AI Experience Agency

Upscale with Ai LayersROI-Driven Design & Development

UpLayer helps businesses identify high-value AI opportunities, design experiences people trust, and build AI layers into the products and workflows they already use, turning AI investment into measurable business outcomes.

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Real AI experience

Experience across
real products

Our product experience across industries shapes how we design and build AI.

AIfeaturesearntheirplacewhentheysolveaproblemuserscareabout,fitnaturallyintotheproduct,andgenerateROIthebusinesscanmeasure,whichrequireschoosingtherightopportunity,designingaroundrealuserbehavior,buildingandshippingareliableAIexperience.

Shahriar P. Shuvo
Shahriar P. Shuvo

Founder & CEO

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What we do

AI Experience Services
StrategyDesignBuildShip

  • Know where AI is worth building before you spend on it.

    • Opportunity map
    • Metric model
    • Adoption teardown
    • Data readiness
    • Working concept demo
    • Stop list

    We map your product, users, data, and metrics to find the few AI opportunities with a credible path to return. You leave with a ranked map, a working concept demo, a build plan, and a clear stop list.

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The AI Layers

Find where AI creates leverage.

Product copilot

Help users solve problems without leaving the product. Give them useful guidance at the moment they need it.

Targets/Activation
Onboarding assistant

Guide new users to their first meaningful result. Turn the first session into activation and a reason to return.

Targets/Early retention
File analysis

Turn contracts, reports, and documents into structured insight. Make important information easier to use.

Targets/Stickiness
Intelligent search

Find the answer even when users do not know the right words. Let them search by intent instead of exact terms.

Targets/Engagement
Context summaries

Turn scattered information into a clear decision in seconds. Surface the points and actions that matter most.

Targets/Time to value
Self serve answers

Help users before they need to open a ticket. Keep simple questions out of the support queue.

Targets/Support cost

AI enabled or AI native

Whichever one you are building, we design and ship it.

Bring the layer you have in mind, or the problem you have not solved yet. We will tell you what it takes, and whether it is worth building at all.

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AI Native vs AI Enabled

Two ways a product gets intelligent.

One is built around the model. The other adds a layer on top of what already works. We build both.

AI Native

The model is the spine.

The product is drawn around the model from the first sketch. The interface, the data and the pricing all assume it is there.

  • Built from nothing
  • The model shapes the core flow
  • Evaluation in place before launch
For a product that does not exist yet
The AI layer
Interface
Product logic
Your data

AI Enabled

The layer sits on top.

The product already works and already has customers. The layer goes above it, so nothing underneath has to be rewritten to ship.

  • The product underneath stays intact
  • The layer ships in weeks
  • Every path falls back to the old one
For a product already in market
The AI layer
Interface
Product logic
Your data

Most teams are already one or the other. The discovery call is where we work out which, and whether AI belongs in the product at all.

Industries

Different industries different AI experiences

Search, support, automation, and recommendations change from one industry to the next.

How we work

From first callshipped,in three simple steps.

Discovery call

We start with a 30 minute conversation about the product, its users, and the problem in front of you. We look at what has already been tried and where it is getting stuck, covering a broken feature, a new idea, or a workflow to optimize. We leave with a clear view of what to fix, what to build, and what to leave alone.

Step 01 of 03

30 minutes

Scope and proposal

We turn the conversation into a clear plan with the scope, milestones, timeline, responsibilities, and expectations. We define what is included, what is out of scope, and what we'll be needing from your team before the work begins.

Step 02 of 03

About 1 to 2 weeks

Build and handoff

We design and build with your team. Code and documentation stay in your repo, so the handoff is simple and the work is ready to maintain.

Step 03 of 03

Milestone based
AI experience reliability

Reliability is part of the AI experience.

These are not just promises we make during the project. They become part of the product. Guardrails, fallbacks, and human review belong inside the experience wherever being wrong is expensive.

Data stays in bounds

The AI uses only the data it needs. It does not train on your data.

Every step is inspectable

Your team can trace how an input becomes an answer, action, or handoff.

Uncertainty stays visible

When the AI is unsure, the product says so and gives control back to a person.

Our stack

Built on tools your team already trusts

We build with proven models, frameworks, data platforms and design tools, each one chosen for reliability, speed and a clean handoff to your team.

AI layer
LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini)Open models (Llama, Mistral)Agents and tool callingRetrieval (RAG)Vectors (pgvector, Pinecone)Structured output pipelinesModel routing and cachingVercel AI SDK, LangChain
Frontend
ReactNext.jsVue.js, NuxtTypeScriptTailwind CSSshadcn/uiFramer MotionNextra, Docusaurus
Systems and integrations
Node.js, NestJSPython, FastAPIREST and GraphQLn8n, Make, and ZapierHubSpot and GoHighLeveltRPCServerless and edge functionsQueues and background jobsAuth (Clerk, Auth.js)Payments (Stripe)
Reliability
Evaluation harnessesGuardrailsFallbacks and retriesHuman-in-the-loop reviewTracing (Langfuse, LangSmith)Monitoring (Sentry, PostHog)Testing (Playwright, Vitest)Load and latency budgets
Data and infra
PostgresSupabaseFirebaseMongoDB, RedisVercelAWS, GCPDockerGitHub Actions CI/CD
Design
Figma, FigJamPenpotFramerCanvaAdobe Creative CloudSpline, RiveDesign systemsPrototyping, usability tests
Free, 30 minutes, no deck

Tell us what you shipped.

You will leave knowing whether AI belongs in your product, where it does not, and what it would cost to find out properly.

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A founder replies, usually the same day.

Founder-led experience

Founder direction
from first call to handoff

The founder sets the direction and stays close to important decisions. The team carries that standard through design, build, and handoff.

Read all of them on LinkedIn

  • I've worked with Shahriar since 2021 on various projects, including at my last organization, Agora. When assigning Shahriar a task, I have the utmost confidence as he has been my swiss army knife any time I needed assistance or a task complete. Anybody who has the privilege of working with him will say the same, I promise.

    Dennis Ivy

    Dennis Ivy

    Developer Advocate, PostHog

    Worked together @TraversyMedia

  • I had to hire Shahriar twice, once at Agora and once at Timescale and hiring him was one of the best decisions I made. He is so reliable, hardworking, and always willing to go the extra mile to get the job done. His technical skills are top-notch, and save a lot of time and effort for the team. I cannot recommend him enough!

    Emily Kim

    Emily Kim

    Chief of Staff, ElectricSQL

    Hired 2x, @Agora and @Timescale

  • Shahriar has a deep understanding of frontend development frameworks and consistently delivers high-quality solutions. He is a valuable team player with excellent communication skills and a proactive approach. I highly recommend him!

    ASM Mobarak Hossain

    ASM Mobarak Hossain

    AI Specialist, IBM

    Worked together @ShareTrip

Solutions we designed

Solutions for real
product problems

Starts with a specific problem and shows how an AI layer could address it, based on the user behaviors.

ConceptHealthcare

See the sickest patients first

Urgent patients can wait behind routine cases when a queue only follows arrival order.
~90%Projected
See the sickest patients first, solution
ConceptE-commerce

Turn hesitation into carts

Shoppers hesitate when product differences are unclear and no useful help appears at the right moment.
~2xProjected
Turn hesitation into carts, solution
ConceptDeveloper tools

First API call in minutes

Developers lose time moving between documentation, tools, and support before making their first API call.
~85%Projected
First API call in minutes, solution
ConceptMarketing Tech

More replies, less grind

Sales teams lose replies when outreach lacks context, timing, and a clear next step.
2.6xProjected
More replies, less grind, solution
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FAQ

Questions we get asked.

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What does UpLayer do?

UpLayer designs and builds AI into products that already exist. We find where AI can improve the product, design the experience, and build it with the product team. We also say when AI is not the right answer.

What is an AI layer, and where can it help?

An AI layer is a feature that sits on top of the existing product. It can help with search, onboarding, support, document analysis, recommendations, sales, or workflow automation without replacing the core product.

What does ROI driven design and development mean?

It means every major decision has a clear reason and a way to measure its value. We connect the design and development work to outcomes such as activation, conversion, retention, support cost, time to value, or team efficiency.

Why not work with a traditional UI and UX design team?
What is the difference between AI enabled and AI native?
How do you measure the return from AI?
Can our engineering team build this themselves?
The Guarantees

Clear commitments
from strategy to ship

The 3X Guarantee

We use the audit to find the AI opportunity worth building. If we do not uncover a projected opportunity worth 3X the audit fee, the audit is completely free. If you move forward with the build, we credit the full audit fee toward it.

The Ship-It Guarantee

We agree on the scope and launch date before the build begins. You always know what is included, what is out of scope, what comes next, and when it will ship. If we miss the deadline because of our work, the final payment is on us.

Start with the problem.

Bring a product problem, a new idea, or a feature that is not earning its place. We will help define the right next step.

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Tell us what you are trying to improve and where the product is stuck. We will help you decide if an AI layer is worth building.

  • NDA from the first conversation.
  • Response within 24 hours, guaranteed.
  • Founder-led from first call to handoff.
Shahriar P. Shuvo

Every inquiry receives a focused reply within 24 hours. Qualified projects receive a clear proposal within 3 business days.

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