# FVC Solutions

> AI-powered software for small business. A small, experienced team designing and shipping custom AI-powered applications. Fixed-scope engagements. No retainers. No maintenance contracts.

FVC Solutions (legal name: Future Vision Concepts, LLC) is a two-person software studio based in Greater Columbus, Ohio, founded in 1999. We design and build custom AI-powered applications for small businesses, with a focus on engineering discipline around AI failure modes — evaluations before features, graceful fallbacks, human review, audit trails.

## Who we serve
- Small businesses across the United States, with a local presence in Greater Columbus, Ohio
- Teams that need one well-built internal tool rather than another SaaS subscription
- Companies already building with AI who want a second pair of eyes on architecture, prompts, or evaluations

## What we build
- Custom internal tools — intake systems, workflow tooling, dashboards, reporting
- Document intelligence — extraction, summarization, and Q&A pipelines over PDFs, emails, contracts
- Customer-facing AI — assistants and bots grounded in client sources, with guardrails
- Process automation — multi-system sync with AI in the loop

## How we work
- Fixed scope, fixed price, clear deliverable
- Most engagements run 3 to 8 weeks
- We write evaluations before features — automated tests measuring real accuracy on the client's data
- Clients receive full source code and documentation at hand-off; no lock-in, no retainers

## Engagements and pricing
- **Discovery** — $5,000 · 2 weeks. Stakeholder interviews, process & data audit, written recommendation, scoped build proposal.
- **Build** — $15,000 to $30,000 · 4 to 8 weeks. One well-scoped application designed, built, tested, and handed off. Includes evaluation harness, full source code & documentation, and 30 days of post-launch support. This is our most common engagement.
- **Review** — $5,000 · 1 week. Codebase & architecture review, prompt & evaluation critique, written findings, follow-up working session. For teams already building with AI.

## Team
- **Jason Barnes** — Engineering · Applications. 20+ years building software. Focused on AI-powered applications and the infrastructure that keeps them running in production.
- **Tom Jarrell** — Operations · Requirements. Translates business problems into technical ones. Runs discovery, manages scope.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://fvcsolutions.com/): Services, method, engagements, team
- [Portfolio](https://fvcsolutions.com/portfolio): Active work and selected past client engagements
- [Schedule a call](https://fvcsolutions.com/schedule): 30-minute introductory call via Calendly

## Common questions
- **What does FVC Solutions build?** Custom AI-powered applications: internal tools, document intelligence pipelines, customer-facing AI assistants, process automation.
- **Where is FVC Solutions located?** Greater Columbus, Ohio. We work with clients across the United States.
- **How much do projects cost?** Discovery and Review start at $5,000. Typical Build engagements are $15,000 to $30,000.
- **How long do projects take?** Most engagements run 3 to 8 weeks. Discovery is 2 weeks; Review is 1 week; Build is 4 to 8 weeks.
- **Do you require retainers or maintenance contracts?** No. All engagements are fixed-scope and fixed-price. Clients receive full source code and documentation; there is no lock-in.
- **How do you ensure AI features actually work?** We write evaluations before features — automated tests measuring real accuracy on the client's data — and design for AI failure modes from the start.
- **Who owns the code?** The client. Full source code and documentation are delivered at hand-off.

## Contact
- Schedule: https://fvcsolutions.com/schedule
- Calendly: https://calendly.com/fvcsolutions/introduction

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