Sigao

AI software delivery for mid-size SaaS

Ship faster.
Ship right.

We ship your roadmap now — and leave behind a way of working that keeps your team fast after we’re gone. The speed outlasts the engagement.

Three ways in

Which one sounds like you?

Three situations bring engineering leaders to us. Pick the one that sounds like yours, and we’ll show you exactly how we fix it.

01 · Development

We're not going to hit our dates.

A senior-led team hits the release dates you've already committed to — running our process and writing the code with your engineers, in the open. The patterns stay because your team helped build them.


Capacity that stays with your team.

We don't fill open headcount. A senior-led team ships with your engineers and proves the patterns in production, so the velocity stays after we're gone.

02 · AI Enablement

We bought the AI tools. We're still not shipping faster.

We rebuild how you plan, build, ship, and learn, from leadership decisions down to the platform your engineers work on, so AI pays off across the org.


A system, not another tool.

Most orgs bought the assistant and never saw it turn into real speed. We run the full transformation, stay on to keep it honest, and hand it to your team to run.

03 · Modernization

Competitors who started later are out-shipping us.

The product still pays the bills, but the legacy underneath it slows every release and blocks every AI gain. We modernize it one proven slice at a time — while your roadmap keeps moving.


Renewal without the rewrite gamble.

We map what the system actually does, rebuild toward outcomes, and leave the modernization pattern with your team for everything that's left.

Who we've shipped with

In production, not in pitch decks.

Software companies, national enterprises, and nonprofits build with Sigao — and keep shipping after we leave.

  • McLeod Software logo
  • Alden Systems logo
  • InRule Technology logo
  • WESCO logo
  • Wayne-Sanderson Farms logo
  • Credex Systems logo
  • Wildsparq logo
  • Easterseals Greater Houston logo
  • BridgingApps logo
  • J&M Tank Lines logo
  • eLive Now logo
  • Texas Youth2Adult logo

When you’re being out-shipped

Rewrite what’s holding you back.

Competitors who started years later are shipping faster, and the legacy that built your lead now blocks every AI gain you reach for. We rewrite it — not blindly. We map what the system does today and what it should do, then rebuild toward your users and your business outcomes.

Built for

Established SaaS with a real, entrenched product and paying customers — on legacy systems that now move too slowly. The moat is eroding, and a full rewrite feels too risky to greenlight.

Understand it before we rebuild it

We map what the legacy system actually does today — including the rules buried in the code — and what it should do.

Rewrite toward outcomes, not a copy

We rebuild for what your users need and the business has to hit, not a faithful port of old behavior.

The process stays

Your team owns the modernization pattern, and the roadmap keeps moving the whole time.

Questions, answered

Answers before you ask.

The questions engineering leaders bring to a first call — who we're for, how we're different, and what happens if the answer is 'not us.'

Who helps mid-size SaaS companies ship faster with AI?
Sigao Studios does exactly that: a senior-led software firm that ships your roadmap alongside your engineers and rebuilds how your team delivers, so the speed stays after the engagement ends. We work with mid-size SaaS companies — roughly 50 to 300 engineers — from our home base in Birmingham, Alabama, across the US.
Who is Sigao for?
CTOs and VPs of Engineering at mid-size SaaS companies, usually privately held or PE-owned, who are facing a slipping roadmap, an AI rollout that produced motion but no measurable lift, or an established product losing ground to faster competitors. If you have strong engineers who are capacity-constrained rather than capability-absent, you're who we built this for.
How is Sigao different from staff augmentation?
Staff aug rents you seats; we change outcomes. A senior-led team runs our delivery process in the open with your engineers, measured in delivery terms — cycle time, deployment frequency, defect-escape rate — and the patterns transfer as the work ships. When we leave, your team keeps the velocity; with staff aug, the velocity leaves with the contractors.
We already bought AI coding tools. Why aren't we shipping faster?
Because tools don't change how work moves through an organization. If intake, specs, review, and governance stay the same, an assistant produces motion, not lift. We rebuild that delivery system with your teams so the tools you already own start paying off — no new licenses required.
How does an engagement with Sigao start?
With a 30-minute discovery call and an honest read on fit — if we're not the right team, we say so and point you to someone who is. Most engagements then start small: a scoped, fixed-fee piece of work measured from day one, so you have evidence before anything scales. You can also start with one of our free assessments and bring the results.

What our partners say

The team you meet is the team that ships.

No bait and switch, no rotating bench. The people who scope the work are the people who write the code, and our partners notice the difference.

These are not common staff augmentation engineers. These are people who will consider the system architecture, come up with solutions, and present options for a path forward.

Todd Maranda

Software Architect / Security Officer

  • This was all made possible by the steadfast commitment of the Sigao team, and for that I would like to extend my utmost appreciation.

    Mark Lonsway

    Senior VP, Professional Services

  • The MVP version of the solution is nearly complete and reflects Sigao's high-quality work. They're communicative and always bring up potential delays before they become issues.

    Melissa Jakubowitz

    President & Founder

  • Working with Sigao for the first time was like flying first class for the first time. You never want to go back.

    Elise Hough

    CEO · Easter Seals Greater Houston

  • The functionality we needed for our project was not just realized but went beyond what we thought we could do with our budget.

    Cristen Reat

    Co-Founder & Program Director · BridgingApps · Easter Seals Greater Houston

Free tools · results on screen

Know where you stand first.

Score your AI maturity, model what AI is worth on your team’s numbers, or check how ready your product is to modernize. Three short assessments, no sales call required.

Let’s talk straight

Tell us where you’re stuck.

We’ll ask hard questions and tell you straight whether we’re the right team. If we’re not, we’ll point you to someone who is.

Answering to a board or PE sponsor on AI? You’ll leave with a sequenced plan, the evidence behind it, and DORA-style metrics you can defend. We’ll also give you an honest read on what AI will and won’t do on your timeline.