client's environment. The healthcare page has the details.
Are Sky and Olivia client projects?
No. Sky is Foundry 41's own company brain and Olivia is the instance we run for GrowLab. They are internal reference deployments, not client work.
Start with a conversation
What would you like to build—or untangle?
Bring a product idea or the part of your business that feels harder than it should. A short fit call helps us choose a bounded next step—or tell you we are not the right fit. Email hello@foundry41.com.