Applied and agentic AI
AI features and agents that hold up in production, not demos. From design through to delivery.
AI and cloud engineering
Serious engineering at the intersection of AI and cloud
DBHQ builds products and infrastructure for teams putting AI to work in production, not demos. Practitioner-led, and built to ship.
Focused, senior help across the AI and cloud stack
From first architecture to shipped product, delivered by people who still write the code.
Cloud and platform architecture
Azure, platform engineering and infrastructure as code, designed to survive contact with reality.
Fractional CTO and technical leadership
Senior engineering judgement when you need direction, not just extra hands.
Delivery
Hands-on build. We would rather ship something small that works than something perfect that never launches.
How we work
A few things we hold to, on every engagement.
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Practitioner-led
Everything is built by people who still write code and use AI every day.
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Honest advice
Grounded in what the tools can and cannot do, not in hype.
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Architecture that survives reality
Designed for production, regulation and change, not just the happy path.
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A bias to shipping
Small and working beats perfect and unlaunched.
About DBHQ
DBHQ was founded by Daniel Grimes, with more than two decades building business-critical software across defence, finance and digital identity, much of it under regulatory scrutiny. That experience now goes into putting AI to work in real products, and into advising the teams that are doing the same.
Daniel Grimes, Founder
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