AI studio · Baltimore
AI THAT DOES
THE BUSYWORK.
We design and build AI agents and automated pipelines that do real work: researching, writing, rendering, publishing, and shipping code, with a person in charge of what matters. Fixed prices, documented, and yours to keep.
- 10+ years shipping production software
- Live AI products in use
- Fixed-price projects
Built for business development
AI outreach engine
- Researched a prospect's public website
- Found one specific workflow worth improving
- Drafted a short, personal email
- Presented it for your approval
On approval: sends securely from your own domain, tracks replies, follows up on schedule, and honors every opt-out automatically.
Live · runs every morning on this site
AI research briefing pipeline
- Scanned the last 72 hours of AI and automation research
- Skipped anything already featured
- Ranked it for signal and wrote the briefing
- Published “How multimodal reasoning work is turning into more usable agent systems”
Then: Runs on its own every morning, then updates the archive, the RSS feed, and this homepage.
Built for media production
Video rendering pipeline
- Transcribed a long recording
- Picked the strongest moments and cut the clips
- Rendered vertical and horizontal versions with captions
- Presented every clip for your approval
On approval: publishes across YouTube, Shorts, Instagram, Facebook Reels, and TikTok on schedule. Anything you reject is re-cut and re-rendered.
Live · refreshed daily on this site
Mid-Atlantic tech event radar
- Checked public calendars and event feeds
- Removed duplicates and past dates
- Scored each event for relevance
- Published the events page
Then: Refreshes daily, with a subscribable calendar file and RSS feed kept in sync.
Built for software teams
Coding & DevOps agent
- Read the ticket and the codebase
- Planned the change and its tests
- Wrote the code and ran the test suite
- Opened a pull request for your review
On approval: merges and deploys through your pipeline. If a check fails, the agent fixes it and runs again.
01 / What we build
WHAT DO YOU
NEED MORE OF?
Most clients come to us for one of three things. Each is built on systems we've already designed and shipped.
How each engagement worksWin more business
Find the right prospects, show up informed, and follow up faster.
- Outreach & sales engines Research prospects, draft personal emails, get your approval, then send securely and track replies.
- Customer discovery & proposal packets Turn interviews and research into findings, then assemble ready-to-send proposal packets for your sign-off.
- Research & intelligence pipelines Collect, rank, and summarize what's new in your field, then publish it automatically every day. Running live on this site
Produce more with the same team
Turn recordings, research, and ideas into finished, scheduled content.
- Content scheduling & publishing Plan, produce, approve, and publish across every channel from one place. See the case study
- Rendering & video pipelines From long recordings to AI music videos: render, present for approval, publish everywhere, re-render on request. See the case study
- Event & signal radar Track events and signals across many sources, then publish a clean, subscribable feed. Running live on this site
Run smoother operations
Put knowledge, projects, and engineering work on rails.
- Knowledge assistants Answer from your own documents with sources, and hand off to a person when unsure.
- AI project management & DevOps Turn meetings and specs into plans and tickets, then automate builds, tests, and releases. See the case study
- Coding automation Plan, write, and test code changes, open pull requests for review, and deploy on approval.
Also built: AI tutors, curriculum generators, coaching and lifestyle planning, and a live AI meditation app. See the live app
02 / How it works
SIMPLE PROCESS.
FIXED PRICE.
No long discovery phase and no open-ended invoices. You know what you're getting and what it costs before any paid work starts.
See pricingFree 20-minute call
Show us the task that eats your team's time. We'll tell you honestly whether AI is the right fix.
A fixed-price plan
You get a written scope, timeline, and price. Small projects start at $3,500.
Built, tested, handed over
We build it around your tools, test it with your team, and hand over the keys and the documentation.
03 / Selected work
SEE THE SOFTWARE.
UNDERSTAND THE WORK.
Real AI systems and software we designed, built, and shipped. Each one shows an approach that transfers to everyday business work.
Explore all projects
Client case study · Media automation
From one recording to every format
New product · Storyboard Director
From musical direction to an editable AI film
Client work, live products, and internal tools, all designed and built in-house. Client work is shown anonymized.
04 / Why Bootable
SENIOR ENGINEERING.
NO HAND-OFFS.
NO SURPRISES.
Bootable is a Baltimore AI studio led by Chris Uehlein, a software engineer with more than ten years of production experience, most recently at Mind Over Machines. The engineer on your first call is the one who designs and builds your system, and everything is documented so it never depends on a single person.
- 10+ years building production software
- Software engineer, Mind Over Machines (2022–2025)
- Built agent orchestration with approvals, retries, and human review
- Built RAG-style retrieval and memory for a live product
- Technical associate, Techstars Equitech Baltimore (2022)
05 / Pricing
CLEAR SCOPE.
FIXED PRICE.
Start with a free call. Most clients begin with one small, fixed-price project, then build from there once it's working.
Full pricing & what's includedStarter AI automation
$3,500fixed fee
Put one AI-assisted or automated handoff to work using tools you already have. Usually about two weeks.
- One workflow, existing tools, AI where it helps
- Error alerts and a plain-English runbook
- You own the accounts and the setup
AI opportunity audit
$2,500fixed fee
Map one workflow and find where AI agents, RAG, or plain automation will actually pay off. Keep the plan either way; if you build with us within 60 days, half the fee is credited.
- One workflow and its main bottlenecks
- Where AI fits, and where it doesn't
- A written implementation scope and budget
Custom AI build
$7,500starting from
Build an AI agent, RAG assistant, or AI-powered workflow around your process, with testing, guardrails, and handover.
- One agent, assistant, or workflow
- Testing, documentation, and handover
- A fixed quote before work begins
Ongoing care
$350per month, starting from
Keep a system we built healthy: monitoring, dependency and API updates, and fixes. Improvements are quoted or billed at the advisory rate.
- Monitoring and monthly health check
- Updates when connected tools change
- Fixes for defects in the delivered system
USD. Software and AI usage costs are billed at cost. Estimate a bigger project
06 / Field notes
WHAT'S NEW IN AI.
Short briefings on AI research that's turning into tools businesses can actually use.
All briefingsHow multimodal reasoning work is turning into more usable agent systems
What stands out is the growing amount of scaffolding around multimodal models, which is exactly what makes them easier to trust inside real workflows.
Read the briefingWhy multimodal reasoning and agent infrastructure are moving closer together
The meaningful shift here is not just capability growth. It is the way reasoning, tool use, and multimodal inputs are being assembled into systems with clearer operating structure.
Read the briefingWhy structured multimodal agents are starting to look more operational
This digest points to a tighter connection between multimodal understanding and the execution layers that make agents more accountable in production settings.
Read the briefingPlanning a project? Read the plain-English buyer guides.
Start with one workflow
WHAT KEEPS
SLOWING YOU DOWN?
Show us the repeated task, the missing information, or the tool that doesn't fit. In a free 20-minute call, we'll decide whether there's a useful project to take on.