00  /  Studio & Capital Santa Monica · London · Los Angeles Est. 2025

Building machines
that think.

An applied AI studio for Series A–C companies and market leaders. We embed inside the operation and ship the agents, autonomous workflows, and stateful infrastructure that actually run the business — forward-deployed, production-grade, held to frontier standards. And through ARXS, our capital arm, we back the founders building what comes next.

We build. We back. Mojave Machines
01.
The Thesis

Production, not potential.

Most of the market is still demoing. We deploy.

We embed the way the best forward-deployed teams do — mapping how a business actually works, then shipping intelligence directly into the workflows that carry revenue, and holding it to the reliability bar of a frontier lab. Not a feature bolted on. An operational layer. The result is simple: growth that stops scaling with headcount.

02.
Two Houses

We build it.
We back it.

One firm, two instruments. The studio engineers production AI for operators who need to move now. ARXS backs the visionaries defining the category. What we build tells us what to back; what we back sharpens what we build.

01 — The Studio

We build.

Forward-deployed AI engineering. Small, senior teams embedded inside your operation — shipping production systems, not slideware, at startup cadence without startup risk. The discipline of a deployed-engineering practice, the standards of a research lab.

Strategy · Autonomous Infrastructure · Embedded Leadership Explore the engagement model
02 — ARXS Capital
We back.

Conviction capital for the AI-native era. We partner with founders early and stay long — from the first venture round through growth — backing category-definers across markets. Operators who invest, not spectators who write checks.

London · Los Angeles  ·  Ad astra Enter ARXS
03.
The Studio · Engagement Model

Three tiers. One ladder. Start at the top.

03.A
Entry Wedge
Forward-Deployed Diagnostic
2–3 WEEKS · FIXED FEE

A high-clarity diagnostic that answers the one question every leadership team is stuck on: what should we actually build with AI, and in what order? A prioritized roadmap, a lean operating model, and a working session. No theater.

  • AI opportunity audit — current state vs. 12-month ceiling
  • Prioritized build roadmap — three initiatives ranked by impact & feasibility
  • Lean operating model — execution against current headcount
  • Tool & vendor recommendations calibrated to your stack
  • A shipping document your team can act on Monday
03.B
Unlocked after Tier A
Autonomous Infrastructure
SCOPED BUILD · OUTCOME-ANCHORED

Where the real revenue lives. We design and build the stateful AI rails and agentic workflows that let a company operate natively on AI — not as a feature, as an infrastructure layer. Production systems, not demos.

  • Agentic system architecture & deployment
  • Stateful AI infrastructure & tooling
  • Integration with existing data & stack
  • Embedded training of internal builder-champions
  • Outcome-anchored pricing with success-fee components
03.C
Compounding Tier
Embedded Leadership
MONTHLY RETAINER · LIMITED SLOTS

Fractional AI leadership for companies that want a recurring partner, not a transactional build. Limited roster by design. This is where the sharpest work compounds over time.

  • Senior fractional AI leadership on a monthly cadence
  • Ongoing roadmap ownership & prioritization
  • Recurring build & iteration against strategic objectives
  • Direct executive access & board-level reporting
  • Internal champion mentorship & team uplift
04.
The Proof

The people behind the machines.

+200
Series A+ companies engaged · across market leaders & research institutions
MetaJ.P. MorganOracleSantanderUnileverGeneral ElectricGoogleHeinekenNovo NordiskAbbottMicrosoft3MUC BerkeleyUCLAMetaJ.P. MorganOracleSantanderUnileverGeneral ElectricGoogleHeinekenNovo NordiskAbbottMicrosoft3MUC BerkeleyUCLA
+45
Frontier builders in the active network — engineers, architects, and operators.
+200
Series A–C engagements delivered to production.
4 wks
Standard cycle from diagnostic to shipped production system.
05 — The Capital Arm

ARX and astras.

We invest in visionary entrepreneurs, strategic assets, and thesis across markets.

London
Aldgate Tower
Los Angeles
Millennium Drive