Parvessh Agarwal
Founder & CEO
An entrepreneur at heart. He links business analysis, strategy, clear goals and ROI to practical technology.
LinkedIn →Custom AI development,
one proven use case at a time.
Build AI into your product or your business on your own data. A two-week discovery sets the scope and a fixed pilot quote. The pilot takes one use case to a working system. A dedicated AI team then carries it on.
Discovery from $1,000, credited against the pilot · Reply within four business hours (typical)
Brands our teams have delivered for
What we do
PixelCrayons is a custom AI development company that builds AI into your product or business on your own data. Work starts with a two-week discovery at $1,000 that sets the scope and a fixed pilot quote. Pilots start at $5,000, and a dedicated AI team from $5,000 a month carries the work on after launch.
Our work
See what we've built
and the results it brought.
Real projects for real clients, with results we can show.
2004
Established
500+
Agencies served
4,500+
Projects delivered
340%
Revenue growth · 7 months
eCommerce
+127%
Organic traffic · 5 months
SaaS
85%
Faster delivery · backlog cleared
via agency partner
Where the work happens
How we build
What custom AI development
includes.
01
A discovery before any build
Two weeks to agree the use case and how success is measured, check what your data can support, choose an architecture and model, and give you a fixed quote for the pilot. The fee is credited against the pilot within 60 days.
Weeks 1 and 2
02
A pilot on one use case
The pilot takes one defined use case to a working system on your data: retrieval over your documents, an assistant inside your product, an agent on one task. It is tested against your own numbers and handed over.
4 to 8 weeks
03
Built on models that fit
We build on proven models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and open-source providers, chosen on fit, cost and where your data must be stored. We do not train models from scratch.
Every build
04
Access, logs and limits
Every system the AI can reach gets only the access it needs, every action is logged, and anything that cannot be undone waits for a person's approval.
Every build
05
A dedicated team after launch
After the pilot, a dedicated AI team from $5,000 a month extends and runs it: a named lead and engineers on one plan, billed monthly.
Monthly
How it starts
From discovery
to a working system.
01
Start
Brief and a call
We sign an NDA and talk through the use case, your data and your systems.
02
Weeks 1 and 2
Discovery
Scope, data check, architecture and a fixed pilot quote.
03
Your decision
You sign off
You confirm the pilot scope, the payment and the access we need. Nothing starts before this.
04
4 to 8 weeks
Pilot
One use case built on your data and tested against your own numbers.
05
After launch
Dedicated team
A named lead and engineers extend and run it, billed monthly.
Related AI services
Smaller ways to start
Not ready for a custom build? Start with an assessment, or with a chatbot or integration that is priced as a fixed starter.
Who is accountable
The people responsible
for your work.
Saundaraya Gupta
Technical Manager
Brings technical work, client updates and project management together, so work moves smoothly from brief to launch.
LinkedIn →Every engagement
A named coordinator and escalation contact
Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.
All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.
Before you sign
Our commitments
Each one says where it applies and links to its full terms.
Response and start times
We typically respond within four business hours. Eligible engagements can typically start within two to three business days after scope, payment and required access are confirmed.
Business hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm IST, excluding published company holidays. Typical expectations, not guaranteed service levels.
Full termsClear IP & Ownership Terms
Your materials remain yours. Bespoke deliverable rights, licences and handover are agreed before work starts.
All engagements.
Full termsClear Delivery & Escalation Ownership
Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.
All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.
Full termsHow do we know the work will be good?
Every delivery is reviewed before release by QA, your Project or Account Manager and a senior delivery lead, and you then review it against the acceptance criteria agreed at the start. Our specialists use AI to support delivery, with people responsible for reviewing the work. Applicable development work includes 30 days of corrective maintenance after production launch.
Who owns the ad accounts, the data and the work?
Your materials, data and accounts remain yours, and we prefer to work in advertising and analytics accounts you own, with access delegated to our team. Agreed ownership rights in bespoke deliverables transfer under the engagement terms and applicable payment; third-party software and assets keep their licences. We do not withhold customer-owned data or accounts over a payment dispute.
What if we want to stop?
Cancellation, notice and any renewal terms are written into your proposal or statement of work before you accept it. If an engagement ends early, we hand over completed, paid-for work and list any unfinished work separately. For an eligible specialist trial, you can stop within the trial window and pay nothing for eligible trial hours.
How will we know what you are doing?
Before work starts we agree how often you get updates, what the reports cover and who sends them. You know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue. For hourly and retainer work, time is recorded in Workstatus, so you can see the time records behind your invoice.
How we handle claims, credentials and your data: group credentials, dated ratings, how case figures are signed off, client permissions and data handling.
The discovery
What two weeks
settle.
These are the questions the discovery answers before any build starts.
- 01The use caseOne job, and how you will know it worked.
- 02The dataWhether your documents and records can support it.
- 03The architectureHow it connects to your systems, and which model fits.
- 04The limitsWhat it may read, what it may change and what needs approval.
- 05The cost to runModel, API and hosting costs at your expected volume.
- 06The pilot quoteA fixed price for taking the use case to a working system.
The discovery fee is credited against the pilot within 60 days.
Questions
Frequently
asked.
Discovery costs $1,000: two weeks, ending in the scope, the architecture and a fixed pilot quote. Pilots start at $5,000 for one use case on your data. A dedicated AI team after launch starts at $5,000 a month. The discovery fee is credited against the pilot within 60 days. Model and API usage and hosting are billed separately, and prices exclude taxes.
Assistants and search over your own documents, AI features inside your product, agents that carry out tasks in your systems, and generative AI tools for content and operations. We do not take on computer vision, custom model training or MLOps work.
No. We build on proven models and give them your knowledge through retrieval and careful prompts. That is cheaper to run, easier to update and able to cite its sources.
IP and ownership terms are agreed in writing before work starts. Your data and materials stay yours.
Discovery takes two weeks. A pilot takes four to eight weeks, depending on how many systems it connects to and how much it may do on its own.
The range
What it costs,
at the direct rate.
A two-week discovery sets the scope and a fixed pilot quote. The pilot takes one use case to a working system. A dedicated AI team then carries it on, billed monthly.
- One-offDiscovery$1,000–$5,000one-time
- ProjectPilot$5,000–$50Kfixed quote, one-time
Indicative: every figure is refined into an itemised proposal.INR figures shown excl. GST.
Prove one AI use case
before you scale it.
Tell us the use case and the data behind it. We reply with a date for the discovery.
Reply within four business hours (typical) · NDA standard · Clear IP & Ownership Terms
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