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Big companies hire a forward-deployed engineer. Your business gets DeskIQ.

Palantir and OpenAI send engineers to embed inside enterprise accounts: they learn the workflows, build the system, and stay to keep it running. DeskIQ brings that motion to a local business at a fraction of the cost.

We are not a full replacement for an enterprise FDE, and the service is different: we set up AI on computers you own, configured around how you work.

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The FDE motion, at your scale

  • One person learns your real workflows first
  • The assistant is built and configured around them, not the other way around
  • Install runs on hardware you own: your Mac, or ours
  • An ongoing Care Plan keeps someone accountable after install

What is a forward-deployed engineer?

A forward-deployed engineer is a software engineer who embeds directly with a customer instead of building from a distance. They learn the customer's real workflows on-site, then build, configure, and deploy a working system around them, and stay to support it. Palantir and OpenAI use this model for large enterprise contracts. DeskIQ runs the same embed-build-deploy-stay motion for a single local business, at a published price instead of a custom enterprise contract.

Questions people ask.

Is this really an FDE?
It is the same motion at a smaller scale. A forward-deployed engineer at a large company works on one account for months, with a team, on a custom contract. DeskIQ scopes that motion to one business, one visit or remote session, and a published price. We do not build custom software from scratch. We configure existing tools around your workflows: Claude Code on Workstation, scheduled automations on Agentbox, and an open-source model on DeskIQ Private.
Do you come on-site?
Yes, for businesses in Greater Boston. We are based in Andover, Massachusetts, and can meet at your office to learn your workflows and install the assistant in person. For businesses outside the area, we run the same discovery and install process remotely, nationwide.
What does it cost per month?
The setup fee is one-time. After that, the Care Plan for Workstation and Private is $149 per month for the first person and $99 per month for each additional person. It covers fixes, tuning, and support, with a six-month minimum, then month-to-month. Agentbox upkeep is Ops Care: $500 a month, plus $250 a month for each API or scheduled-export automation and $400 a month for each browser-driven one, with a six-month minimum. With Workstation and Agentbox, the AI provider receives what the assistant reads, including email and Drive content, and you pay that provider directly. DeskIQ Private runs the model on the Mac mini in your office, so task content stays there.
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Tell us the workflow eating the most time. We will tell you honestly whether the DeskIQ forward-deployed motion fits your business, and what it would look like on your hardware.

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