SF AI Labs

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of ClassicGAS, a community-driven platform dedicated to celebrating, restoring, and enhancing classic cars with a focus on performance, authenticity, and expert knowledge sharing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire SF AI Labs to accomplish for your classic car community platform?

We needed help building the software architecture for an AI platform. We also needed help with product positioning and market analysis.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

SF AI Labs has built the complete software architecture for our AI platform. The team has also helped us with product positioning, market analysis, and product development.

What is the team composition?

We’ve worked with three teammates from SF AI Labs.

How did you come to work with SF AI Labs?

We found them through an online search. We chose them because of their range of services, cost, and level of expertise.

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve spent $15,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in November 2024, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

SF AI Labs has completed our product positioning, core framework, software architecture and development, market analysis, tech stack selection, AI product strategy, and MVP roadmap. The team has delivered the following results:

• Our positioning statement has been approved, and more than 80% of our target audience validates our value proposition.
• SF AI Labs has completed a competitive analysis of our top five competitors and achieved more than 90% messaging consistency across channels.
• They’ve implemented 100% of our core modules and achieved more than 85% unit test coverage.
• Our platform scales to 2x our projected load with less than 200ms response time, and the team has completed and reviewed the documentation.
• SF AI Labs’ architecture has been approved by our review board, and they’ve achieved a technical debt ratio of less than 10% and a maintainability index of more than 80.
• The team has completed the initial deployment with zero critical defects and delivered a market research report.
• They’ve defined our TAM, SAM, and SOM with data and completed more than 15 customer interviews.
• SF AI Labs has made more than three product decisions based on their findings and documented and finalized our tech stack.
• The team has met our baseline performance benchmarks, kept our infrastructure costs within ±10% of our forecast, and tested 100% of our required third-party API integrations.
• They’ve documented more than three prioritized AI use cases and validated more than two use cases with PoC or simulation.
• SF AI Labs has completed an ethics and compliance review and had our AI roadmap approved by our stakeholders.
• The team has finalized and approved our MVP roadmap, mapped 100% of our critical MVP features, and kept our delivery timeline within ±15% variance.
• They’ve achieved more than 90% stakeholder satisfaction on the roadmap.

How did SF AI Labs perform from a project management standpoint?

They deliver on time every time. We communicate via video chat.

What did you find most impressive about them?

We’re impressed with their breadth of knowledge.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there aren't any.