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Production-grade AI,
delivered.

ParagonID is an AI solutions studio in the Houston area. We design and build custom software, apply AI to complex business problems, and deploy intelligent agents that operate reliably in production. We own the full lifecycle — strategy, architecture, data, integration, deployment, and iteration — so ideas become systems your organization can run with confidence.

4 hrs → 5 min
Quote turnaround
95%
AI match accuracy
6 hrs → 45 min
Research time
$2.1M
Year-one revenue
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Who we are

A small team that ships measurable results

Product managers and engineers who understand both AI and the business it serves.

Yuri Smirnov, Founder of ParagonID

Yuri Smirnov

Founder · ParagonID

Product leader, engineer, and builder of things that work. I founded ParagonID to turn AI capabilities into products businesses rely on every day.

Seven products. Four industries. One rule.
/ Problem solvers

We start with the pain, not the tech

Every engagement begins with interviews, data review, and process mapping to find the highest-impact opportunity worth building for.

/ Builders

We ship real software

10+ client projects delivered, 7 products launched. Production applications with real users and real value — not prototypes.

/ AI-native

AI is how we think

From Claude-powered document intelligence to multi-LLM synthesis pipelines, AI is woven into everything we build.

Why we exist

Mission & vision

Our mission

AI within reach

To make enterprise-grade AI accessible to the businesses that need it most — not just the ones with seven-figure technology budgets. We build solutions powerful enough for regulated industries and practical enough for a 50-person company to adopt on day one.

Our vision

AI-native by default

A world where every business has AI systems that are accurate, explainable, and built for their specific context — not generic tools retrofitted with a prompt. The next wave of enterprise software will be AI-native from day one, and we're building it one product at a time.

How we work

A few things we're stubborn about

Not a poster on the wall. These actually change what we say yes to.

We start with the problem, not the model

A good share of our discovery calls end with us recommending something that isn't AI at all: a script, a better spreadsheet, a change to a process. We would rather lose the work than sell you the wrong fix.

Working software every two weeks

No slide decks, no Figma theatre. You get something you can click and break, on a fixed cadence, from the first sprint.

The people who design it build it

No account managers, no handoff to a team you never met. Whoever is on your kickoff call is the one writing the code.

We eat our own cooking

Our own products run on the same stack we would put you on. If we wouldn't ship it for ourselves, we won't ship it for you.

In regulated work, a confident wrong answer is the worst answer

For finance and construction clients, "close enough" isn't. Everything shows its reasoning and keeps a person in the approval loop, because the alternative is how people get sued.

Where we go deep

Industries we serve

Four verticals where AI delivers the highest impact — and where accuracy and compliance are non-negotiable.

Finance

Finance & investment banking

Deep research platforms, compliance automation, and private LLM deployments for regulated environments.

Construction

Construction & infrastructure

Bid automation, cost estimation, and RFP intelligence.

PropTech

Property management

AI concierge, tenant screening, and workflow automation.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Quote automation, document intelligence, and enterprise deployment.

Working together

We take a handful of projects at a time.

If yours is a fit, you'll be talking to the people who will actually build it, usually within a day. If it isn't, we'll try to point you somewhere useful.

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