Frequently asked questions

Khoda Consulting is a founder-led AI consulting firm based in San Diego that helps growing businesses build custom AI agents, automate repetitive workflows, and develop AI strategy. Engagements move from concept to a working, deployed system in weeks — with team training and 30-day post-launch support included. Clients own all the code, with no vendor lock-in.

Shawn Khoda is the founder of Khoda Consulting and the consultant who works directly on every engagement. He has more than 10 years of enterprise engineering and product management experience at Fortune 500 companies, where he shipped products used by millions and led AI initiatives. He now applies that depth to owner-operated and small businesses.

Khoda Consulting is based in San Diego, California, at 421 Broadway #486, San Diego, CA 92101. The firm works with clients across the United States — remotely, with on-site visits when a project calls for it.

Three things. You work directly with the founder from the first call through handoff — no account managers, no junior staff. Every engagement ends in working, deployed software rather than a slide deck. And you own everything that gets built: full code, full documentation, no lock-in.

Khoda Consulting offers AI strategy and roadmapping, custom AI agent and agentic system development, workflow automation, data pipelines and ETL, analytics and dashboards, AI and machine learning solutions, and end-to-end AI product development.

Khoda Consulting works with financial services, property management, home services and trades, real estate, e-commerce and DTC, and professional services. The common thread is repetitive, high-volume work that consumes staff time.

An AI agent is a system that reasons over a task, calls tools and APIs, and completes multi-step workflows with little human input — for example handling customer support, qualifying leads, or processing documents end to end. Khoda Consulting designs and builds custom AI agents wired into your existing systems and deployed to production.

Both. Khoda Consulting can deliver a prioritized AI roadmap, build and deploy the systems, or do both in sequence. Every strategy recommendation is one the firm can actually implement — no advice that can't be built.

Typical builds use Anthropic's Claude, React and Next.js, Node.js and Python, PostgreSQL and Supabase, dbt, and cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure AI, or Google Cloud. The stack is chosen to fit each project rather than forced from a template.

An AI Starter — a single production-ready workflow — ships in about 2 to 3 weeks. A full custom build typically runs 4 to 6 weeks. Scope and timeline are agreed in writing before any work begins.

Every engagement runs in three phases: Discover, where we understand the business and where time is lost; Design, where we map the solution, tools, success metrics, and scope in writing; and Deliver, where we build, deploy, train your team, and hand off. You stay involved at key checkpoints throughout.

No. Every engagement ends with a live team walkthrough, a plain-English runbook, and full documentation, so a non-technical team can run and adjust the system. Ongoing support is available if you want a longer-term technical partner.

Every engagement includes 30 days of post-launch support — bug fixes, tuning, and questions answered after go-live. After that, an optional monthly retainer is available for ongoing maintenance, improvements, and new work.

Pricing is based on the scope of each project, not hourly rates. After a short discovery conversation, Khoda Consulting provides a fixed scope with clear deliverables and success criteria agreed in writing before work starts — so you always know what you're getting. Reach out for a scoped quote.

Yes — fully. Every line of code, system prompt, and integration is delivered as your property, with the complete repository and documentation. You can hand it to any developer, change anything, or walk away at any time. No black boxes, no rented platforms, no lock-in.

Yes. Khoda Consulting is based in San Diego but serves clients across the United States, working remotely with on-site visits when a project calls for it.