Direct answer
An AI MVP development company helps founders define the smallest useful AI product, choose the right workflow, set data and model boundaries, build the first release, and learn from real users before scaling the system.
What should happen before development starts
The first step is deciding what the MVP must prove: the user decision, the workflow being improved, the data needed, the quality checks, and the commercial reason someone will pay for it.
How Fruitful Code approaches AI MVP work
Sam Petrenko brings fractional CTO judgment to the start of the build, then keeps the implementation tied to product value. The goal is a practical release plan, not a bloated AI feature list.