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Retail & Ecom

We transform mid-market Retail & Ecom SaaS (5M-100M ARR) platforms into AI-native category leaders by building strategic AI features that deliver immediate ROI for merchants, allowing you to justify premium pricing & increase LTV.

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The Selection - Funnel Cascade

On every buyer's shortlist, there are ~10 SaaS platforms.

Nine of them have similar features, similar pricing, similar promises. They get compared on a spreadsheet. Some win, some lose—mostly on price.

The tenth has something the others don't. Something that makes the buyer stop comparing and start buying.

01 The Shortlist
02 The Comparison
03 The Selection
Platform 1
Platform 2
Platform 3
Platform 4
Platform 5
Platform 6
Platform 7
Platform 8
Platform 9
Platform 10
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Eliminated
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Filtered
The One
Something Different

We find that something. Then we build it.

One AI-powered capability that generates revenue for your customers.

Makes your platform impossible to compare. Harder to leave.

Case Studies - What It Looked Like

Here's what it looked like for our clients

Some of the AI we've built, shipped, and watched move revenue.

Retail SaaS Capabilities

What Your Wedge Could Look Like

A few of the capabilities we've already built. Yours would look different.

Email & Marketing Platforms

vs. Klaviyo, Attentive, Omnisend
The Friction

Your merchants send generic campaigns to broad segments. They're paying you to send — not to grow.

The Capability

AI that discovers hidden customer segments, generates campaigns for each, and prescribes exactly what to promote.

The Result
Uncover segments with 10–40% higher LTV
See approach

PIM & Catalog Management

vs. Salsify, Akeneo, and similar
Enrich
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Relaxed Fit
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Minimalist
Season
Summer
Material
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The Friction

Merchants see you as a database. Product onboarding takes weeks. Descriptions are manual. Trends are missed entirely.

The Capability

An enrichment engine that auto-generates SEO descriptions, detects duplicates, and spots trends before they peak.

The Result
Launch a premium automation tier
See approach

Subscription & Recurring Revenue

vs. Recharge, Skio, Bold
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At Risk
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Risk Detected
62 days early
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Intervention
20% off + check-in
The Friction

Merchants are flying blind on churn. They don't know who's leaving, when, or what to do about it.

The Capability

A retention engine that flags at-risk subscribers 30–90 days early and prescribes the exact intervention to save each one.

The Result
Reduce merchant churn by up to 15%
See approach

Don't see your category?
We'll map the highest-impact AI capability for your specific platform.

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Sound Familiar?

You've probably already tried.

Most mid-market platforms have taken at least one swing at AI. The pattern is always the same.

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Failure Mode 01

"We built it internally."

Your AI engineer says they can handle it. You greenlight 3–4 months. V1 ships. It technically works. But nobody mapped the adoption path. Nobody designed the pricing. The feature exists. Revenue doesn't change. Two quarters and six figures — gone.

⚠

Technology without strategy is an expensive experiment.

M1M2M3M4
↑ V1 Ships Here

$150K+ spent · 0% revenue lift

Failure Mode 02

"We added it to the roadmap."

Your CEO announces AI as a strategic priority. Three months later, your best engineers are still on core product. The AI initiative gets a junior hire, a borrowed sprint, and whatever budget was left. What ships is functional but forgettable.

⚠

AI treated as an add-on performs like one.

Core Stability
Integrations
AI Initiative
BFCM Prep
Bug Fixes

Deprioritized. Again.

Failure Mode 03

"We hired someone for it."

You bring in an ML engineer. They're good. They build what you spec. But you also needed competitive intelligence, product strategy, monetization design, and adoption engineering. You hired one role when you needed five capabilities.

⚠

An AI feature is a strategy problem, an engineering problem, and a revenue problem — all at once.

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1 ML Engineer Hired
Strategy✕
ML Engineering✓
Data Architecture✕
Monetization✕
Adoption✕

1 hire · 5 gaps

Any of these sound familiar?

How We Work

The Three-Stage Process

Most agencies build what you spec. We find the feature that changes how buyers see you — then we build it, ship it, and make sure it actually makes money.

01Stage One

Market Deconstruction

  • We get on calls with your competitors. We sign up for their platforms. We take their demos. We map what's commoditized, what's missing, and where the real gaps are.
  • We talk to your customers — and theirs. E-commerce operators, brand owners, agencies, retention specialists. If we need to understand how a buyer thinks, we're talking to the right people within a day.
  • We find the wedge. Not what sounds cool. Not what a competitor already has. The feature that makes buyers stop comparing you side-by-side.

What You Get

A complete strategy and execution roadmap. Not a vague direction — a concrete plan of exactly what we're building and why it will win.

Scanning: Active
Detected: 0/5
Mode: Search
Target: Gap
Competitor A
Competitor B
Competitor C
Competitor D
Competitor E
The GapYour Wedge
Targets
02Stage Two

Development & Integration

  • This is what we do. 100+ technical articles from our engineering team. Models published on Hugging Face. 30+ documented case studies. Video interviews from over a dozen clients.
  • Built to your scale. Production-grade architecture. Multi-tenant ready. Stress-tested for traffic spikes.
  • Full handoff. Complete documentation. Your team can maintain, iterate, and scale it from day one.

What You Get

A production-ready feature integrated into your system — not a prototype, not a demo, a real product your customers can use.

Timeline: 8 Weeks
Status: Building
Quality: Production
Handoff: Complete
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ArchitectureWk 1-2
DevelopmentWk 3-5
TestingWk 6-7
HandoffWk 8
Coming Soon
03Stage Three

Business Model & Rollout

  • Pricing and positioning. We work with ex-CPOs and SaaS pricing specialists who've scaled $20M+ platforms. We figure out the exact tier, the exact price point, the exact way to frame it.
  • Adoption by design. We build the onboarding that gets users to the aha moment in the first 60 seconds. Not a help doc — an experience that drives upgrades.
  • Proof for your board. Dashboards that measure the feature's impact on churn, upgrade rates, and LTV. Real numbers you can point to.

What You Get

A rollout strategy, pricing model, and adoption plan. We don't just ship a feature. We ship a feature that generates revenue.

Basic
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Pro
$—
Enterprise
$—
Coming Soon

We're expanding our capabilities to include full go-to-market strategy and revenue optimization.

Once it's live, we stay available for months after launch. Full handover, full documentation, full support. You're never left figuring it out alone.

AI transformations delivering 10–20x efficiency and 5–10x ROI across 35+ platforms.

Deep expertise in the AI features that actually move the needle for retail SaaS platforms. Some examples of what we typically build.
"Ionio...they clicked right away... Rohan was able to execute perfectly."
Thomas Manwaring - Founder & CEO
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"Ionio was very professional and provided excellent support throughout the entire process."
Brad Milne - Co-Founder
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"Ionio came in and documented everything and then shared that over and then after that we started iterating on the code base."
Shaun Brown - Founder & CEO
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"Ionio didn't disappear after the MVP was built. They continued to work with us to fix bugs and make improvements based on user feedback."
Ryan Samii - Founder & CEO
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"Communication is free-flowing and Veerview can almost always get a hold of someone on Ionio’s team throughout the day."
TJ Gottfried - Founder
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"Even though we are from the US and working with a company overseas, they made the experience very personable."
Reid Chong - Founder & CEO
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"Ionio...has the experience in the industry to take a generalized concept and turn it into something very specific."
Eric Bort - Founder & CEO
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"The communication was Flawless, like I've never had such a communication with the dev team."
Dean Sloves - Founder
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"The MVP of the software was ready within eight weeks and the people who use it absolutely love it."
Greg Warner - Founder & CEO
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"Communication was transparent throughout the project, including pricing, process, and timeline."
Jake Valentine - Founder & Growth Consultant
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"Rohan understands both technical and non-technical aspects, which was very important for me as I don't have a technical background."
Eanna Mac Gearlit - Founder & CEO
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"Ionio's team was understanding about this and did not get discouraged when new bugs were found."
Michael Guimarin - Founder
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"Rohan was exceptionally patient and helpful, he was able to explain complex technical concepts in simple way"
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Excellence in AI

We Only Solve Four Problems.
Exceptionally Well.

We don't build general "AI Wrappers." We build deep, vertical-specific engines for the Retail SaaS ecosystem ($5M - $125M ARR).

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Marketing & Personalization

Hyper-Personalization

Competing with Klaviyo, Attentive, Omnisend
The Problem

Your merchants are stuck sending generic emails that don't convert. They waste hours on segmentation but still leave money on the table.

  • Smart Segmentation

    AI that discovers hidden customer tribes with 10-40% higher LTV. Read more

  • Content That Converts

    Automatically generated campaigns tailored to each segment. Read more

  • Profit-First Offers

    AI that tells merchants exactly what to promote to whom.

The Result

Your platform becomes the source of your merchants' most profitable campaigns—a feature your competitors can't easily copy.

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II
Merchandising

Catalog Management

For PIM, Catalog, and Merchandising platforms
The Problem

Your platform is seen as just a database. Meanwhile, merchants waste weeks on manual catalog work and miss trends until it's too late.

  • Trend Prediction

    AI that spots emerging products from social signals months before competitors. Read more

  • Automated Enrichment

    Instant SEO descriptions, attributes, and product data optimization. Read more

The Result

Transform from "PIM tool" to "Profit Engine"—giving merchants an unbeatable trend advantage that justifies premium pricing.

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III
Retention

Recurring Revenue

Competing with Recharge, Skio
The Problem

Merchants are flying blind on churn. They don't know who's about to cancel or what offer will save them.

  • Churn Prevention

    Identify at-risk subscribers 30-90 days before they cancel. Read more

  • Smart Retention

    Personalized save offers that actually work. View Paper

  • Revenue Recovery

    AI-driven dunning that recovers failed payments.

The Result

Reduce merchant churn by up to 25% and boost subscription upgrades—making your platform essential.

Read Research
IV
In Development
AdTech

Attribution & Analytics

Competing with Triple Whale, Northbeam
The Problem

Merchants can't trust the data. They don't know where to allocate spend for maximum ROAS in a post-cookie world.

  • Budget Optimization

    AI that prescribes exactly where to spend for maximum ROAS.

  • Creative Intelligence

    Automatic insights and briefs for better-performing ads.

Coming Soon

Deliver 10-20% ROAS improvement and provide clarity your competitors can't match.

Ionio — Services
How We Work

Three Ways to Work With Us

Every engagement starts with the same question: What's the one AI capability that changes how buyers see your platform? Sometimes we answer that in 4 weeks. Sometimes we build it and ship it.

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Service 02

The Full Transformation

Discovery to shipped product to revenue. One quarter. One team.

Everything from the Discovery — plus a production-grade AI feature integrated into your platform, a monetization strategy designed with SaaS pricing specialists, and a launch plan engineered for adoption from day one. Most agencies hand you a feature and leave. We hand you a revenue engine and stay until it's running.

Investment$80K–$250K
Book a Discovery Call →
01
Service 01

AI Wedge Discovery

We find the feature your competitors can't copy. You keep the blueprint whether you build with us or not.

10–20 competitor demos. 10–20 stakeholder interviews. Deep sessions with your leadership. Before we write a line of code, we run a full intelligence operation — and hand you the one capability that changes how buyers see your platform.

Timeline2–4 Weeks
Investment$15K–$30K
You OwnEverything. No lock-in.
See a Sample Wedge →
03
Service 03

AI Evolution Partnership

The market doesn't stop moving after you ship. Neither do we.

Your competitors will respond. Your usage data will reveal what's next. We run quarterly competitive sweeps, retrain your models on fresh data, identify the next capability to build — and give you direct engineering access whenever you need it.

StructureQuarterly Retainer
RequiresCompleted Transformation
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The Economics of Transformation

We build your strategic AI moat in one quarter, not 18 months.
Here is the business case.

The Old Way

The $1.5M In-House Gamble

Total First-Year Cost
$1.5M - $2M+
High burn rate with zero guarantees
Timeline to Value 18 Months
  • Bloated Team: Requires 3 ML Engineers, 2 Data Engineers, 1 PM ($1.2M+/yr).
  • High Risk: 70% of in-house AI projects fail to deliver ROI.
  • Strategic Guesswork: Audits based on "vibes" rather than data.
The Ionio Way

The Ionio Transformation Engine

Full Transformation Pricing Starts At
$80k - $250k Base + Performance
Exact investment depends on the specific wedge opportunity and revenue impact identified during Market Deconstruction.
Timeline to Value ~90 Days
  • Elite Squad: World-class AI strategists & engineers embedded with you.
  • Aligned Incentives: Deployment & success fees based on actual ROI.
  • Precise Execution: Audit to production in 10-12 weeks.
Client Average: 10x-20x ROI
Ionio IP

We Don't Start From Scratch.
Neither Should You.

Over the years, we've built and refined a library of retail-specific AI components. When you partner with us, you get battle-tested technology ready to be deployed — not experiments.

Personalization

MicroSegments Engine

Discovers hidden customer tribes your analytics miss. Our 4-layer reasoning engine ingests transactional data from Shopify or Klaviyo—and identifies micro-segments worth 10-40% more LTV.

Retention

Churn Prediction Engine

Identifies at-risk customers 30-90 days early. Goes beyond flagging to prescriptive interventions—telling merchants exactly which offer will save each customer.

Published Model HuggingFace →

SOTA Retail Embedding Model

Open-source embedding model fine-tuned for retail. Outperforms general models by 80%+ on product matching, taxonomy standardization, and inventory migration.

A B
Revenue GitHub →

Smart Bundling Engine

Automatically creates dynamic product bundles that increase AOV and ACV. Combines LLM reasoning with our retail embeddings to suggest complementary products and generate bundle marketing copy.

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Merchandising

Catalog Enrichment Engine

Transforms PIMs from passive databases into profit engines. Auto-classifies products, detects duplicates, and generates SEO descriptions at scale. Currently processing ~2M enrichments per day.

Discovery

Visual Search Pipeline

Let customers search with images. Extracts visual attributes—color, shape, texture—and retrieves similar products instantly.

Research

Read about our research work in different domains written by our team of AI researchers, not content writers

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Working with the Ionio team has been incredible. They took our complex, undocumented codebase and turned it into a clean, production-ready system with proper CI/CD, testing, and documentation. Their technical depth and professionalism raised the bar for our own internal standards. Despite limited time zone overlap, communication was seamless, with constant progress updates and zero blockers. I fully trust and rely on the team for all future projects.

Shaun Brown

Orbit Metrics - Founder & CEO

Working with the team was an outstanding experience from day one. They helped us move from concept to a full SaaS MVP in just six weeks and kept iterating rapidly from there. Communication was clear despite the time zone gap, and their responsiveness during critical moments was exceptional. The project management and professionalism made development smooth and fast. I’d absolutely collaborate with this team again for future products.

Michael Guimarin

Wordout - Founder & CEO

We'd be happy to refer your work in future.

Anshula Chowdhury

Social Asset Measurements - Toronto, Ontario

 
Working with the team was an incredible experience from start to finish. They understood my idea instantly and delivered a solution before our first call. Communication was smooth, and their professionalism stood out throughout the project. What impressed me most was how effortlessly they bridged the gap between technical and non-technical understanding. I couldn’t recommend them more highly for anyone building something impactful.

Eanna Mac Gearailt

GrowthLab growthlab.ie

"Ionio are true professionals. Rohan took the time to understand our business needs, helped us setup an efficient cold emailing automation system, and patiently walked us through the entire process. It is rare to find a company that is as transparent, reliable, and committed as Ionio. Highly recommend!"

Jared AE

Winchester College

Working with the Ionio team has been an absolute pleasure. They built a solid MVP that helped us quickly go to market and scale. Communication was seamless across time zones — always quick, responsive, and collaborative on Slack and WhatsApp. The team consistently delivered high-quality work and made the entire process effortless. I’d fully recommend them to anyone looking for a reliable, world-class tech partner.

Reid Chong

Dex - Co-Founder

Ionio worked on our US hours with daily Slack updates — no timezone friction and no black-box surprises.Rohan already knew the pieces; they shipped a handwriting model and data-sourcing system in a couple weeks.That pipeline let us target the right prospects, acquire several assets, and generate multiple six-figure revenue on a $5–10k spend.

Alexander Pryor

PSA 10 Invesment Group - Co-Founder

Working with the Ionio team has been an incredible experience. They instantly understood my vision and turned my SaaS idea into a clean, user-friendly product that exceeded expectations. The team is fast, reliable, and always meets deadlines without compromising quality. They made even complex transitions, like a SaaS acquisition, feel smooth and stress-free. I’d recommend them to anyone looking for a talented, trustworthy development partner.

Thomas Manwaring

Hypemail - Founder & CEO

Working with the team has been nothing short of amazing. They took my concept, understood it deeply, and turned it into a working SaaS in just eight weeks. The process was smooth, communication effortless, and results exceptional. Their attention to detail and speed made everything feel easy. I genuinely trust them with every part of my product journey.

Greg Warner

Revvy - Founder

We'd be happy to refer your work in future.

Anshula Chowdhury

Social Asset Measurements - Toronto, Ontario

"Ionio exceeded our expectations in every aspect of building our MVP. Their ability to understand our vision, fill in the gaps in our requirements, and deliver a high-quality product within a tight timeline was truly impressive. The team's professionalism and dedication shone through, especially during the stressful launch period, where their round-the-clock support and quick resolution of issues were invaluable. With Ionio's expertise, we not only launched a successful MVP but also gained confidence in our product's potential. Working with Ionio was a game-changer for our startup journey!"

Brad Milne

SupplierHQ - Co-Founder

"Ionio is a good partner for startups because they are willing to work with the client throughout the entire development process.  This was essential for me as I didn't have a lot of experience building software products."

"Ionio is willing to take the time to understand the client's needs and build a product that meets their specific requirements.  This was invaluable to me as I was starting out and didn't have a clear vision for what the final product should look like."

Ryan Samii

Standard Draft - Founder & CEO

"I had the pleasure of working with Rohan and his team, and it was a truly enlightening experience. They guided us through a thorough Discovery phase, asking the right questions and genuinely listening to our needs. What impressed me the most was their ability to understand our concept and transform it into something concrete. They provided what we needed, not just what we asked for.

The collaboration involved creating flow diagrams and a first draft proof of concept, showcasing their capabilities. This allowed us to propose the idea to clients and gauge its viability.

Ionio's creativity and willingness to challenge our concepts were outstanding. They provided valuable guidance and made the creative process exciting.I highly recommend Ionio for their expertise, professionalism, and ability to turn ideas into tangible solutions."

Eric Bort

ClearlyTrained - Founder & CEO

"We needed to automate our monthly internal workflow to save time. I found Rohan, and his communication was excellent. They understood our needs, budget constraints, and North American business practices. We collaborated on the project workflow using flowcharts, Loom videos, and a Google Sheets mock-up. Rohan quickly understood and improved upon my ideas. They were transparent about pricing, timelines, and obstacles we faced. The fixed price agreement gave us peace of mind.

Ionio delivered the software on time and adapted to changes in our workflows. They were committed to project success and building a long-term relationship. The software saves us around 100shrs/ month and eliminates the need for virtual assistants. It streamlines our processes and facilitates scaling.

I highly recommend reaching out to Ionio for their exceptional work. Thank you, Rohan and Ionio!"

Jake Valentine

DealFlow - Founder

We'd be happy to refer your work in future.

Anshula Chowdhury

Social Asset Measurements - Toronto, Ontario

"Shout out to Rohan & the team at Ionio for their flawless communication and outstanding work on our SaaS project. We were facing a payment problem in the influencer agency space and needed technical talent…Rohan's communication was excellent, and he even suggested valuable improvements for our product. We provided designs and core functionality, and within eight weeks, they helped us ship our MVP. Rohan & the team at Ionio were proactive in debugging and implementing fixes. It was an incredible experience working with them.

I highly recommend Ionio for AI and SaaS projects. Thank you!"

Dean Sloves

PayBatch - Founder & CEO

We'd be happy to refer your work in future.

Anshula Chowdhury

Social Asset Measurements - Toronto, Ontario

"We consulted with the lonio team on a crucial piece of Infrastructure we were blocked on. In Just 2 sessions, they were able to unblock us and helped save thousands $$$. In trial and error cost. lf you're a bootstrapped SaaS founder. it's easy to skip critical infrastructure decisions that impact the long-term health of your software. This knowledge is usually very costly (either in time or in dev cost), so consulting with someone like Rohan and his team is a no-brainer if you need clarity on to what the best steps forward are. Do it even before you start coding, or as soon as possible! Bonus: Rohan is always happy to extend sessions and truly help out."

Yash Chavan

Saral - Founder & CEO

"Ionio has been exceptional. They have been accommodating with cultural and language barriers, and their availability during our working hours has made communication seamless. They provided valuable expertise and suggestions for our product roadmap. They consistently deliver on time with minimal bugs. Overall, Ionio has been the perfect partner for our outsourced development needs, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration in the future."

TJ Grottfried

Veerview - Founder & CEO

We'd be happy to refer your work in future.

Anshula Chowdhury

Social Asset Measurements - Toronto, Ontario

"Ionio has been a trusted partner to Recommendify for the last year. Their CEO Rohan is an invaluable source of advice on emerging technology trends and building remote teams in a cost-effective way."

Evan Dempsy

Recommendify - CEO

Rohan Sawant, the CEO of Ionio does excellent consulting work for my business. I can't say enough good things about him and his team of associates. He's a great guy to work with and he works hard for us. He has extensive technical knowledge of Web Development, Programming & Online Marketing. He's is always organized, responsive and accountable. He takes pride in his work and is highly motivated. He's a talented guy with a good work ethic. I could recommend him for all sorts of work and know he would do a good job.

Michael Stewart

US Commercial Photography Business Owner

The Ionio team is just fire. Want something done fast? “Yep Yep”. Want something cool and innovative? “We can do that”. Nothing is beyond their reach. They are available to chat, strategize and revise. Simply put - they get it done and we enjoy working with them. Great people!

Brooke D. Daye

FIT24 - Founder & CEO

We'd be happy to refer your work in future.

Anshula Chowdhury

Social Asset Measurements - Toronto, Ontario

Rohan and his team definitely know what they're talking about when it comes to building software. As an engineer myself, I can totally vouch for Rohan and his team! They're not one of those devs where they fuck you over with overpriced quotes and crappy made projects. Man really knows how to deliver, and most importantly -- executing fast on that.

Kristian Ivanov

Influetize

Holy SMOKES! I had the pleasure of getting to meet with Rohan and he patiently walked me through a ton of answers I've had about the SaaS game and the technical side of SaaS (where I'm most in the dark). Extremely helpful, sharp, highly recomended!

Brittany McDaniel

Text An Offer - CEO

I reached out to Rohan when I was looking for a development agency to build a SaaS for me. He was able to come up with the basic architecture within like 30 minutes then quickly sent over a technical overview, cost estimate, risks, limitations and more. Rohan even went out of his way to research and refer me to a few relevant projects - all based off a short description I gave Rohan of what I wanted. I was impressed by not only his technical proficiency but also his speed and transparency. Rohan knows his tech, I'd. happily trust him to build a SaaS for me any day. 

Steve Caruso

CEO - Cold Email Champs

I am a follower of Rohan on Twitter and I was always impressed by how well he understood SaaS. I was curious and had some questions about services and how he validates product ideas. I jumped on a call with Rohan at Ionio. I was impressed by Rohan's experience and advice he gave me on idea validation. If you are looking to get a SaaS or an App built, I would happily trust guys over at Ionio

Krisztian Gyuris

Kadabra Labs

Rohan (& the team) at Ionio provided excellent consulting on the development of our software application process coupled with insights into customer success and application. He inquired, listened, and provided solutions to help me, with selfless regard only for my own interest. If there is anyone interested in building software to help themselves or their customers' success, Rohan is the man for the job.

Ian Baun

Founder, Olexicon

"If you're in the exploratory, initial phase of your App Development venture, I highly encourage Rohan & the team at Ionio as a guide to walk you through it. They are the kind of personalities you need right now."

"Communication with Rohan is always warm, straightforward, and based on bidirectional trust that money just cannot buy. If you cannot afford to get it wrong the first time, you should go with Rohan."

SaaS Tux

CEO

I have had the delight and pleasure to be acquainted with Rohan Sawant over the past few years… He has made valuable contributions to the online community that we are both members… The projects that I have seen him work on have beencommunicated in a fashion that provokes interest and further questions… There is also the willingness to ask for information from other areas, and incorporateimportant concepts into his projects…  I look forward to the continuing progress of Rohan's work – this is one to watch.

Arlene Andrews

Context Tester / Writer

I had a new idea for a SaaS and was looking to validate the idea. I came across Rohan and we outlined some plans to get from A to B faster. Saving me a couple of days of planning, priceless.

SaaS Sniper


I approached Rohan for his suggestion regarding an issue I was trying to resolve. He has responded pretty soon and suggested few changes in the code which worked out in resolving the issue. He has good knowledge of various aspects of Web frameworks in Python. Thank you for your response and suggestions.

Naren Vema

Lead Developer at National Collateral Management Services

I had an issue with AWS Kinesis Video Stream SDK CPP library for compiling and building G Streamer plugin for kinesis video stream service. I found that Rohan was one of the contributor for the library and I hit him up for a solution. With his great python knowledge and experience using docker, he suggested me the best solution that I could get for the problem. He was really responsive and professional in his way of explaining on how to tackle the issue.

Harkirat Grewal

Student Researcher at WIMTACH

Not many people can be so efficient and helpful as Rohan was. He is knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. When I was going through the hardships of my current project, he was somebody that I trusted and  looked toward for guidance and advice. His overall presence had a positive impact on my work along with my individual knowledge. He helped me in understanding Azure infrastructure and many more. I'm sure he'll be an asset to any organization he joins.

Chaitanya Lakshmi Indukuri

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Rohan has an extremely strong grasp over the intricacies, complexities, and Challenges of working with Deep Learning, Machine Learning, and Software in general. I reached out to Rohan when I needed help with an OpenCV Python issue I was having trouble with. He was surprisingly excited to help me with it, Rohan was able to fix something less than an hour. He even went on to answer my corresponding Stack Overflow. So that others could benefit from it as well. Rohan is technically strong, a real people person and someone whom I can see myself collaborating with for several projects to come in the near future.

Sajjad Rostami

PhD in AI

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Frequently Asked Questions

"How is this different from hiring 3 ML engineers?"

An engineering team builds what you spec. We bring a proven framework—market deconstruction, adoption playbooks, ROI dashboards—that ensures the feature wins. You're buying a 5x faster path to revenue, not just code.

"What if Shopify launches this feature tomorrow?"

That's exactly why we build moats, not features. Our architectures use your proprietary data and customer relationships—things Shopify can't replicate. We future-proof against commoditization.

"Can we start small to prove ROI?"

Every engagement starts with a $5-25K AI Strategic Audit. You get the full battlefield map before committing to build. No blind bets.

"Our in-house team is already experimenting with AI."

Perfect. We embed with them, upskill them in our 90-day sprint, and ship 10x faster. You keep the IP; we keep the execution risk.

"How do you measure success?"

We build board-ready dashboards that track impact on churn, LTV, and upgrade rates. If we can't measure it, we don't ship it.

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We are a very lean core team, so can only take on fewer than 3-5 partners at a time. We work better with companies who have flat hierarchies, lack of extended middle management, those who value relentless intensity & total ownership in execution over red tape, busy work & politics. We would not be a good fit for slow-moving organizations resistant to change, iteration & speed.

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