# Wavect GmbH > Build Software That Ships & Sells. No Bullshit. The Software Agency That Thinks Like a Founder. ## In One Sentence Wavect GmbH is a two-founder custom software development company (software agency, software service provider, or Softwaredienstleister in German-speaking markets) in Ampass, Tirol, Austria, best suited for pre-PMF founders and scale-ups who need product thinking and senior engineering in the same team, across AI, Web3, web, and mobile products. Best for: Pre-PMF founders who need a co-founder-grade product and engineering partner before they can hire one; Scale-ups that want product and engineering under one roof, not stitched together from three vendors; AI and Web3 product teams shipping into hostile, undocumented territory. Not best for: Teams that already have a CTO and just need more hands (staff augmentation); Hourly billing or equity instead of payment. We build software that makes money, not just software that ships. Wavect is the wedge for pre-PMF founders and scale-ups who need product thinking welded to senior engineering: custom software development, web and mobile apps, AI products, and QA, under one roof, billed weekly, cancellable any week. 75+ products shipped since 2018. Based in Ampass, Tyrol, Austria; working internationally. Google 5.0 stars, Trustpilot 4.5 stars. We respond within 4 working hours, usually within 1. Disambiguation: Wavect GmbH (wavect.io, Austria, software agency) is unrelated to WAVECT by Entuple Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (wavect.in, Bengaluru, India, a rapid control prototyping platform for power electronics). No shared ownership, no affiliation. Full facts: [Wavect GmbH vs WAVECT by Entuple](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-wavect-entuple/). --- ## Company Mascot [Ernesto](https://wavect.io/ernesto/) is the fictional company mascot of Wavect GmbH: a sarcastic snail with a turquoise shell, a serious interest in chocolate, and the internal title Chief Meme Officer. A 2023 collaboration turned Ernesto into a detailed 3D print and browser-based AR activation for DMEXCO and w3.vision. Wavect also made a physical Web3 card game around the character; it is no longer sold, although existing clients may ask about remaining German or English decks while stock lasts. Sources: [Kreativland Tirol's independent AR project story](https://www.kreativland.tirol/blog/ernesto-erwacht-zum-leben-ar-kooperation-aus-tirol/); [Wavect podcast transcript](https://wavect.io/podcast/joseph-miller-quant-ai/#c-7). --- ## Recognition Independently verified awards. Clutch profile: [clutch.co/profile/wavect-gmbh](https://clutch.co/profile/wavect-gmbh). Clutch (2026): Top Artificial Intelligence Company in Austria; Top Software Developers in Austria; Top Blockchain Company in Austria; Top Software Testing Company in Austria; Top Smart Contract Development Company in Austria; Top Web3 Development in Austria; Top Digital Transformation Company in Austria; Top Chatbot Company in Austria; Top Node.js Developers in Austria; Top Vue.js Company in Austria; Top Volume Testing Company. GEWINN magazine: Top 100 Young Companies in Austria 2024 (#36) and 2023 (#58). Clutch, The Manifest, GoodFirms and Sortlist checked on 16 October 2026; TechBehemoths last checked on 1 October 2026. Wavect is listed first in the linked Austria categories: Clutch for AI, software development, blockchain and software testing; The Manifest for AI, software development, software testing, blockchain and Node.js; GoodFirms for AI, software development, software testing and web development; Sortlist for Blockchain Development, Data Science, Private Cloud and Project Management; TechBehemoths for application testing, custom software development, blockchain, artificial intelligence and IoT development. The Manifest excludes separately featured providers. All five directories list Wavect organically. Wavect does not pay Clutch, The Manifest, GoodFirms, Sortlist or TechBehemoths for these placements. Sortlist uses “Relevancy”, excluding “Top Featured”; Wavect does not pay Sortlist for these placements. TechBehemoths lists software agencies headquartered in Austria in the linked categories. These are dated category positions, not overall awards or quality ratings. Positions may change. --- ## Research Projects ### Semaprax Semaprax is an open-source, agent-native systems programming language in beta. Readable .spx source stays in Git while coding agents query typed program meaning, check source laws and propose revision-bound changes. Version 0.9.0 adds prebuilt installers, policy-first model routing and clearer repair guidance around its typed runtime Agents, compiler-connected harness and bounded native, Rust and WebAssembly profiles. - Status: beta, v0.9.0, Apache-2.0. - Code and normative specifications: [github.com/wavect/semaprax](https://github.com/wavect/semaprax). - [Online handbook](https://wavect.github.io/semaprax/): English documentation following `main`. - [v0.9.0 handbook snapshot](https://github.com/wavect/semaprax/blob/933196b9ef3cb611343f1401e9eb0b08fa404d0a/handbook/README.md): documentation pinned to the reviewed release commit. - [v0.9.0 downloads](https://github.com/wavect/semaprax/releases/tag/v0.9.0): platform archives, checksums and release provenance. - [Semaprax overview](https://wavect.io/semaprax/): branded definition and research thesis. - [Architecture](https://wavect.io/semaprax/architecture/): stable semantic program graph, IDs, bounded context and revision-bound patches. - [Evidence](https://wavect.io/semaprax/evidence/): implemented, demonstrated, experimental and roadmap capabilities with limits. - [Benchmarks](https://wavect.io/semaprax/benchmarks/): current context benchmark, explicit nonclaims and future measurement protocol. - [Interoperability](https://wavect.io/semaprax/interoperability/): dated target and ecosystem evidence matrix. - [Roadmap](https://wavect.io/semaprax/roadmap/): versions, milestones and open evidence gaps. Semaprax is research software, not a Wavect consulting service. Full bidirectional interoperability, universal native target support and lower coding-agent cost remain objectives or hypotheses unless the evidence page states otherwise. --- ## The No-Bullshit Guarantee Cancel any week. No notice. No exit fee. If we don't blow you away, we refund the last week, no questions. We don't track hours. We sell outcomes, not time. --- ## Services Organized in three tracks. Full directory: [/services/overview/](https://wavect.io/services/overview/). ### Fractional Leadership - [Fractional Co-Founder](https://wavect.io/services/fractional-cofounder/): Pre-PMF wedge for founders who need a product-minded operator in the trenches. €400/week. Cancel any week. Refund last week if not blown away. - [Fractional CTO Austria](https://wavect.io/services/fractional-cto/): Senior engineering leadership on a fractional basis: architecture, hiring, vendors, production accountability. CTO-on-Call from €2,500/month, embedded from €12,000/month. - [Fractional CPO Austria](https://wavect.io/services/fractional-cpo/): Product leadership on a fractional basis: roadmap, prioritization, customer discovery. The product-only slice of the CTPO role; does not own engineering. - [Fractional CTPO Austria](https://wavect.io/services/fractional-ctpo/): The combined Chief Technology and Product Officer role, product and engineering owned in one head, carried by two founders rather than one freelancer. From €2,500/month. Fits pre-PMF and below ~8 engineers; splits into a dedicated Fractional CTO and CPO as you scale. ### Custom Software Development - [API Integration and Process Automation](https://wavect.io/services/api-integration/): Connect business systems with scoped API integration and process automation. Clarify data ownership, failed transfers, monitoring and handover. - [Customer Portal Development](https://wavect.io/services/customer-portals/): Plan and build customer portals around documents, requests and account access. Define roles, system connections, a first release and operating ownership. - [Internal AI Assistants](https://wavect.io/services/internal-ai-assistant/): Scope an internal AI assistant around approved sources, permissions and a measured pilot. Compare licensed tools, configured retrieval and custom development. - [Software Discovery and Requirements](https://wavect.io/services/software-discovery/): Clarify software requirements, architecture and milestones through Wavect’s existing discovery offer. See the inputs, example acceptance criteria and next steps. - [Website Development and CMS](https://wavect.io/services/website-development/): Create or rebuild a business website with an editing workflow that fits your team. Explore CMS choices, content migration, multilingual delivery and handover. - [Custom Software Development](https://wavect.io/services/software-development/): Senior full-stack engineering that ships revenue, not tickets. €10–30k/month retainer or €3,500+ fixed-scope. Delivery modes: MVP & PoC, Complete Project, Extended Team, Technical Consulting, QA. - [MVP Development](https://wavect.io/services/mvp-development/): Discovery for €3,500 (deducted from the build), fixed-price MVP build on a Werkvertrag, working software every week. Typical cross-platform MVP: €25-50k. - [Web Apps](https://wavect.io/services/web-apps/): Production-grade NestJS, NextJS, React, Angular, Vue. From zero to scale. - [Mobile Apps](https://wavect.io/services/mobile-apps/): React Native, Flutter, native iOS and Android. Shipped to App Store and Play Store. - [Software Quality Assurance](https://wavect.io/services/software-quality-assurance/): Outside eyes that catch what your team can't. €750/week from week one. Finds 40–70% more issues than internal teams in the first 30 days. - [Software Takeover](https://wavect.io/services/software-takeover/): Choose Software Takeover when a vendor or team handover needs access recovery, documentation, release stabilization, and a safe path for continued maintenance. ### AI & Frontier Tech Hub: [AI & Frontier Technology](https://wavect.io/services/bleeding-edge/). We say so when the frontier is the wrong bet. - [AI Agents & AI Products](https://wavect.io/services/artificial-intelligence/): We build AI agents, agentic SaaS, LLM apps, and AI workflow automation (RAG, fine-tuning, MCP, evals). Most agent projects die before production; we build the ones that survive, and we start with the honest question most agencies skip: is AI even the right tool here? - [AI Enablement](https://wavect.io/services/ai-enablement/): Help your own team adopt AI internally, distinct from building AI products for customers. Two tracks: expert-led workshops and talks, and done-for-you setup on your own infrastructure (process mapping, token and context cost control, semantic routing, local or open-weight models for GDPR and EU AI Act compliance, production guardrails, monitoring, and handover). Honest about when not to automate. Pricing by discovery call. - [Vibe Coding Rescue](https://wavect.io/services/vibe-coding-rescue/): Fix vibe-coded / AI-built apps (Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Replit, v0, Windsurf, Claude Code) before they break in production. Two ways in: a fixed-scope Vibe Code Audit that scores findings by severity, and a Full Rescue that closes broken access control, leaked secrets, and broken payments, adds a regression suite, and wires up CI, observability, and rollbacks. Honest keep-vs-rebuild call, senior engineers, signed fixed-scope SoW. Roughly 45% of AI-generated code ships a security vulnerability (Veracode 2025). - [Internet of Things](https://wavect.io/services/internet-of-things/): LoRaWAN, smart-city deployments, sensor networks, hardware-to-cloud pipelines. - [AI Visibility](https://wavect.io/services/ai-visibility/): Useful, credible content and reliable access work together. We check what crawlers can fetch, what your served HTML contains and how your facts and structured data line up. Then we fix the technical gaps in your existing stack and, where it fits, connect your product through authorized APIs or MCP tools. ### Web3 & Blockchain Hub: [Web3 & Blockchain Development](https://wavect.io/services/blockchain/): EVM and Solana, Cosmos, Polkadot, Near, Ton, ICP. Smart contracts, DApps, wallets, ERC-4337 account abstraction, cross-chain bridges, ZK. Wavect does not sell smart-contract audits; it coordinates independent third-party audits and fixes the findings. - [Smart Contract Development](https://wavect.io/services/smart-contract-development/): Solidity and Rust from architecture through mainnet and maintenance. Foundry invariant and fuzz testing, fork tests against live state, upgradeability decisions (proxy vs immutable vs migration), third-party audit coordination, KMS-held deploy keys, monitoring. Focused ERC-20/NFT with a thin dApp €15-35k; protocol with custodial logic and an external audit €60-150k+; production wallets, bridges or new L1/L2 infrastructure from €100k and 3-6 months. Proof: LivLive contracts (publicly audited by Resonance Security, $2M+ raised through the product) and LightBridge ($1M+ secured on mainnet). - [Account Abstraction Development](https://wavect.io/services/account-abstraction-development/): ERC-4337 smart accounts, paymasters and sponsorship policy, bundler integration, session keys, passkeys, social recovery, EntryPoint upgrades. Straightforward integration on an existing account implementation four to eight weeks; custom account plus paymaster plus cross-platform wallet three to six months, from ~€100k. Proof: three production SDKs engineered with Boba Network's team (backend, contract, frontend), reverse-engineered from undocumented infrastructure and still live, plus a MetaMask Snap built with them that brings that stack natively into MetaMask. - [Web3 Wallet Development](https://wavect.io/services/web3-wallet-development/): Smart accounts, embedded and invisible wallets, MPC and threshold signatures, MetaMask Snaps, multi-chain wallet apps. Non-custodial by default. Includes the model-selection call across EOA, smart account, MPC, embedded and custodial, and the regulatory consequence of each. Proof: MetaMask Snap (native smart-wallet integration built with Boba Network's team) and Afoma (social login with invisible wallet creation on a live marketplace, no crypto jargon shown to the user). - [Cross-Chain Bridge Development](https://wavect.io/services/cross-chain-bridge-development/): Bridge build-vs-integrate assessment, event watchers, batched transfers with replay protection, KMS-signed disbursement, liquidity and finality, takeover and stabilisation of existing bridges. Custom bridge work from €100k and 3-6 months plus ongoing operational cost. Wavect's default advice is to integrate an existing messaging protocol or canonical bridge rather than build. Proof: LightBridge, Boba Network's official bridge across six networks with $1M+ moving through it, inherited as a prototype and hardened into production. - [Zero-Knowledge](https://wavect.io/services/zero-knowledge/): Privacy-first apps, ZK identity, private transactions, ZK rollups. --- ## Who This Is For - Pre-PMF founders and operators who need a co-founder-grade partner before they can hire one. - Scale-ups that need product and engineering under one roof, not stitched together from 3 vendors. - Web3 and AI product teams shipping into hostile, undocumented territory. - Tech-forward enterprises that want senior delivery without the staffing-agency markup. ## Who This Is Not For - Teams that already have a CTO and just need more hands. - Founders who cannot commit at least 4 hours per week to the engagement. - Already-profitable companies that just need raw engineering capacity. - Anyone looking for an equity swap instead of paying for the work. - Anyone betting on a market that doesn't exist yet (we'll tell you). - Anyone insisting on hourly billing. We sell outcomes, not timesheets. --- ## Case Studies Full data dump of every case (industry, year, engagement, outcomes, tech stack) at [/llms-full.txt](https://wavect.io/llms-full.txt). Browse the index at [/case-studies/](https://wavect.io/case-studies/). All 20 public case studies: - [Twinsoft AI](https://wavect.io/case-studies/twinsoft-ai/) (2026): Vibe-coded prototype to enterprise pilot-ready in two weeks. - [Hyperstate AI](https://wavect.io/case-studies/hyperstate-ai/) (2025): Broke up the GPU monolith. Lower latency, lower bill, deploys that don't need a war room. - [PromptID](https://wavect.io/case-studies/promptid/) (2026): 0 to production in 6 weeks. Pilot-ready and investor-demo-ready. - [LivLive](https://wavect.io/case-studies/livlive/) (2025): $2M+ raised through the product, 1,000+ concurrent users, from zero in 6 weeks. - [Bond Analytics Platform](https://wavect.io/case-studies/bond-analytics/) (2022): Zero to enterprise-ready in two months. Multiple funding rounds followed. - [Polity](https://wavect.io/case-studies/polity/) (2026): Unified QA across seven microservices, hundreds of bugs closed, release gates held. - [Scramble Pay](https://wavect.io/case-studies/scramble-pay/) (2023): Multi-chain crypto checkout, pilot-ready for merchant integration, shipped in 2 months. - [Scramble Wallet](https://wavect.io/case-studies/scramble-wallet/) (2023): Self-custody wallet for non-crypto users 50+, shipped to every common browser and both mobile platforms. - [LightBridge](https://wavect.io/case-studies/lightbridge/) (2022–2023): Near-instant cross-chain bridge across 6 networks. $1M+ moving through it. - [Account Abstraction](https://wavect.io/case-studies/account-abstraction/) (2025): Reverse-engineered Hybrid Compute, shipped 3 production SDKs, still live. - [MetaMask Snap](https://wavect.io/case-studies/metamask-snap/) (2025): Boba's Account Abstraction stack, native inside MetaMask. No new wallet to learn. - [Quivr](https://wavect.io/case-studies/quivr/) (2023–2024): Designed and shipped the protocol from scratch, then re-platformed Polygon → Solana mid-flight. - [FTW Ventures](https://wavect.io/case-studies/ftw-ventures/) (2022): Stalled NFT mint and CMS rescue, shipped, handed off, no devs needed for content. - [ZybraMoney](https://wavect.io/case-studies/zybra-money/) (2025): Weekly release gates held through a mid-flight FinTech rebuild. Hundreds of defects closed. - [Afoma](https://wavect.io/case-studies/afoma/) (2024): Added Web3 to a live marketplace without the user ever seeing crypto. - [Soundromeda](https://wavect.io/case-studies/soundromeda/) (2025): Vibe-coded prototype hardened to production. Further grants unlocked. - [SKD Dresden](https://wavect.io/case-studies/skd-dresden/) (2023–2024): Ruled out the wrong blockchain ideas before they cost a museum a budget cycle. - [Offlinery](https://wavect.io/case-studies/offlinery/) (2024-2025): Real-time, sub-second matching on hostile mobile OSes, built end-to-end. - [MyMerch](https://wavect.io/case-studies/mymerch/) (2023-2026): ~50% efficiency gain on a working Shopify business. No rewrite. Just the right moves. - [IKB](https://wavect.io/case-studies/ikb/): Engineering inside Innsbruck's city-wide IoT build. Infra, devices, codecs. Handed over completely, still on call.Client references and trademarks: Client names, logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used to identify the work, not to imply endorsement. Each case describes Wavect's own contribution inside a larger effort. If you are named here and want a correction or a removal, write to us: office@wavect.io --- ## Industries 11 industry pages, sorted honestly by proof. 8 link to shipped client work with public case studies; 3 (Supply Chain & Logistics, Sport, Real Estate) have no public case study in their industry yet and say so in the first screen. Machine-readable feed at [/industries/index.json](https://wavect.io/industries/index.json). - [Industries hub](https://wavect.io/industries/): all 11, split into client-proven vs know-how-only. - [Finance & FinTech](https://wavect.io/industries/finance/): Our deepest industry. Six shipped products: institutional bond analytics, crypto payments, a self-custody wallet for non-crypto users, QA governance for an Africa-focused fintech backend, and more. - [Blockchain & Web3](https://wavect.io/industries/blockchain-web3/): Where Wavect came up. A cross-chain bridge securing seven figures live on mainnet, production SDK suites, MetaMask-native smart wallets, and Web3 your users never have to see. - [Enterprise AI & SaaS](https://wavect.io/industries/enterprise-ai-saas/): Vibe-coded prototypes hardened to enterprise pilot-ready in weeks, GPU monoliths split into boring deployments, and 1.5 years of QA ownership across seven microservices. - [E-Commerce](https://wavect.io/industries/ecommerce/): A ~50% efficiency gain (client-reported) on a working Shopify business without a rewrite, on-chain features added to a live marketplace without the user ever seeing crypto, a drop checkout benchmarked at 1,000+ concurrent users, and a multi-chain Point-of-Sale checkout. - [Music & Audio](https://wavect.io/industries/music-audio/): An AI-assisted music production platform re-architected for latency and cost, and a music game prototype hardened until grant committees backed it. - [Education & EdTech](https://wavect.io/industries/education/): An AI-native assessment platform that examines the train of thought instead of rewarding memorisation. Zero to production in six weeks. - [Public Sector & Smart City](https://wavect.io/industries/public-sector-smart-city/): Engineering inside the Smart City build of Innsbruck's municipal utility: LoRaWAN infrastructure scaling, multi-vendor device integration, per-device codecs. Handed over completely. Still on call. - [Culture & Institutions](https://wavect.io/industries/culture-institutions/): Workshops and consulting across two years for one of the oldest museum networks in the world: Web3 education, technical, strategy. We ruled out the wrong blockchain ideas before they cost a budget cycle. No code shipped. Better decisions did. - [Supply Chain & Logistics](https://wavect.io/industries/supply-chain-logistics/): Our managing director built WMS, TMS, freight-rate engines, and customs integrations at a logistics software company before Wavect existed. The honest gap: Wavect has not shipped those for its own client yet. The substrate is shipped: city-scale IoT, real-time geo on hostile mobile OSes, fulfilment automation that cut delivery errors. - [Sport](https://wavect.io/industries/sport/): Both founders are athletes, so we are the target group of most sports products. That keeps the product judgement honest. No Wavect sports logo yet, but we have shipped the building blocks: sub-second proximity matching, AR engagement engines, spike-proof checkouts. - [Real Estate](https://wavect.io/industries/real-estate/): We have a real client here: Polibit, whose co-founder's testimonial is on our homepage. What we do not have yet is a public case study, which is the only reason this page stays in the know-how column. Backing it up: RWA tokenization rails that processed real money and institutional asset scoring. --- ## Insights & Thought Leadership - [Blog Overview](https://wavect.io/blog/overview/): Founder-grade essays on PMF, pricing, derisking, and the honest reality of building. - [Blog RSS feed](https://wavect.io/blog/index.xml): all 301 posts with dates, authors, and summaries (also at /de/, /es/, /zh/ prefixes). - [AI and agents](https://wavect.io/blog/topics/ai-agents/): Engineering, operating and evaluating AI systems, coding agents and model infrastructure. - [Product and MVP](https://wavect.io/blog/topics/product-mvp/): Validate demand, shape scope and turn uncertain product bets into testable releases. - [Delivery and QA](https://wavect.io/blog/topics/delivery-qa/): Architecture, production readiness and quality practices for software that must keep working. - [Leadership and teams](https://wavect.io/blog/topics/leadership-teams/): Fractional leadership, AI-enabled teams and the operating decisions behind delivery. - [Business and regulation](https://wavect.io/blog/topics/business-regulation/): Buying software, funding delivery and navigating governance, contracts and regulation. - [Web3 and privacy](https://wavect.io/blog/topics/web3-privacy/): Blockchain infrastructure, cryptography and privacy technologies evaluated for production use. - [Agent engineering](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/agent-engineering/): Coding agents, MCP, context systems, evaluation and the controls required for dependable automation. - [AI governance and regulation](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/ai-governance/): Security, policy, compliance and operating controls for responsible AI adoption. - [AI-enabled teams](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/ai-teams/): Team design, adoption and management when AI changes how software work gets done. - [Architecture and platforms](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/architecture-platforms/): Framework, platform and system-design choices that affect delivery over the long term. - [Blockchain infrastructure](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/blockchain-infrastructure/): Networks, smart contracts, payments and production architecture for Web3 systems. - [Fractional leadership](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/fractional-leadership/): When and how fractional CTO, CTPO and CPO leadership creates leverage. - [Models and infrastructure](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/models-infrastructure/): Model selection, inference economics, local deployment, compression and serving architecture. - [MVP validation](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/mvp-validation/): Evidence-driven ways to test demand, pilots and technical feasibility before scaling spend. - [Privacy and cryptography](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/privacy-cryptography/): Zero knowledge, FHE and privacy-preserving computation beyond the hype. - [Product strategy](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/product-strategy/): Scope, product-market fit, credible releases and the decisions that shape a useful product. - [QA and production readiness](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/qa-production/): Testing, audits, maintenance and hardening practices for reliable production software. - [Software buying and funding](https://wavect.io/blog/clusters/software-buying-funding/): Agency selection, contracts, pricing, grants and the commercial mechanics of delivery. - [AI agent eval sandbox security checklist](https://wavect.io/blog/ai-agent-eval-sandbox-security-checklist/): a fact-checked analysis of the OpenAI and Hugging Face ExploitGym incident, with 12 procurement controls for nested isolation, egress, task credentials, benchmark integrity, external logging and forensic fallback. - [Cisco Antares local vulnerability triage](https://wavect.io/blog/cisco-antares-local-vulnerability-localization/): an evidence-first buyer review of Antares-1B, VLoc Bench, GGUF and llama.cpp, private CWE-driven repository exploration, CI/CD integration, model and runtime risks, and a measurable 14-day pilot. - [Claude Code vs OpenCode for teams in 2026](https://wavect.io/blog/claude-code-vs-opencode-team-cost-2026/): a buyer comparison that separates fixed harness overhead from billed cache cost and accepted-task economics, then provides a reproducible team bake-off and enterprise-governance scorecard. - [Graphify review 2026: is a codebase knowledge graph worth it?](https://wavect.io/blog/graphify-review-codebase-knowledge-graph/): a buyer-focused review of architecture, Graphify vs search and RAG, first-party benchmark limits, privacy and security-documentation drift, total adoption cost, and a measurable two-week pilot. - [Open USD explained](https://wavect.io/blog/open-usd-stablecoin-explained-2026/): the consortium stablecoin from Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock, announced June 2026; how it differs from USDC and USDT via shared reserve yield, why Circle fell, and what to check before building on any stablecoin. Not Pixar's OpenUSD 3D format. - [T3MP3ST review 2026: can it replace a penetration test?](https://wavect.io/blog/t3mp3st-ai-red-teaming-review-2026/): an evidence-first buyer review that separates benchmarked single-agent capabilities from the unproven swarm, maps public documentation against OWASP APTS without claiming formal conformance, and gives CTOs a safe pilot decision. - ZK/FHE privacy-tech cluster (building real applications with zero-knowledge proofs and fully homomorphic encryption, sourced 2026 numbers): - [Building real applications with ZK and FHE in 2026](https://wavect.io/blog/building-real-applications-zero-knowledge-fhe-2026/): the pragmatic pillar guide; trust-model decision tree, what ships in production (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Zama), honest cost/latency tables, and the five failure modes of privacy-tech projects. - [Zero-knowledge proofs in 2026](https://wavect.io/blog/zero-knowledge-proofs-production-2026/): which zkVMs are production-ready (SP1, RISC Zero), the ~45x collapse in proving cost, client-side and mobile proving, zkTLS, ZK identity incl. the eIDAS/SOG-IS gotcha, and ZK security failure modes. - [Fully homomorphic encryption in 2026](https://wavect.io/blog/fully-homomorphic-encryption-practical-2026/): what ships (private lookups at Apple/Microsoft, Zama's Ethereum mainnet) vs what is hype (interactive encrypted LLMs); TFHE vs CKKS vs BFV, real overhead numbers, and the common MPC-vs-FHE latency conflation corrected. - [ZK vs FHE vs MPC vs TEE](https://wavect.io/blog/zk-vs-fhe-vs-mpc-vs-tee/): the decision framework; four questions that pick the technology, side-by-side comparison, confidential-GPU TEE reality, EU regulatory mapping (eIDAS 2026, EHDS, GDPR), and when plain access control wins. - [Zero-knowledge use cases outside crypto](https://wavect.io/blog/zero-knowledge-use-cases-outside-crypto/): six concrete non-crypto ZK use cases with cost picture and Q&A. - Vibe-coding QA cluster (making AI-generated software production-ready): - [External QA benchmark: the first 30 days](https://wavect.io/blog/external-qa-benchmark-first-30-days/): a research-backed boundary for defect benchmarks, why no universal bug-count median exists, which normalized metrics buyers should demand, and what published OWASP, NIST, USENIX and empirical-software data supports about permissions, regressions, configuration, AI evaluation and production escapes. - [QA for AI-generated code](https://wavect.io/blog/qa-for-ai-generated-code/): the QA process we run on AI-assisted builds before they go live; the most common serious defect is a login screen with no server-side check stopping user A from reading user B's data. - [The vibe-coded software audit](https://wavect.io/blog/vibe-coded-software-audit/): a structured read of AI-generated code for the risks the model skipped, before real money or real users touch it. - [From Lovable/Cursor prototype to production](https://wavect.io/blog/lovable-cursor-prototype-to-production/): the distance between a clickable AI-IDE demo and software real users can rely on, as a scoped checklist. - [What it costs to make a vibe-coded app production-ready](https://wavect.io/blog/vibe-coded-software-audit-cost/): what a vibe-coded audit costs and what it typically finds. - [The vibe-code production-readiness checklist](https://wavect.io/blog/vibe-code-production-readiness-checklist/): a scannable checklist for hardening AI-generated software for real users. - [Fractional CTPO vs a fractional CTO and CPO](https://wavect.io/blog/fractional-ctpo-vs-fractional-cto-and-cpo/): when one combined head beats two hires, the eight-engineer split point, and the single-point-of-failure trade-off. - [How to roll out AI internally without shelfware](https://wavect.io/blog/internal-ai-adoption-2026/): the order for internal AI adoption, educate, map the process, settle cost and compliance, ship one workflow to production, then hand it over and upskill the team. - [Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsZkl0r_l2kvaGllkk8PgzMUXK6zHkyU9): AAA guests only: 9-figure entrepreneurs, the founder of a $1B+ AUM crypto investment firm, a former US most-wanted cybercriminal. - [Podcast transcripts](https://wavect.io/podcast/): Full transcripts of 20 selected episodes, one page per episode at /podcast// (append .md for markdown). Feed at /podcast/index.xml. --- ## Guides Buyer-decision guides for commercial software builds. Vendor-neutral where it should be, opinionated where it counts, and honest about when Wavect is the wrong fit. Each guide gives a direct answer, a decision table, what usually goes wrong, a checklist, relevant proof, and FAQs. Machine-readable feed at [/software-development-guide/index.json](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/index.json). - [Software development guide hub](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/): the whole software build decision, end to end, in 13 guides grouped by cost, choosing how to build, and process. - [Software development cost in Austria](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/software-development-cost-austria/): What custom software really costs in Austria and where the budget actually goes. - [How to choose a software agency](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/how-to-choose-a-software-agency/): How to tell a delivery partner from a sales operation before you sign. - [Freelancer vs agency vs in-house](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/freelancer-vs-agency-vs-in-house/): Which build model fits your stage, budget, and risk, and which one to avoid. - [Fixed price vs time and materials](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/fixed-price-vs-time-and-materials/): When a fixed-price Werkvertrag wins and when a weekly retainer serves you better. - [Choosing a tech stack for an MVP](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/how-to-choose-a-tech-stack-for-mvp/): Why boring, hireable tech beats novelty for almost every MVP build. - [Custom software vs off-the-shelf](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/custom-software-vs-off-the-shelf/): Why most companies should buy, and the decision math for when building is worth it. - [What is a Discovery phase](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/what-is-a-discovery-phase/): What a Discovery phase delivers and why it saves money before the build starts. - [Software handover checklist](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/software-handover-checklist/): What a clean handover includes so you are never locked to one vendor. - [QA checklist before launch](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/software-qa-checklist-before-launch/): The checks that separate a production-ready product from a demo that breaks. - [Vibe-coded prototype to production](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/vibe-coded-prototype-to-production/): How to harden an AI-generated prototype for real users without starting over. - [The software development process](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/software-development-process/): What happens week by week from the first call to a complete handover. - [How to Scope a Website Accessibility Audit](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/website-accessibility-audit/): Define the critical journeys, representative sample, test methods and finding format before buying an accessibility assessment. Agree remediation and retesting separately. - [Headless CMS, Traditional CMS or Static Site?](https://wavect.io/software-development-guide/headless-cms-vs-traditional-cms/): Compare common website configurations by editing, preview, content reuse, migration and ongoing responsibility. Start with the people who will maintain the content. --- ## Regions & Categories Plain-language category pages that answer "what kind of agency is Wavect, and when is someone better off elsewhere." Wavect is a founder-led software and AI agency from Tyrol (Austria), the kind of firm German-speaking buyers search for as a Softwaredienstleister and English-speaking buyers as a software service provider, best compared with senior product studios, not classic web agencies or staffing firms. Each page is honest about when a larger consultancy (Cloudflight, adesso, Netural) is the better call. Independence and trademarks: We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or partnered with the other providers named on this page. We name them because they may fit you better than we do. All third-party company names, brands and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. If anything here is inaccurate, write to us and we will correct it: office@wavect.io - [AI agency in Tyrol: from demo to production](https://wavect.io/ai-agency-tyrol/): An AI agency in Tyrol that ships the hard part: RAG and agents that survive real data, permissions and edge cases. We also harden vibe-coded prototypes. - [AI agency in Austria for agents, RAG & LLM software](https://wavect.io/ai-software-development-austria/): Production AI for companies across Austria: RAG, agents and LLM products with evals, guardrails and the surrounding software. RAG with evals from €15k. - [MVP development in Austria for startups](https://wavect.io/mvp-development-austria/): MVP development in Austria for startups with validated demand: founder-led scoping, Austrian contracts, senior delivery and clean ownership. - [Software agency in Tyrol: founder-led, 75+ shipped](https://wavect.io/software-agency-tyrol/): Founder-led software agency in Tyrol for custom web, mobile and AI software. Two founders on every project, 75+ products shipped since 2018. - [Custom software development in Austria: code you own](https://wavect.io/software-development-austria/): An Austrian software service provider for custom web, mobile and AI builds, delivered remote-first from Tyrol. EU data residency, no lock-in, and the code transfers to you. ### Tyrol regional sources - [Software agency in Tyrol, English](https://wavect.io/software-agency-tyrol/): Ampass headquarters, direct answer, local evidence, IKB case, selection FAQs and international delivery. - [Softwareagentur in Tirol, Deutsch](https://wavect.io/de/software-agency-tyrol/): Firmensitz in Ampass, direkte Antwort, lokale Belege, IKB Case, Auswahlfragen und internationale Lieferung. - [Software agencies in Tyrol compared 2026](https://wavect.io/blog/software-agencies-tyrol-comparison-2026/): disclosed official-source comparison by project fit, also available in [German](https://wavect.io/de/blog/software-agencies-tyrol-comparison-2026/), [Spanish](https://wavect.io/es/blog/software-agencies-tyrol-comparison-2026/) and [Chinese](https://wavect.io/zh/blog/software-agencies-tyrol-comparison-2026/). --- ## Positioning, Enterprise & Trust Pages for anyone sizing up who Wavect is and how to buy. The evolution page is the canonical answer to whether Wavect is only a Web3 shop: it is Web3-native since 2018 and still ships blockchain, and is now equally an AI, fractional-leadership and full-stack software company. The enterprise pathway covers procurement, governance, security, stakeholder alignment, integration with internal teams, formal acceptance and documentation, business continuity, and a pilot that graduates to production. The trust center is the single procurement-and-security reference, and is honest that Wavect holds no ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certification today. - [How Wavect evolved](https://wavect.io/how-wavect-evolved/): Wavect started Web3-native in 2018 and still ships deep blockchain work. We broadened into AI, fractional leadership and full-stack software because that is what our clients and expert network actually needed. - [Enterprise pathway](https://wavect.io/enterprise/): A buying pathway built for enterprise: procurement and governance, security review, stakeholder alignment, integration with your internal teams, formal acceptance and documentation, business continuity, and a pilot that graduates to production. - [Trust center](https://wavect.io/trust-center/): Wavect's trust center: legal entity, IP ownership, DPA, EU data residency, subprocessors, access control, incident handling, handover, key-person continuity, support and service levels, in one place for procurement and security reviews. --- ## Referral partnerships - [Wavect Build Partners](https://wavect.io/partners/): Wavect Build Partners is Wavect GmbH's software referral program for agencies, consultants, founders and clients. You make the right introduction. We qualify, scope, sell and deliver. You earn the reward agreed for that opportunity. - Illustrative milestone: three separate €50,000 projects, fully paid within 12 months, including a €2,000 bonus. Written approval required. Not guaranteed earnings. - This page describes a proposed pilot structure and illustrative economics. Applying does not create a reward entitlement. The signed partner agreement and written acceptance of each opportunity govern eligibility, reward and payment. This is a referral program, not a job, guaranteed income or white-label delivery agreement. Figures are illustrative and require written opportunity approval. The canonical partner pages are available in [English](https://wavect.io/partners/), [German](https://wavect.io/de/partners/), [Spanish](https://wavect.io/es/partners/) and [Chinese](https://wavect.io/zh/partners/). --- ## Proof Three dedicated pages for checking the claims on this site rather than taking them on trust. Deliberately separate from the case studies: those carry the depth (what was built, under what constraints), these carry the breadth and the verifiability. Wavect publishes no Review or AggregateRating structured data anywhere, on the grounds that a rating a company issues about itself is not evidence; every review instead links back to the platform it was written on. - [Verified claims JSON-LD](https://wavect.io/verified-claims.json): stable claim IDs, review dates, localized page appearances and public third-party citations where available. Internal evidence notes are deliberately not published. - [Brand facts JSON](https://wavect.io/.well-known/brand-facts.json): canonical legal entity, founders, headquarters, services, public profiles and approved claims, generated from the same record as Organization schema. - [Clients](https://wavect.io/clients/): The companies Wavect has built software for since 2018: funded startups, municipal utilities, industrial groups and scale-ups, most of them outside the EU, all of it run from a base in Tyrol. 54 logos, every one a paid engagement. - [Testimonials](https://wavect.io/testimonials/): Verified Wavect reviews across Google, Trustpilot, Clutch and LinkedIn. Every one links back to the platform it was written on, so you can check it yourself. 37 reviews across Google, Trustpilot, Clutch and LinkedIn. - [Press](https://wavect.io/press/): Wavect in the press: interviews, panels, articles and radio appearances since 2021 on AI, blockchain and building software in Tyrol. Press enquiries go straight to the founders. 38 appearances; press enquiries reach the founders directly, no press desk. --- ## Alternatives Honest comparisons across three groupings: 12 engagement-model comparisons (two of which, fractional vs interim CTO and fractional vs interim CPO, are model explainers rather than Wavect comparisons), 0 build-approach comparison, 46 named alternatives, plus 1 disambiguation page for the unrelated Indian product that shares our name. Each spoke lists the situations where the alternative is genuinely the better call. - [Compare alternatives, hub page](https://wavect.io/compare/): TL;DR matrix linking all 59 comparisons. - [Software agency vs IT service provider](https://wavect.io/compare/software-agency-vs-it-service-provider/): Wavect’s approach to software creation, takeover and agreed ongoing development: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare IT service provider on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs a generalist dev agency](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-dev-agencies/): Wavect’s approach to product decisions and senior software delivery: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Dev agencies on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs a freelance platform](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-freelance-platforms/): Wavect’s approach to product ownership alongside engineering capacity: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Freelance platforms on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs a staffing agency](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-staffing-agencies/): Wavect’s approach to senior contribution to an accepted product milestone: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Staffing agencies on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs hiring in-house](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-in-house-hiring/): Wavect’s approach to product progress while the permanent role takes shape: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare In-house hiring on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs another fractional CTO](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-fractional-cto-services/): Wavect’s approach to architecture decisions connected to the product roadmap: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Fractional CTO services on the same written brief. - [Fractional CTO vs interim CTO](https://wavect.io/compare/fractional-vs-interim-cto/): Wavect’s approach to ongoing technical leadership with an agreed part-time remit: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Interim CTO on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs another fractional CPO](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-fractional-cpo-services/): Wavect’s approach to roadmap ownership informed by engineering feasibility: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Fractional CPO services on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs another fractional CTPO](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-fractional-ctpo-services/): Wavect’s approach to product and engineering leadership with named responsibilities: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Fractional CTPO services on the same written brief. - [Fractional CPO vs interim CPO](https://wavect.io/compare/fractional-vs-interim-cpo/): Wavect’s approach to continuing product leadership without a full-time mandate: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Interim CPO on the same written brief. - [AI Enablement vs hiring an AI engineer in-house](https://wavect.io/compare/ai-enablement-vs-in-house-ai-hire/): Wavect’s approach to a scoped AI adoption project before choosing a permanent role: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare In-house AI hire on the same written brief. - [AI Enablement vs a generic AI consultancy](https://wavect.io/compare/ai-enablement-vs-generic-ai-consultancy/): Wavect’s approach to AI assessment connected to working implementation and handover: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Generic AI consultancies on the same written brief. - [Ship the vibe-coded prototype as-is vs harden it first](https://wavect.io/compare/ship-vibe-coded-as-is-vs-harden/): Wavect’s approach to targeted production-readiness work on your AI-built prototype: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Ship as-is on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Vention](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-vention/): Wavect’s approach to founder collaboration within a clearly accepted delivery phase: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Vention on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs holzweg](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-holzweg/): Wavect’s approach to a custom product with an agreed stack and working language: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare holzweg on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Dotbite](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-dotbite/): Two senior-led Austrian software teams, both building custom software and production AI. Dotbite combines engineering, AI, UX/UI, product, strategy, and consulting in one studio. Wavect guarantees one-to-three-person senior-only delivery, founders who manage product and build, published outcome pricing, and on-chain depth. - [Wavect vs wunderwerk](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-wunderwerk/): Wavect’s approach to AI integrated into the product users actually work with: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare wunderwerk on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs dectria](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-dectria/): Wavect’s approach to connected web, mobile and AI product work: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare dectria on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Morgendigital](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-morgendigital/): Wavect’s approach to custom workflows with the AI model and infrastructure you choose: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Morgendigital on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs alloq.digital](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-alloq/): Wavect’s approach to a scoped build with senior review and explicit continuity: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare alloq.digital on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs exponent](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-exponent/): Wavect’s approach to a technical product owner alongside the implementation team: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare exponent on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Toptal](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-toptal/): Wavect’s approach to scope decisions and delivery owned within one senior engagement: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Toptal on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Andela](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-andela/): Wavect’s approach to a phased product build with direct founder involvement: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Andela on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Turing](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-turing/): Wavect’s approach to an AI product milestone with product and engineering judgement: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Turing on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs an EU fractional CTO network](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-eu-fractional-networks/): Wavect’s approach to technical advice linked to the implementation it needs: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare European fractional networks on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs SENS](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-sens/): Wavect’s approach to the software product around your IoT network and telemetry: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare SENS on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Cryptix](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-cryptix/): Wavect’s approach to the product and engineering scope of your blockchain venture: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Cryptix AG on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs allaboutapps](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-allaboutapps/): Wavect’s approach to founder involvement from product scope through delivery: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare allaboutapps on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs EXLRT](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-exlrt/): Wavect’s approach to a bespoke software product beyond a CMS configuration: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare EXLRT on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Alpine Blockchain](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-alpine-blockchain/): Wavect’s approach to the user-facing product around your on-chain components: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Alpine Blockchain on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Genesis Technologies](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-genesis-technologies/): Wavect’s approach to on-chain features connected to web, mobile and product decisions: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Genesis Technologies on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Cloudflight](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-cloudflight/): Wavect’s approach to a senior core accountable for an agreed project phase: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Cloudflight on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Rubicon](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-rubicon/): Wavect’s approach to custom software and AI work around your required workflows: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Rubicon on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Parkside](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-parkside/): Wavect’s approach to direct collaboration on product priorities and implementation: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Parkside on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs craftworks](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-craftworks/): Wavect’s approach to the user workflows and integrations around your AI model: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare craftworks on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs 9Y](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-9y/): Wavect’s approach to a product brief challenged before the next delivery phase: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare 9Y on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Sclable](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-sclable/): Wavect’s approach to an accepted product increment with named senior decision-makers: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Sclable on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Leftshift One](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-leftshift-one/): Wavect’s approach to custom AI workflows that fit your systems and access rules: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Leftshift One on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Margelo](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-margelo/): Wavect’s approach to mobile implementation connected to the wider product roadmap: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Margelo on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Dev House Austria](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-dev-house-austria/): Wavect’s approach to a software scope contracted directly with Wavect GmbH: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Dev House Austria on the same written brief. - [Wavect GmbH vs WAVECT by Entuple](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-wavect-entuple/): Wavect’s approach to custom software delivery from Wavect GmbH: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare WAVECT (Entuple) on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs DeineSeite.at](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-deineseite-at/): Wavect’s approach to custom product decisions beyond a list of digital deliverables: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare DeineSeite.at on the same written brief. - [Wavect vs Objectbay](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-objectbay/): Wavect’s approach to product judgement and delivery with a named senior core: agree the team, accepted work and handover first. Compare Objectbay on the same written brief. - [QA Wolf Alternative: Weekly Software QA](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-qa-wolf/): We take on manual investigation and automation tied to release risk, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. Choosing a QA Wolf alternative starts with the release risks you need covered. Wavect combines manual investigation, automation and reporting in a weekly QA engagement, with a published minimum of one week at €750. - [Netguru Alternative: Software Development](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-netguru/): We take on product direction and implementation in a phased build, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. A commerce programme and a first product milestone need different proposals. Compare Netguru with Wavect for integration ownership, founder participation and the team assigned to a defined phase, before committing to a wider roadmap. - [Designli vs Wavect: MVP Development & App Rescue](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-designli/): We take on the right first phase for an MVP or an app rescue, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. A new MVP, a failed build and an AI-generated app are three different starting points. Compare Designli and Wavect on discovery output, reusable code, the first accepted release and the commitment required to move forward. - [Brainhub Alternative: React & Node.js Delivery](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-brainhub/): We take on architecture and delivery for your React and Node.js milestone, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. Need React or Node.js delivery, or more engineers for an existing team? A Brainhub comparison should settle who owns architecture, backlog decisions and release acceptance. Wavect is a fit to discuss when leadership and implementation belong in one scoped phase. - [thoughtbot Alternative: Product Development](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-thoughtbot/): We take on a scoped product build with explicit technical responsibilities, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. For a Rails product, technology evidence should lead the shortlist. Compare thoughtbot and Wavect on the people assigned, discovery-to-release continuity and technical leadership; founder involvement is useful only when the proposed team fits your product. - [Lemon.io Alternative for MVP & Product Delivery](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-lemon-io/): We take on MVP and product delivery with an accountable scope owner, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. Looking for a developer, but also missing a product plan? Compare Lemon.io and Wavect for the decision you are actually buying: hiring into your own team or commissioning an MVP phase with planning, QA and delivery responsibilities agreed. - [Testlio Alternative: Software QA for Product Teams](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-testlio/): We take on QA findings that inform your release decision, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. Global market coverage or a focused product QA week? Compare Testlio and Wavect against the devices, languages and payment journeys your release needs. Wavect publishes a one-week minimum at €750; confirm the actual environments and work included. - [Arc.dev Alternative for Software Development](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-arc-dev/): We take on a product milestone with clear delivery responsibilities, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. Fill an internal role or commission a product milestone? Compare Arc.dev and Wavect for onboarding, technical decision rights and release ownership. For a company without delivery leadership, define the missing responsibilities before comparing a hire with a project proposal. - [Infinum Alternative: Digital Product Delivery](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-infinum/): We take on a phased app build with founder-level scope decisions, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. An app with device integrations is not just an app build. Compare Infinum and Wavect by the disciplines your first phase needs, the actual senior team and interface acceptance. Start with a defined product phase before buying a broader programme. - [bitsfabrik Alternative: App Development](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-bitsfabrik/): We take on product ownership around your app or custom platform, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. New app or an existing product that needs its next release? Compare bitsfabrik and Wavect on build reproducibility, platform evidence and takeover scope. For Smart TV or streaming work, let demonstrated device experience decide the shortlist. - [Test IO Alternative: Ongoing Software QA](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-test-io/): We take on a QA feedback loop connected to defect triage and release work, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. Finding bugs is only one part of release QA. Compare Test IO and Wavect on reproduction, prioritization and regression checks after a fix. Wavect’s weekly scope can make that follow-through explicit, with a published one-week minimum at €750. - [codecentric Alternative: AI & Software Modernization](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-codecentric/): We take on an accepted modernization phase with senior implementation, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. An AI demo becomes a business-system change when data, evaluation and operating responsibility matter. Compare codecentric and Wavect for a bounded workflow or modernization phase, with implementation and acceptance evidence in the same brief. - [iteratec Alternative: Software Modernization](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-iteratec/): We take on an actionable modernization phase after the system assessment, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. An assessment is useful when it leads to a sound modernization decision. Compare iteratec and Wavect on dependency evidence, the first reversible change and responsibility after the report. Keep assessment and implementation budgets explicit. - [X-Team Alternative: Engineering & Product Delivery](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-x-team/): We take on scope ownership alongside the engineering contribution, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. More engineering capacity and responsibility for a product milestone are different briefs. Compare X-Team and Wavect by the engagement proposed, client-side management and release acceptance. Project work belongs in the comparison alongside staffing and permanent hiring. - [BairesDev Alternative for European Companies](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-bairesdev/): We take on a phased build with agreed European working-hour overlap, with scope and responsibilities agreed upfront. For a European buyer, working overlap and data access belong in the proposal. Compare BairesDev and Wavect on the actual team, contracting arrangement and first implementation phase. An address or nearshore label does not settle delivery quality or compliance. - [Wavect vs Nadcab Labs](https://wavect.io/compare/wavect-vs-nadcab-labs/): Building a Web3 product? Compare Wavect’s founder involvement, scoped delivery and QA with Nadcab Labs’ published services, using the same project brief. --- ## Glossary Plain-English definitions for every role, engagement model, technology, and methodology we reference across the site. Written by the operators, kept current, citable. - [Glossary hub, all terms](https://wavect.io/glossary/): 74 terms across roles, engagement, technologies, methodology. Each term has a stable anchor (e.g. `/glossary/ctpo/`). - [Custom Software Development, build vs buy](https://wavect.io/glossary/custom-software-development/) - [Software Agency, what the label covers](https://wavect.io/glossary/software-agency/) - [CTPO, Chief Technology & Product Officer](https://wavect.io/glossary/ctpo/) - [CTO, Chief Technology Officer](https://wavect.io/glossary/cto/) - [CPO, Chief Product Officer](https://wavect.io/glossary/cpo/) - [Fractional Co-Founder](https://wavect.io/glossary/fractional-cofounder/) - [Product Engineer, owns outcome not ticket](https://wavect.io/glossary/product-engineer/) - [MCP, Model Context Protocol](https://wavect.io/glossary/mcp/) - [Account Abstraction, ERC-4337](https://wavect.io/glossary/account-abstraction/) - [Homomorphic Encryption, FHE](https://wavect.io/glossary/homomorphic-encryption/) - [Vibe Coding](https://wavect.io/glossary/vibe-coding/) - [Vibe-Coded Software](https://wavect.io/glossary/vibe-coded-software/) - [AI-Generated Code](https://wavect.io/glossary/ai-generated-code/) - [Production-Ready](https://wavect.io/glossary/production-ready/) --- ## Founders - [Kevin Riedl, Managing Director, Operations & Product](https://wavect.io/team/kevin-riedl/): Founded Wavect in 2018. Product, scope, customer discovery. 75+ products shipped. Lectures at MCI Innsbruck on Blockchain. Hosts a podcast with 96 curated episodes (weak episodes get deleted). - [Christof Jori, Managing Director, Software](https://wavect.io/team/christof-jori/): Joined 2022. Architecture, code review, production deploys. Senior full-stack across Web3, AI infrastructure, and reliability. Ten years cross-domain. ## Contact & Booking - [Contact](https://wavect.io/contact/): all the ways to reach us on one page: email, phone, book a free call, or the project form. Markdown mirror: /contact.md - [Book a Free Session](https://zeeg.me/wavect/call): 30 minutes, no pitch, no obligation. We tell you straight whether we can help. - office@wavect.io - [Kevin Riedl LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/wsdt): Managing Director. Product-market fit and derisking businesses. - [Christof Jori LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jocr77/): Software QA lead. Hunts the bugs your team learned to live with. - [Company LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavect) --- ## Agent Infrastructure - [Agent Commerce Discovery](https://wavect.io/.well-known/agent-commerce.json): the same live offers for human buyers and authorized AI agents, payment methods, next-day service start, optional kick-off and autonomous B2B purchasing endpoints. - [Buy with an AI Agent](https://wavect.io/buy-with-ai-agent/): offer IDs, next-day service start, optional kick-off, weekly guarantee, MPP, x402 and privacy model. - [MCP Server Card](https://wavect.io/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): 14 JSON-RPC tools, including 7 commerce tools. - [OpenAPI spec](https://wavect.io/.well-known/openapi.json): MCP plus offers, quotes, MPP or x402 purchases, protected orders, renewals, cancellation, hour balances and refund requests. - [Agent Skills Registry](https://wavect.io/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): 6 callable skills: High-Ticket Conversion Architect, ICP Discovery, PMF Advisor, Pricing Strategy, QA Advisor, Website ICP-Fit Auditor. Use any skill in your own AI workflow: copy the SKILL.md URL into Claude, Cursor, or any AI coding agent. No API key, no signup. - [Skills Hub](https://wavect.io/skills/): Browse, copy, and install all 6 skills into your own AI workflow. Includes Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code install snippets. - [Tools Hub](https://wavect.io/tools/): Free, open-source utilities built around one concrete job at a time, including the local macOS workflow for reporting unwanted advertising emails in Austria. - [PDF & Image Metadata Cleaner](https://wavect.io/tools/pdf-image-metadata-cleaner/): Remove PDF properties, photo location data and stored AI prompts locally. Inspect first, clean a batch, verify the result and download copies. - Static Markdown mirrors: append `.md` to any page URL (e.g. /glossary/mvp.md, /services/fractional-cto.md, /compare/fractional-vs-interim-cto.md). Use /index.md for the homepage. --- ## Optional Resources - [Pricing](https://wavect.io/pricing/): every price at full disclosure: fractional CTO tiers, co-founder program, development, QA. Markdown mirror: /pricing.md - [HTML Sitemap](https://wavect.io/sitemap/): every public page, one list, grouped by section. - [Trust Center](https://wavect.io/trust-center/): legal entity, IP, DPA, data residency, subprocessors, access control, incident handling, handover, continuity, support, service levels. - [Imprint](https://wavect.io/imprint.md) - [General Business Terms](https://wavect.io/agb.md)