Custom AI apps · data updated 2026-10-29

Hire a machine learning development agency

We list 32 agencies that fit this, each checked against its own website. Too few publish prices to give a reliable range, so expect a scoped quote. These agencies say on their own sites that they build machine learning systems (custom models, predictive analytics, computer vision, NLP, fine-tuned LLMs or MLOps), not only no-code automations. Most-mentioned capabilities: MLOps (8), data science (6), NLP (5), computer vision (5), machine learning (3), deep learning (1).

Agencies in this list	32
Publish a starting price	2
Median published price	too few to say
Typical range (25th–75th pct)	—
Top countries	United States, Germany, India, United Kingdom, Australia

Prices are starting prices agencies publish on their own sites, converted to USD; n = agencies with a price. Method.

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ML development vs. AI automation

An AI automation agency usually connects your apps and calls an existing model (GPT, Claude, Gemini) through tools like n8n, Make or Zapier. A machine learning agency trains or adapts models on your own data: demand forecasts, churn or fraud scores, image and document recognition, or a fine-tuned language model, plus the pipelines to keep those models accurate.

What a good ML project includes

A data audit before any model work, a baseline to beat (often a simple rule or spreadsheet), a held-out test set with agreed accuracy targets, a plan for deployment (API, batch job or inside your app), and monitoring for drift once real data starts flowing.

What to ask before you hire

Who labels or cleans the data, which metric they will be judged on, how often the model is retrained, what hosting will cost each month, and whether you own the trained model, code and data pipelines at the end.

Top 30 of 32 by Cofounderbase Score

#	Agency	Location	Builds with	Services they list	Score
1	Softweb Solutions	United States	Power Automate, UiPath, LangChain	Agentic AI · AI consulting	76
2	Kriv AI	East Brunswick, United States	Zapier, OpenAI, Claude	Agentic AI & Automation · MLOps & Governance-as-a-Service	76
3	JPLoft	Denver, United States	OpenAI, Claude, Salesforce	AI & Automation · Agentic AI	68
4	Azumo	San Francisco, United States	n8n, LangChain, OpenAI	AI Development Services · AI Agents	64
5	Sitnik AI	Munich, Germany	LangChain, OpenAI, Claude	AI Consulting · Custom AI Development	59
6	GeekyAnts	San Francisco, United States	OpenAI, Claude, LangGraph	RAG Development · Large Language Model Development	56
7	QuantumXL	Manchester, United Kingdom	LangChain, OpenAI, Claude	CTOs & Technical Leads · Custom AI development	56
8	instinctools	Stuttgart	OpenAI, Claude, HubSpot	AI Software Development Company · Digital transformation consulting	54
9	Idea Usher	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	Zapier, LangChain, OpenAI	AI and ML Development Consulting · Web & App Development	54
10	eCorpIT	India	LangChain, OpenAI, Claude	Application Development · Data & Analytics	52
11	dida	Berlin, Germany	LangChain, OpenAI, Salesforce	MLOps expertise	51
12	Addepto	Not stated	OpenAI, Claude	AI Consulting · Big Data Consulting	48
13	GenAI-Labs	San Diego, United States	OpenAI, Claude	Business Workflow Automation · AI Consulting & Strategy	47
14	Geniusee	Warszawa, United States	LangChain	Data Science & AI · Consulting	46
15	AI Access	Perth, Australia	OpenAI, Claude	CRM automation/sync · Document processing	42
16	Synapze IA	France	n8n, LangChain, OpenAI	Chatbots & Agents IA · Automatisation par IA	42
17	Ragverse	United States	OpenAI, Claude, Hugging Face	AI Agents · RAG & Knowledge	42
18	Dreamix	Sofia, Bulgaria		AI-native custom software development · Bespoke software development	38
19	App Maisters Inc.	Houston, United States	OpenAI, Salesforce	AI Strategy & Consulting · AI Infrastructure & MLOps Services	38
20	Synaptiq	Portland, United States		Chatbots	36
21	Jordan-AI	Tel Aviv, Israel	OpenAI, Claude, ElevenLabs	AI agents · Assistants and chatbots	36
22	EuclideanAI	Sydney, Australia	OpenAI	Workflow proof, not AI theatre. · Data platforms & pipelines	33
23	Intelliarts	Not stated	OpenAI, HubSpot	AI-powered agent for Valency · Lightning-fast field data collection solution	32
24	AI Superior	Darmstadt, Germany		AI Consulting & Strategy · Custom AI Software Development	31
25	Travancore Analytics	Tracy, United States		AI/ML Development · Cloud App Development	31
26	DATAFOREST	Kyiv	OpenAI	Data Foundation + Digital Products · Data Engineering	30
27	Theta Tech AI	Not stated		End-to-End Data Science · Clinically-Validated Algorithm Development	28
28	Eventum	Spain	Claude, Salesforce, OpenAI	RAG & Knowledge Systems · AI Agents	28
29	Kayro	Paris, France	n8n, Salesforce	Automatiser la facturation journalière	25
30	Konstant Infosolutions	Jaipur, India		AI Development and Implementation · AI Agent Development	24

Questions

What does a machine learning development agency do?

It turns your data into working models: for example forecasting demand, scoring leads or fraud risk, reading documents and images, or fine-tuning a language model, then deploys and monitors those models inside your systems.

Do I need custom machine learning or just an AI automation?

If an off-the-shelf model (GPT, Claude, Gemini) can do the task from a prompt and your documents, start with an AI automation or RAG build; it is cheaper and faster. Choose custom ML when you have a lot of your own labelled data, need predictions on numbers or images, or need accuracy, privacy or cost that a general model cannot give.

How much does it cost?

Most of these agencies do not publish prices; expect a scoped quote after a discovery call.

How do I pick one?

Ask for two case studies close to your project, who will actually build it, how they test (evals for AI work), and who owns the code and accounts at the end. Our free brief form below sends your project to three fitting agencies.

Where does this data come from?

From each agency's own website, re-checked on a schedule (last update 2026-10-29). Rankings use the published Cofounderbase Score and are not sold.

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