// augment · tier 06
Make AI actually smart about YOUR data. No hallucinations.
RAG & Document Intelligence — Tier 6
// scope
What's in, what's out.
// included
- RAG pipeline connected to YOUR data sources
- Document ingestion (PDF, DOCX, sheets, Notion, Google Docs, DBs, websites)
- Semantic search — find by meaning, not keywords
- Natural-language Q&A with source citations
- Access control — different users see different data
- Pipeline monitoring — query volume, accuracy, unanswered queries
// not included
- Frontline support automation (use Tier 4 or 5)
- OCR-heavy doc parsing for visual content (see Tier 7)
- Vector store hosting (Pinecone/Weaviate billed direct, ~$70+/mo)
// deliverables
What you walk away with.
01Live RAG pipeline + ingestion jobs
02Search/chat UI (or API for your existing app)
03Admin dashboard (sources, access, evals)
04Eval set you can extend
05Source code + ops runbook
// examples
What founders build at this tier.
Internal knowledge base — ask AI anything about your company
Document Q&A — contracts, manuals, research papers
Customer-facing search — let users search your docs/content
Compliance & legal — regulatory docs, contracts, policies
Research assistant — industry reports, papers, articles
AI-powered product documentation
// process
How a project runs.
Week 1
Data audit — sources, formats, volume. Pipeline architecture.
Week 2
RAG pipeline + embedding optimization. Real-query testing.
Week 3
UI development + access control + monitoring
Week 4
Deployment + tuning on real usage + handoff
// case studies
We've shipped this kind of work.
Real builds at this tier. Each one is a full breakdown of the problem, the architecture, and what shipped.
// faq
Questions about this tier.
ChatGPT hallucinates on your data because it never saw it. RAG grounds every answer in your documents, with citations.
Less, but not never. We deploy citation gating, confidence thresholds, and weekly evals on your live traffic.
Wherever you want. Default is your cloud account. Self-hosted models and pgvector if you need it. DPAs/BAAs signed as needed.
// combine & save
Pair this tier with another, pay ~15% less.
// TIER 1 + 4
Smart MVP
Web app + AI chatbot. The fastest path to a "feels like the future" product.
$2,500 – $5,000save ~15%
// TIER 2 + 5
Connected Product
Web + mobile + an AI agent doing real work behind the scenes.
$6,000 – $12,000save ~15%
// TIER 3 + 5 + 6
Enterprise Stack
Full platform across web/mobile/desktop with agents and RAG. Custom-quoted.
$10,000+save custom
// NEXT TIER
T7 — Computer Vision
$4–10K · 4–8 wk →
// ready when you are
Ready to talk about your rag project?
Free 30-min audit. Honest assessment. You walk away with a plan whether or not we work together.