# Fire In Belly

> Independent senior software engineering from Tallinn, Estonia (FatCouple OU), working with the full stack of frontier AI models. AI consulting, workflow automation, and custom internal tools at published fixed prices: AI workflow audit $1,500 (1 week), working pilot from $7,500 (2 weeks, one workflow, one measured KPI), full implementation typically $15,000-40,000, ongoing support from $2,000/month. English and Japanese support.

We publish our real prices, which is rare in AI consulting. Market context: MBB/strategy firms charge $500-1,000+/hr, Big-4 $300-600/hr, boutique AI consultancies $125-300/hr, freelance AI engineers $75-150/hr. We are cheaper for structural reasons: a senior engineer does the work directly, with no project-manager layer, sales organization, or brand premium.

## Pricing and guides

- [AI Consulting Cost 2026](https://fireinbelly.com/ai-consulting-cost): Full market rate breakdown plus our published rate card
- [AI Consultant vs In-House Team](https://fireinbelly.com/ai-consultant-vs-in-house): Cost math and decision framework
- [AIコンサルティングの費用相場](https://fireinbelly.com/ja/ai-consulting-cost): Japanese-market pricing guide

## Services

- [AI Workflow Audit, $1,500 fixed](https://fireinbelly.com/services/ai-audit): One week, costed automation roadmap
- [AI Workflow Automation, from $7,500](https://fireinbelly.com/services/ai-workflow-automation): One workflow live in 2 weeks
- [Custom Internal Tools, from $7,500](https://fireinbelly.com/services/internal-tools): Ops dashboards, back-office apps, AI document processing

## Products we built and operate

- [i18n Agent](https://fireinbelly.com/work/i18n-agent): AI translation platform, 100+ languages (i18nagent.ai)
- [MakeYourAgent](https://fireinbelly.com/work/makeyouragent): AI agent infrastructure for SaaS, MCP-native (makeyouragent.ai)
- [Kipwise](https://fireinbelly.com/work/kipwise): AI-powered team knowledge management (kipwise.com)

## Contact

- Book a call: https://calendly.com/fireinbelly/fire-in-belly-meeting
- Email: hello@fireinbelly.com