Cloud Mist Labs

Services — Cloud Mist Labs

Services · v1.0 · 2026
The whole list of what we'll do for you.

The procurement-friendly version of Practice. Capabilities, engagement shapes, the stack, and what we explicitly don't do. Read it; pick a starting point; book a call.

Founded
2026 · Dubai
Strata
Edge · Services · Data
Team
3 principals
Pricing
Retainer + fixed-fee shapes
Availability
Q3 2026
· 01 · how we work

Four shapes.

Most engagements fit one of these. We'll tell you which on the first call.

· 01 · Discovery 2 weeks · fixed fee

A scoping engagement. We read the system, talk to the team, and deliver a written plan with options, risks, and a calendar.

Deliverables

  • Written architectural review
  • Three-option plan with calendar
  • Signed risk register
Best when You have an idea of what to build but need a sober plan before committing to the build.
· 02 · Full Build 3 – 18 months · monthly retainer

The main engagement. We design, build, and ship the system end-to-end across Edge, Services, and Data. Monthly signed checkpoints. Weekly written status. No surprises.

Deliverables

  • Working software, in production
  • Monthly signed checkpoint document
  • Final handoff doc the team owns
Best when You have a project to ship — a new system, a rebuild, an AI integration — and you want one team end to end.
· 03 · Advisory Quarterly retainer

Eight hours a month. We read your PRs, sit in on architecture reviews, and write a monthly note on what we see drifting.

Deliverables

  • Monthly written note
  • On-call architecture review
  • Quarterly deep-dive doc
Best when You have an internal team and want a sober second pair of eyes on the next twelve months.
· 04 · AI Readiness 4 weeks · fixed fee

A pointed look at where AI and agents fit (and where they don't) in your existing systems. A written report a board can read. Heavy on specifics, light on hype.

Deliverables

  • Findings report with line-item evidence
  • Prioritised opportunities + risk register
  • One-page summary for stakeholders
Best when You're being asked "what's our AI strategy" and need an honest, ungimmicked answer.
See our field note on AI in the region
· 02 · the matrix

Three strata. Fifteen capabilities.

Each row is one engagement-shaped chunk of work. Pick rows — not strata — when you book.

See in practice
· 01 · Edge

design systems · web · mobile · brand

  1. Design systems

    Components, tokens, documentation. Built to outlast a redesign.

  2. Interface design

    Web and mobile screens. Wireframe → high-fidelity → engineered handoff.

  3. Mobile development

    iOS and Android. Native where it matters, cross-platform where it doesn't.

  4. Brand identity

    Logo, marks, voice, type, photography direction.

  5. Accessibility

    WCAG 2.2 audits, remediation, documentation.

· 02 · Services

APIs · integrations · databases · infra

  1. API design

    REST or GraphQL, versioned, documented, signed at the boundary.

  2. System integrations

    Payment, CRM, ERP, government services, third-party APIs.

  3. Database design

    Schemas, migrations, indexes. Built to grow without breaking.

  4. Infrastructure

    Deployment, observability, cost discipline. Boring on purpose.

  5. Authentication

    Identity, access control, session safety. One auth surface, not three.

· 03 · Data

AI agents · LLMs · analytics · pipelines

  1. AI agent development

    Custom agents and copilots that fit inside your existing systems. Tools, not chatbots.

  2. LLM integration

    Add language models to existing flows. Right model, controlled costs, measurable wins.

  3. Analytics

    Dashboards the business will actually use. Numbers a non-engineer can trust.

  4. Data pipelines

    Move data from where it lives to where decisions get made. Reliable, observable, owned.

  5. Evaluation

    Tests, metrics, regression detection for AI systems. Specific to your domain.

· 03 · the stack

What we reach for first.

Not the only things we use, but the defaults. If yours differs we'll match it; we don't enforce a stack.

Languages
TypeScriptPythonSwiftKotlinSQL
Frontend & web
NextReactTailwindAstroVite
Mobile
Swift / SwiftUIKotlinReact NativeFlutter
Backend
NodeFastAPIOpenAPIRESTGraphQL
AI / agents
OpenAIAnthropicLangChainHugging Facevector DBs (Pinecone, Qdrant)
Data
PostgresSupabaseBigQuerydbtRedis
Infra
CloudflareAWSGCPVercelTerraform
Observability
OpenTelemetrySentryDatadog
Tooling
GitHubFigmaLinearNotion
· 04 · the limit

What we won't do.

A short list, written down. The thing we don't want is for a partner to find out three months in.

  1. 01

    Staff augmentation

    We work as a team or not at all. Embedded contractors aren't the practice.

  2. 02

    Pure marketing or SEO sites

    We build sites when they're attached to a product engagement. Standalone, we'll refer.

  3. 03

    Crypto, blockchain, web3

    Unless specifically scoped against a real, legal use case. Defaults are off.

  4. 04

    Anything before discovery

    No fixed-bid builds without a two-week Discovery first. No exceptions.

· 05 · process

From the first call to the last commit.

Five steps. Each one has a document. Each document is signed.

  1. 01

    Intro call

    30 min

    Thirty minutes. We talk about the system, you ask whatever you want. No pitch deck.

  2. 02

    Written proposal

    5 business days

    A two-page document describing scope, calendar, and price. Signed.

  3. 03

    Discovery

    2 weeks

    A two-week scoping engagement. We deliver a plan that becomes the build SOW.

  4. 04

    Build

    3 – 18 months

    End-to-end across Edge, Services, and Data. Monthly signed checkpoints. Weekly written status.

  5. 05

    Handoff

    + 60 day grace

    A document the team can own. We stay reachable for sixty days, no clock.

· 06 · at a glance

Capabilities, scope, fit.

One table. Print it. Bring it to the call.

Stratum Capability Fit Typical scope Start with
StratumEdge CapabilityDesign system Fit● Best Typical scope1 – 3 months Start withDiscovery
StratumEdge CapabilityWeb app build Fit● Best Typical scope3 – 9 months Start withDiscovery → Build
StratumEdge CapabilityMobile app Fit● Best Typical scope4 – 10 months Start withDiscovery → Build
StratumEdge CapabilityBrand identity Fit● Best Typical scope2 – 4 months Start withDiscovery → Build
StratumEdge CapabilityAccessibility Fit○ Good Typical scope3 – 5 weeks Start withDiscovery
StratumServices CapabilityAPI design Fit● Best Typical scope2 – 5 months Start withBuild
StratumServices CapabilitySystem integrations Fit● Best Typical scope1 – 6 months Start withBuild
StratumServices CapabilityDatabase design Fit● Best Typical scope2 – 5 months Start withDiscovery → Build
StratumServices CapabilityInfrastructure Fit○ Good Typical scope1 – 3 months Start withAdvisory
StratumData CapabilityAI agent development Fit● Best Typical scope2 – 6 months Start withAI Readiness → Build
StratumData CapabilityLLM integration Fit● Best Typical scope1 – 4 months Start withAI Readiness → Build
StratumData CapabilityAnalytics Fit○ Good Typical scope2 – 4 months Start withBuild
StratumData CapabilityData pipelines Fit○ Good Typical scope1 – 3 months Start withBuild
StratumData CapabilityEvaluation Fit● Best Typical scope2 – 4 weeks Start withAI Readiness
StratumCross CapabilityAdvisory retainer Fit● Best Typical scopeOngoing Start withAdvisory

● Best — we do this all the time · ○ Good — we do this when it sits inside a build

· 07 · how to start

Pick a row. Book a call.

We answer within two business days. The first call is thirty minutes, free, no slides. If we're not a fit, we'll say so and recommend two firms that are.

Start a project Email hello@cloudmistlabs.com
Currently
Booking
Q3 2026
Response time
≤ 2 business days
Minimum engagement
Discovery (2 weeks)
Signed
Mhd Ghaith Al Abtah
Founder · 2026