AI development company in India. Outcome-scoped. Technically focused. Global clients.
Operonn is an AI-native product and engineering studio based in Kolkata, India. We build custom AI systems scoped to a specific workflow with a measurable outcome. Clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and across India.
Expert AI engineering with transparent, outcome-based pricing.
The AI engineering market in the US and Europe has hit a price ceiling that makes real ownership economics difficult for anyone outside the top of the funding stack. India has deep applied-ML talent, serious production engineering discipline, and an async-first culture that fits how modern AI teams ship. Operonn combines that with outcome-scoped pricing — a fixed number against a fixed scope and a fixed timeline. No hourly billing. No time-and-materials drift. No offshore staff-aug model.
- Kolkata-based team with deep applied AI, ML, and product engineering expertise.
- Remote-first, async-friendly engagements across North America, Europe, MENA, and APAC.
- Fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline — priced on outcome, not on hours.
- IST overlap with both US and European business hours for live sessions.
Custom AI systems. Voice agents. RAG. Applied ML.
We scope AI engagements around a single workflow that decides revenue, margin, or cost base. Intake agents, classification systems, retrieval platforms, voice agents, analyst copilots, anomaly detection, process automation. Every system ships with evaluation harnesses, regression tests, and monitoring as production code. You own the code, the infrastructure, the models, and the evals — we are not a hosted-SaaS lock-in.
- Custom LLM applications and AI agents with tool use and multi-step reasoning.
- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with hybrid retrieval and citation grading.
- Multilingual voice AI agents — English, Hindi, Bengali and more — with barge-in handling.
- Applied ML pipelines: classification, scoring, anomaly detection, routing.
Scoped in one conversation. Shipped in weeks.
Every engagement starts with one question — what number moves, by how much, and how soon? We reply within two working days to set up a thirty-minute call. If there is a fit, a written one-page scope follows within a week. First working software ships in week two or three. The target metric is measured by the end. If the metric does not move, we stop and rethink — honestly.
- Written one-page scope with a target metric, deliverables, timeline, and success criteria.
- First working version in 2–3 weeks. Weekly check-ins on working software, not slides.
- Engagement ends on measurement — not on invoice cycles.
- Mutual NDAs at scoping. Most of our portfolio sits under NDA.
Companies building AI for production impact.
Our clients are typically product and engineering leaders looking for a technical partner to build AI systems that perform reliably in production. We also work with founders of early-stage AI-native products who need a focused team to ship the first production version on a practical timeline. Industry-agnostic by design — healthcare, financial services, B2B SaaS, D2C, and internal tools.
Chosen for the problem. Not for the vendor.
LANGUAGES & FRAMEWORKS
- Python
- TypeScript
- FastAPI
- Next.js
- React
- Node.js
AI & ORCHESTRATION
- Claude
- GPT
- Open-source LLMs
- LangChain
- Custom orchestration
RETRIEVAL & DATA
- Qdrant
- pgvector
- Postgres
- Redis
- Hybrid search + reranking
CLOUD & INFRA
- AWS
- GCP
- Firebase
- Supabase
- Cloudflare
Common questions.
Is Operonn a full AI development company?
Yes. Operonn is an AI-native product and engineering studio based in Kolkata, India. We build custom AI systems, voice agents, RAG platforms, and applied ML — each scoped to a specific workflow with a measurable outcome.
Do you work with clients outside India?
Yes. Most of our engagements are with clients in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Work is remote-first and async, with weekly live sessions scheduled around the client's timezone.
How is Operonn different from a traditional Indian IT services company?
We do not sell staff augmentation, hourly billing, or discovery phases. Every engagement is scoped on outcome with a fixed price against a fixed timeline. Senior AI engineers do the scoping and the code — no layers of project managers or junior developers behind a delivery lead.
What does an engagement cost?
Pricing is outcome-scoped — a fixed number against a fixed scope and a fixed timeline. Most first engagements run 4–10 weeks. Pricing is discussed during the intake call, not on a pricing page.
Do you sign NDAs before scoping?
Yes. Mutual NDAs at the scoping stage are standard. Most of our portfolio sits under NDA, which is why the case briefs on the Portfolio page describe shape without naming clients.
Services
Four ways we build — scoped tight, measured on outcome.
RAG development services
Retrieval-augmented generation grounded in your data.
Voice AI agents
Multilingual voice agents for B2C volume.
AI agent development
Agentic systems with tool use and multi-step reasoning.
Enterprise AI automation
Applied ML and AI for workflows that run the business.
FAQ
Services, engagement, pricing, and technical questions answered.
