// SCOTT_PIERCE

I build AI that does real work.

I'm Scott Pierce. I've shipped software for 25 years, from cellular billing to hedge fund data, and production AI for clients in construction and pharma. Bring me the project that's stuck. I'll build it fast, hand you the code, and tell you when the answer isn't AI.

scott_pierce.sh

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Scott Pierce, principal

Left Join Studio, Inc

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builds AI that does real work

hands you the code and the docs

says so when it isn't AI

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// SHIPPED_FOR_CLIENTS
Client names and references on request, under NDA.
A tall stack of contracts turned into one page with the risky clauses flagged in orange.
CONSTRUCTION · General contractor

Every subcontract, read before the bid.

Before Subcontracts get read clause by clause on a bid deadline, which is exactly when risky terms slip through.

After The liability and bad terms come flagged, with the reason, before anyone commits to the job.

PHARMA · Clinical research

A tool that finds patients who qualify for a new treatment, built under HIPAA privacy rules and a signed Business Associate Agreement.

RETAIL DATA · Consumer goods

Started the AI practice at a national retail data company: search across every internal document, and plain-English answers from the company's own numbers.

TRAINING · Corporate AI

AI workshops for executives, product, sales, and engineering, plus the prompt guides and templates teams work from.

HEDGE FUNDS · Market data

Data wrangling for a hedge fund, where a late or wrong number costs real money.

AD TECH · Media buying

Ad data for a media-buying platform, at the volume ad impressions show up.

MEDIA · News

Native iOS and Android reading apps for a major-market newspaper.

PUBLISHING · Digital books

eBook distribution to readers in 196 countries.

TELECOM · Cellular billing

Billing for a cellular carrier, back when every minute got counted and customers checked.

YOUR BUSINESS · Next

Tell me the job that eats your team's week. →

// HOW_I_CAN_HELP
// HOW_THIS_WORKS

A skunk-works crew of one, under contract.

One senior builder, working off to the side of the big plan, so the thing gets built while everyone else is still in meetings. Here's what that means in writing.

An open box holding folders, a manual, a laptop, and a key: everything handed over.
01

A contract with a company

You sign with Left Join Studio, Inc. Scope and deliverables are written down before work starts.

02

A fixed price, agreed up front

Projects aren't billed by the hour. You know the number before I start, and the first call is free. I'll tell you on it whether this is worth your money.

03

You keep everything

The code, the docs, and the training material are delivered to you, so your team can run it without me.

04

If I get hit by a bus

You already have the code and the docs. It's built on common tools, so any capable developer can pick it up where I left off.

05

Next to your big vendor, not instead of them

If the job needs a large firm for compliance, support, or scale, I work in parallel with them. You get my speed and their coverage. It's a hedged bet, not a replacement.

06

Small on purpose

No account managers and no handoff to a junior. You talk to the person building it, and decisions take a day, not a steering committee.

// HOW_IT_STARTS
  1. 01

    Tell me the job

    Thirty minutes, free, no slides.

  2. 02

    Try a working version

    Something your team can click, not a proposal.

  3. 03

    Use it for a week

    Your team tells me what to change. Then we decide what comes next.

Not sure which one fits?

Book 30 minutes and tell me what you're working on.