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PDE™ by Sphere

Build smarter software Ship in days, not months

21 years of engineering excellence, now supercharged with AI. Our proprietary Precision-Driven Engineering™ (PDE™) methodology compresses traditional timelines by 80% — delivering production systems with the exactness your business demands and the speed your market requires.

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Days to production (record)

$1.2M

Saved for one client, year one

80%

Faster via PDE™ vs. traditional

21yrs

Engineering excellence, globally

Organizations around the world trust us

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JFrog
Clearcover
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PHC
NextCapital
DigitalOcean
Enova
bp
Groupon
CreditNinja
Navy Pier
DoorDash
Gett
Experify
ideel
JFrog
Clearcover
91 Seconds
PHC
NextCapital
DigitalOcean
Enova
bp
Groupon
CreditNinja
Navy Pier
DoorDash
Gett
Experify

Traditional development can't keep up with your ambitions

Every quarter your backlog grows. Every month your SaaS bills climb. Every year your competitors ship faster. Precision-Driven Engineering™ changes all of this.

6–18 Month Timelines

Traditional development cycles are too slow for today's market. By the time you ship, the opportunity has moved on. PDE™ compresses this to weeks.

Runaway SaaS Costs

The average mid-market company wastes $400K+ on SaaS subscriptions for features they don't use. Custom AI software built with precision pays for itself fast.

Legacy Systems Holding You Back

Old architecture isn't just slow — it's a competitive liability. Modernisation is no longer a multi-year project. AI makes it a sprint.

Precision-Driven Engineering™

The exact framework we use to compress timelines by 80%

Precision means every decision is deliberate — no bloat, no rework, no wasted cycles. Driven means AI agents do the execution-heavy work continuously. Engineering means senior expertise governs every output.

The result: software that's exactly right, shipped impossibly fast.

  1. 1. Precise Discovery

    AI agents map requirements and recommend architecture in hours, not weeks. Scope locked before a line is written.

  2. 2. Agentic Build

    AI agents write, review, and iterate code continuously — 24/7 engineering velocity with zero drift.

  3. 3. Precision QA

    AI-powered code review and automated testing. 80%+ coverage on critical paths. No shortcuts on quality.

  4. 4. Rapid Iteration

    Daily deploys. Real feedback loops. Every sprint sharpens precision and compounds velocity.

  5. 5. Production

    From concept to live system. Days, not months. Exactness and speed — not a trade-off.

11 days

Fastest PDE™ production deployment

Full AI onboarding platform. Replaced a $1.2M/yr SaaS spend. Investment recovered in six weeks.

3 weeks

New platform launched to market

Full MVP from discovery to production. Traditional estimate was 6+ months.

50%

Migration time cut in half

Complex system migration. Half the estimated time, fraction of the projected cost.

AI-powered engineering for every stage

From greenfield AI-native products to modernising what you already have — all delivered with PDE™ precision.

AI-Native Product Engineering

Build new products with intelligence at their core — not bolted on. AI-powered UX, adaptive logic, and LLM-driven workflows from day one, engineered with precision.

Features:

  • LLM-powered application layers
  • Personalized, adaptive user experiences
  • RAG, agents, multimodal interfaces
  • End-to-end concept to production

Legacy Modernisation at AI Speed

Replace expensive SaaS and outdated systems with custom AI-enhanced software — without disrupting your operations. PDE™ makes modernisation a sprint, not a saga.

Features:

  • SaaS replacement with custom builds
  • Architecture upgrades without downtime
  • Language and framework migrations
  • ROI positive in year one

MVP to Market in Weeks

Validate your product with real users in 2–6 weeks. PDE™ compresses the entire build cycle — no shortcuts, just smarter precision engineering.

Features:

  • 2–6 week production MVPs
  • AI-accelerated design and build
  • Real user feedback from week one
  • Scalable foundation, not a throwaway

Agentic Workflow Engineering

Move beyond basic automation. Build intelligent systems where AI agents make precise decisions, route tasks, and adapt to your business in real time.

Features:

  • Multi-agent orchestration systems
  • Intelligent process automation
  • Self-learning decision engines
  • Enterprise-grade reliability

We don't just promise speed. We prove it — precisely

AI onboarding platform — PDE™ delivered in 11 days

AI onboarding platform — PDE™ delivered in 11 days

Replaced a legacy SaaS platform with a precision-engineered AI system. Cut ramp-up time by 120%, eliminated $1.2M in annual SaaS costs, and recovered the full project investment within six weeks of go-live.

  • $1.2MSaved year one
  • 11 daysTo production
  • 120%Ramp-up time cut
Precision QA automation slashes mobile test cycle by 70%

Precision QA automation slashes mobile test cycle by 70%

Built a custom AI-powered test automation framework using PDE™. Dramatically accelerated QA cycles and tripled release velocity — without adding a single headcount to the team.

  • 70%QA cycle reduction
  • 3xDev velocity boost
  • 100%Critical path coverage
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Lee Ebreo

Lee Ebreo

VP of Engineering at Credit Ninja

These things would not have been achievable if we did not build our own in-house system and if we did not partner with Sphere to help us achieve our goals.

Selah Ben-Haim

Selah Ben-Haim

VP of Engineering at Prominence Advisors

Our experience with Sphere and their team has been and continues to be fantastic. We keep throwing new projects at them, and they keep knocking them out of the park (including the rescue of a project that was previously bungled by another vendor).

Ben Crawford

Ben Crawford

Senior Product Manager at Enova Financial

I would expect to be delighted. It's been a really positive experience, working with Sphere, and I would expect you to have the same.

Mark Friedgan

Mark Friedgan

CEO at CreditNinja

Sphere consistently prioritizes the needs of their clients, demonstrating both agility and teamwork. As an offshore team, they have been an integral part of our organization and we plan to continue growing with them.

René Pfitzner

René Pfitzner

Co-Founder at Experify

Sphere provided excellent full-stack development manpower to augment our team and help push our product forward. They are easy to work with, tech-savvy and proactive.

Bruce Burdick

Bruce Burdick

Chief Information Officer at Integra Credit

We've been working with Sphere and its excellent consultants since our founding. I've found that they are true partners in the success of our business.

Jemal Swoboda

Jemal Swoboda

CEO at Dabble

The resources and developers that Sphere Software provides are skilled and have the required technical expertise, but more importantly, they have helped us build a culture of excellence within our team.

Arthur Tretyak

Arthur Tretyak

Founder and CEO at IntegraCredit

With Sphere, we were able to migrate in half the time it would take to train an additional FTE… and for a fraction of the cost. Our experience with Sphere has been exceptional.

Lee Ebreo

Lee Ebreo

VP of Engineering at Credit Ninja

These things would not have been achievable if we did not build our own in-house system and if we did not partner with Sphere to help us achieve our goals.

Selah Ben-Haim

Selah Ben-Haim

VP of Engineering at Prominence Advisors

Our experience with Sphere and their team has been and continues to be fantastic. We keep throwing new projects at them, and they keep knocking them out of the park (including the rescue of a project that was previously bungled by another vendor).

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Everything you need to know about AI-powered software engineering.

Precision-Driven Engineering™ (PDE™) is Sphere's proprietary AI-accelerated software development methodology. It is a five-phase framework — Precise Discovery, Agentic Build, Precision QA, Rapid Iteration, and Production — that embeds AI agents and intelligent automation into every stage of the software delivery lifecycle. PDE™ consistently compresses traditional development timelines by 60–80% while maintaining production-grade engineering quality. Unlike approaches that simply use AI coding tools, PDE™ applies AI across the full engineering process, governed by senior engineering judgment at every phase.
Using Precision-Driven Engineering™, Sphere consistently delivers production systems 60–80% faster than traditional development timelines. Our fastest recorded production deployment was 11 days — for a full AI onboarding platform that replaced a seven-figure annual SaaS spend. New product MVPs typically reach production in 2–6 weeks versus the industry-standard 4–9 months. The compression comes from parallel AI workstreams, automated testing, and agentic code generation across all development phases simultaneously.
AI-accelerated development with PDE™ typically costs 30–50% less than equivalent traditional development for the same output. For context, a mid-complexity system that would traditionally cost $300K–$500K often runs $180K–$300K with PDE™ — and is delivered in weeks rather than months. For SaaS replacement projects, the investment is typically recovered within 6–12 months through eliminated subscription costs. We offer fixed-scope, fixed-price engagements. Use our free ROI Calculator at sphereinc.com/roi-calculator to model your specific scenario.
Yes — and for many businesses, it's the most financially compelling technology decision they can make. The build-vs-buy equation has fundamentally shifted. Using PDE™, we've built production SaaS replacements in as few as 11 days. The typical candidate is a SaaS tool where the company uses 20–40% of features but pays for 100%. Custom AI software covers exactly the features needed, costs a fraction of multi-year SaaS commitments, and creates competitive differentiation rather than parity. We offer a free SaaS Replacement Assessment to model this specifically for your situation.
Sphere has delivered AI-powered engineering across financial services, consumer lending, insurance, healthcare, oil and gas, manufacturing, real estate technology, and B2B SaaS. Our 300+ projects over 21 years span mid-market companies ($50M–$500M revenue) and enterprise organisations. Notable clients include Groupon, Enova, OneMain Financial, ClearCover, CreditNinja, and Prominence Advisors.
Agentic software development refers to development workflows where AI agents autonomously perform tasks — writing code, running tests, reviewing pull requests, generating documentation — without step-by-step human instruction. In Sphere's PDE™ methodology, agentic build is the second phase of a five-stage process. AI agents operate 24/7 against a locked architecture specification, with senior engineers reviewing and governing their output. This is what enables the dramatic compression in delivery timelines — the system effectively codes continuously rather than only during working hours.
Through PDE™ Phase 3: Precision QA. AI-generated code at Sphere is never shipped without human review. Every significant code output passes through senior engineer assessment before it is committed. In addition, AI testing agents build comprehensive automated test suites — unit, integration, and end-to-end — covering 80%+ of critical paths. Security scanning, vulnerability assessment, and performance benchmarking are automated across every build. The result is typically higher test coverage than traditional development, not lower.
AI-assisted development means individual developers use tools like GitHub Copilot to write code faster. AI-powered development — specifically PDE™ — means AI is embedded across the entire engineering lifecycle: requirements analysis, architecture planning, code generation, testing, code review, and deployment validation. The difference in outcome is dramatic: AI-assisted development produces modest efficiency gains (10–30%). PDE™ produces 60–80% timeline compression with higher automated test coverage.
Most engagements begin within 1–2 weeks of initial conversation. We start with a free 30-minute AI Readiness Assessment — a structured conversation about your specific situation, backlog, and goals. From there, our PDE™ Precise Discovery phase can begin within days. For scoped pilot engagements (4–6 weeks, fixed price), we can typically kick off within two weeks of agreement.
Yes. For well-defined scopes — SaaS replacements, MVP builds, specific modernisation initiatives — we offer fixed-scope, fixed-price engagements. PDE™'s Precise Discovery phase is specifically designed to lock scope tightly before any build begins, which is what makes fixed-price commitments reliable for both parties. We also offer dedicated team and time-and-materials models for longer-running programmes.

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