Project went sideways? The thing you’ve been stuck on, live in under 60 days

For founders and CTOs whose software project has stalled with another team or vendor. Week 1 is a free assessment: we read the code, the infrastructure and your documents, then agree with you what goes live in under 60 days, before you commit to anything.

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If This Sounds Familiar

Projects rarely fail all at once. The dates slip, the fixes pile up, and the straight answers stop.

“I’ve been told ‘almost done’ for three months, and I’ve stopped believing anything the team says.”

Missed deadlines make you look bad to investors, and the dragging timeline holds up the rest of the business.

“Every fix breaks something else, so we’re running in circles, and customers can see it.”

Every emergency takes the team’s attention, so the thing you’re stuck on never moves.

“Their fix is ‘more money and more time’, which is what they asked for last time too.”

Walking away feels like writing off everything you’ve already paid.

“The old vendor holds the keys to our own product, and I feel held hostage.”

Nothing is written down, so leaving feels like starting over.

How It Works

Four steps. You can stop after any of them.

  1. A 30-minute call

    A senior engineer asks what’s stuck, what it’s holding up, and who has the code. No access needed yet.

  2. A free assessment (week 1)

    We get access to the code, the infrastructure and any specs or documents, and find out how deep the problem goes.

  3. A plan you agree to first

    You get the options and what each costs, and we agree what goes live in under 60 days before you commit. If the foundation needs work, we build alongside it or ship a smaller part first.

  4. Live in under 60 days

    Then you choose: keep working with the same people, or take the code, accounts and documents and go.

Case Studies

Consumer platform, sensitive data

7 months for a fixed-price rebuild

Investor-promised B2B milestone blocked by the codebase

Performance-marketing company

10M requests a month at peak, with no scaling work

Revenue-critical software, every campaign click flows through it

Who Does the Work

Senior engineers who’ve worked to the same written method for over a decade. The engineers who do the assessment stay on the work.

10+ of our engineers hold Claude certifications. Brival is Certified in the Claude Partner Network.

How we build → About the practice →

Your Product Stays Yours

  • First, the repositories, cloud accounts, domains and app store listings move into your company’s name.
  • A structured handover with the outgoing team, when it cooperates.
  • We sign an NDA before any access.
  • You grant our access, scope it, and can revoke it at any time.
  • Our AI coding tools run only under business terms that exclude training on your code, and only with your approval.
  • We carry professional liability and cyber insurance.

Questions Buyers Actually Ask

Do we have to let our current team go first?

No. The assessment only needs access to code and accounts you own. When and whether you switch is your call.

What if it can’t all be fixed in 60 days?

We agree during the assessment what goes live in under 60 days. If the foundation needs work, we build the stuck thing alongside it, or ship a smaller part of it while we fix the rest. Either way, we plan out the work and present the plan to you, set to meet as many of the stuck business objectives as possible.

What does the assessment cost?

Nothing. At the end of it you get the options and what each one costs, and you don’t have to hire us.

What do you need from us?

Access to the code and the infrastructure, plus any specs, RFPs or documents you have.

What happens after the 60 days?

You choose. Keep working with the same people, or take everything (code, accounts and documents) and go.

free · 30 minutes

Start With a 30-⁠Minute Call

Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll tell you the honest next step, even when it isn’t us.

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