Superstruct

What Superstruct does

Superstruct International, Inc. is a privately held, bootstrapped engineering management consultancy headquartered in Los Angeles, founded in 2013 by David Guttman. The firm operates with 1–10 employees and no disclosed external funding, delivering four subscription-based service lines targeting founders of early-stage technology startups: (1) Hit Squad, a dedicated Engineering Manager-plus-engineers delivery team that builds product features on the client's roadmap, starting at $20,000 per month for two engineers; (2) Team Machine, a phased service to design a recruiting/vetting/management framework and stand up a client's in-house remote engineering capability, starting at $10,000 per month for two engineers; (3) Advisory Retainer, providing unlimited 24/7 access to senior engineering leadership across three tiers priced at $20,000, $25,000, and $35,000 per month; and (4) OpenClaw Setup / Agent Setup, professional-services engagements to deploy private OpenClaw-powered AI agents, including VPS provisioning, Tailscale networking, security hardening, workflow scoping, and ongoing operational support. The technical backbone is a proprietary repeatable system for finding, recruiting, vetting, onboarding, and managing software engineers, codified by the founder from more than a decade of engineering management experience shipping Disney.com, StarWars.com, 170+ content sites, and ad servers handling more than 10 billion requests per day.

The business model is a direct-to-founder, sales-led motion with discovery calls, tiered monthly subscriptions billed primarily through Stripe, and a 'cancel anytime' posture with quarterly/annual courtesy discounts. The firm has no external investors, parent company, subsidiaries, patents, or regulatory disclosures. Go-to-market relies on the founder's personal brand — js.la (one of the largest JavaScript meetups in the United States), authorship of Fullstack React and Fullstack Node.js, 90+ npm packages, and 130+ GitHub repositories — augmented by a content-led inbound engine through the Agent Setup blog, which publishes detailed reference architectures on MCP server sandboxing, channel access policy, memory policy, and tool authorization. Five named customers are disclosed (Titan Space Technologies, Outlier, Newline.co, Contend, ProjectFresh.com), all early-stage startups, and the firm operates as a single-anchor, founder-delivered practice with remote delivery globally.

Name

Superstruct

Legal name

Superstruct International, Inc.

Website

https://superstruct.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Management Consultancy

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Integration, API & Middleware Consulting (BPAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Engineering team building
• Software engineering consulting
• AI agent setup services
• Engineering recruitment services
• Technical advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Hit Squad Service: Full-service engineering team subscription where Superstruct assigns an Engineering Manager (or Product Manager) and engineers to build product milestones. No long-term commitment - cancel anytime. Base pricing starts at $20k/month for two engineers.
2. Team Machine Subscription: Full-service subscription to recruit, vet, onboard, and manage remote engineers. Includes custom engineering framework, job posting messaging, coding challenges, onboarding guides, workflow processes, and management framework. No long-term commitment, cancel anytime. Prices start at $10k/month for two engineers.
3. Advisory Retainer: Unlimited 24/7 access to David Guttman via phone, email, and Slack for engineering leadership. Includes strategic and tactical guidance, staffing assessment, process definition, and situational responsiveness. Three tiers: $20k/mo (single contact), $25k/mo (+2 team members), $35k/mo (+recurring meetings).
4. OpenClaw Setup Service: One-time setup service for secure cloud infrastructure, VPS provisioning, networking configuration, security hardening, plugin setup, and first workflow identification. Includes 1 month of support. Ongoing support available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Superstruct is a consultancy that builds, recruits, and manages in-house software engineering teams for tech startup founders through subscription engagements — Hit Squad (a dedicated Engineering Manager plus engineers building product features), Team Machine (recruiting, vetting, onboarding, and managing remote engineers in three phases), and Advisory Retainer (24/7 strategic engineering leadership). It also provides OpenClaw/Agent Setup professional services to deploy private AI agents for business workflow automation, including secure cloud infrastructure, VPS provisioning, Tailscale networking, security hardening, and first-workflow identification.

Product overview

Superstruct is an LA-based engineering management consultancy offering four service lines: (1) Hit Squad — a dedicated engineering team (Engineering Manager + engineers) on subscription that builds product features directly, starting at $20k/month for two engineers; (2) Team Machine — a recruitment and management subscription that builds the client's own in-house remote engineering team through three phases (framework, recruiting/vetting, and full management), starting at $10k/month for two engineers; (3) Advisory Retainer — unlimited 24/7 access to strategic engineering leadership across three tiers ($20k-$35k/month); and (4) OpenClaw Setup + Agent Setup — professional services for deploying OpenClaw-powered private AI agents, including secure infrastructure setup, workflow identification, skills development, and ongoing operational guidance. The AI agent services complement the engineering team offerings by helping clients automate business workflows alongside their engineering teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Superstruct Hit Squad: A no-fuss engineering team to eliminate product backlog. Assigns an Engineering Manager and engineers suited to the product roadmap for continuous feature delivery. Prices start at $20k/month for two engineers.
• Superstruct Team Machine
• Advisory Retainer
• OpenClaw Setup for Founders
• Agent Setup

Products and services

• Superstruct Hit Squad A subscription service that delivers a dedicated engineering team (Engineering Manager + engineers) for tech startups to clear product backlogs, with Superstruct managing hiring, onboarding, and delivery end-to-end.
• Superstruct Team Machine A subscription service that recruits, vets, onboards, and manages remote engineers for the client's in-house engineering team, with a custom engineering framework, job postings, coding challenges, and management workflows delivered in three phases.
• Advisory Retainer Subscription-based advisory service providing unlimited 24/7 access to David Guttman for strategic and tactical engineering leadership, available in three tiers of access and inclusion.
• OpenClaw Setup for Founders End-to-end setup service for deploying a private OpenClaw AI agent for founders and solopreneurs, covering secure cloud infrastructure, networking, security hardening, and the first automated workflow.
• Agent Setup Service that converts one business workflow into a working private AI employee, including OpenClaw deployment, chat/browser access, workflow scoping, first useful run, and support to turn it into a repeatable skill or scheduled job.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration20 records

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Arc.dev: Arc is a curated marketplace for senior software engineers with chat-to-hire and full-time placement offerings. It competes with Superstruct's Team Machine recruiting/vetting service for in-house engineering team building, particularly for early-stage and growth-stage startups.
• Lemon.io: Lemon.io is a curated marketplace for vetted remote developers, primarily serving startups. It overlaps with Superstruct's Team Machine and Hit Squad subscription model for providing pre-vetted engineers on demand.
• Andela: Andela is a global engineering talent marketplace that recruits, vets, and manages remote software engineers for companies. It overlaps with Superstruct's full-stack recruiting-to-management subscription model and similarly targets startups and enterprises seeking embedded engineering capacity.
• Turing: Turing provides AI-matched remote software engineers and full development teams to companies, with vetting and management built in. It competes directly with Superstruct's Team Machine and Hit Squad subscriptions by offering managed engineering capacity at global scale.
• Toptal: Toptal is an elite freelance marketplace for software engineers and technical talent, including engineering managers. It directly competes with Superstruct's Team Machine and Hit Squad offerings by providing vetted engineers on a flexible, remote basis to startups and enterprises.

Emerging players

• Braintrust: Braintrust is a decentralized talent network for engineers, designers, and product talent with token-based governance. It overlaps with Superstruct's curated engineering talent offering but with a marketplace model rather than a managed subscription.

Broad incumbents

• Netguru: Netguru is a digital consultancy that delivers software engineering teams and product development services to startups and enterprises. It competes with Superstruct on embedded engineering delivery but at much larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Globant: Globant is a large digital and cognitive transformation consultancy that builds and manages engineering teams for global brands. It is comparable to Superstruct as a scaled provider of embedded engineering teams and technology consulting services.
• Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that provides engineering teams, strategy, and digital transformation services to enterprises. It is a broad incumbent in the same technology consulting category as Superstruct, though at much larger scale and with enterprise focus.
• Coherent Solutions: Coherent Solutions is a digital product and engineering consultancy that provides managed development teams and custom software services. It is comparable to Superstruct as a technology consulting firm building and managing engineering teams for clients, though at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/superstruct-international

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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