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Mantle Labs

LABS · CUSTOM BUILD

Custom enterprise software, built in weeks. Working software, not recommendations.

Mantle Labs builds custom software when the catalog doesn't fit. Structured fast discovery first, drawing on the Mantle Frameworks. Then production engineering, with Lightning Build and Forge inside and Constellation and Conduit underneath. Owned by you.

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$150B+combined annual revenue of the five largest GSIs
45% over budget: large IT projects on average
56% less value: delivered than predicted on large IT projects
Weeksfrom validated need to working software, not quarters

A Mantle consulting offer

WITH Mantle Labs

The need validated first, then working software in your production environment.

  1. 1Validates the needLitmus, North Star and Trajectory sharpen the build target before code.
  2. 2Builds with disciplineLightning Build runs delivery; Forge automates stories, ADRs and test plans.
  3. 3Hands it overProduction software, auditable and owned by you at close.
Up to 80%

of features in the average software product are rarely or never used

2–3 weeks

of structured discovery before code is written

Owned by you

code, environment and operations transfer when the engagement closes

DISCOVERY

Structured fast discovery before a line of code.

  • Litmus validates the customer need against real-world signal in days
  • North Star sharpens the build target against a quantified hypothesis, not a vague brief
  • Trajectory aligns the build with the broader strategy when relevant
BUILD

Production engineering, not a research project.

  • Lightning Build runs delivery: rituals designed for agent and human teams, DORA-instrumented
  • Forge automates the PM, PO and BA chain: stories, ADRs, test plans, eval suites
  • Spark brings requirements discipline to vibe coding
  • LLM-as-judge plus deterministic asserts gate every change
PLATFORM

Governance inherited from day one.

  • Built on Constellation and Conduit: identity, audit, policy, observability and cost ledger
  • Every AI-assisted decision traceable and replayable for audit
  • Ships into your production environment; code, environment and operations transfer to you at close
  • Labs outputs can become new Constellation members or product extensions over time
Quantified outcomes

From $150B+ of hour-based custom build to working software in weeks.

Mantle Labs captures the AI-era build velocity inside the discipline that makes it productizable, auditable, and ownable.

$150B+ → weeksReplaces the Big-5 GSI hour-based custom build market with outcome-accountable production engineering
45% over → on targetMcKinsey/Oxford benchmark for large IT projects, by default in Labs
56% less value → landed valueLabs ships the value that was promised, not 56% of it
31% → productionStandish CHAOS success rate, broken by Lightning Build discipline
55.8% faster codingGitHub Copilot RCT benchmark, captured by Spark and Lightning Build discipline
35–66% AI upliftMcKinsey AI-in-software gains, by default in Labs delivery
<50% custom-build TCORight-sized custom build beats SaaS TCO over 5 years when requirements are validated
Catalog-compoundingLabs outputs become new Constellation members or product extensions over time
Production from day 1Working software in your production environment, not a research project

Working software in weeks. Owned by you.

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