Piotr Stępień
Head of Technology @Siemens
AI-powered custom software. Secure, compliant, and built for long-term scalability.
Based in Warsaw, Poland — building world-class web applications
Let's talkTrusted by global enterprises to deliver complex, regulated digital products


Transform Your Corporate Knowledge into an Asset
We help businesses upgrade digital products with practical AI, without rebuilding from scratch. From discovery to production, we identify the highest-ROI use cases and modernize existing platforms with AI capabilities that are safe, maintainable, and aligned with your architecture.

Product Discovery • R&D Exploration • Scope Building • User Testing
UX Design • UI Design • Product Design
Web Development • Mobile Development • No-Code Development • MVP Development • Mapbox
AI Agent Operations • Quality Engineering • Cloud & DevOps Services • DevOps as a Service
Generative AI Prototyping (PoC) • AI Agent Development • AI Chatbots • AI Interface Layers • Custom AI Product Development • Data Science
Dedicated Team • Team Augmentation • Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) • AI-Native Pod
Cloud, DevOps, and Quality Engineering for teams that need fast deployments, predictable costs, and compliance built in. Without building a full platform team from scratch.
Discover what enterprises say about working with SH – your trusted partner in AI and digital product development.

Piotr Stępień
Head of Technology @Siemens
Michał Jaworski
E-Commerce Director @Rainbow
Svein-Magnar Nylund
CEO @Qnappen
Thommy Tellefsen
CEO @Leid
Paweł Michalski
CEO @VCLeaders

Sasan Mameghani
CEO & Founder @Maindeck
Gaute Gamst
CTO & Founder @CHOOOSE

Thomas Sveum
CEO @Startupmatcher

Leonardo Ruspini
Product Development Manager @Petricore

Ørjan Eilertsen
Product Manager @DX

Merete Nygaard
CEO & Founder @Lexolve
Tomislav Lang
CEO @Flyvbird

Jorge Villafuerte
Director of Technology @Avantpage

Thaman Chand
Frontend Team Lead, UI/UX Designer & PM @Aiforsite

Paul Konieczny
CEO @Metavrse
Justin Hoffmann
CEO & Founder @lily

Since 2016, we've been building innovative fintech products for one of the world's largest enterprises.
Our innovative approach earned the Polish E-commerce Award for SimplyLease — one of the most innovative products of 2017.
We built the omnichannel platform from scratch and have partnered with Siemens Financial Services to evolve it ever since. The platform is fully integrated into their internal systems and still in production ten years later, serving real customers every day.
We engineered the technology that powers 5-minute leasing decisions, entirely online, with just an ID card required. Built to Siemens Financial Services' security standards and fully compliant with Polish regulations.
From lean startups to large enterprises, we deliver experience, insight, and results across the U.S., Europe, and especially Poland.
We're a 50-person, cross-functional team based in Warsaw, Poland, building technology that delivers ROI, strong governance, and real adoption.
delivering digital products
est. 2016
products shipped
web & mobile
experts on board
Product & UX designers, Software engineers, AI specialists, PMs
client NPS
Praised for communication, pace and quality
continents served
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa
We’ve delivered over 100 digital projects, partnering with global organizations to hit timelines & budgets that seemed undoable.
Professional, pragmatic, and passionate—our teams are built to deliver. From discovery to delivery, we combine business understanding with technical skill to help you make smart decisions and launch with impact.
Book a free consultation— Working with SH feels like having an in-house team of exceptional engineers and designers. They commit to the project beyond its scope, they challenge your ideas and go the extra mile to ensure that you succeed.
Thomas Sveum
CEO @Startupmatcher

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An AI software house is a software engineering company that focuses on building digital products powered by artificial intelligence. Unlike a traditional software house, an AI software house combines software development expertise with machine learning, natural language processing, predictive analytics, and data engineering. This allows businesses to implement solutions such as AI chatbots, workflow automation, recommendation engines, fraud detection, and advanced analytics.
A software house (sometimes called a software development company) designs, builds, and maintains digital products such as mobile apps, SaaS platforms, enterprise systems, and AI-powered solutions. Unlike a design or marketing agency, a software house provides end-to-end engineering — from strategy and prototyping to development, integrations, and long-term support and maintenance.
Freelancers can be a good fit for small, one-off tasks, but a software house provides dedicated, full teams — developers, designers, QA specialists, DevOps engineers, and project managers. That means faster delivery, structured processes, stronger security, and enterprise-grade scalability — backed by documentation, compliance standards, and long-term support, benefits that freelancers rarely guarantee.
The cost of working with a software house depends on project size, complexity, and required integrations. A small MVP can start at €25,000–€50,000, while enterprise software development projects may require €200,000+ depending on scale and compliance needs. A professional software house begins with a project brief and scoping sessions to estimate the budget and roadmap precisely.
A software house can typically design, build, and launch an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in 4–12 weeks. Timelines depend on the scope, integrations, and technology stack, but agile development ensures that the first version is delivered quickly and can be tested with real users.
A software house partners with both startups and enterprises across industries such as data & analytics, fintech, cybersecurity, industry & manufacturing, SaaS, real estate, self-storage, and travel. A Polish software house like Startup House combines technical expertise with industry-specific knowledge, delivering everything from investor-ready MVPs to enterprise-grade platforms with compliance, system integrations and AI-powered features.
Yes. A software house supports startups with rapid prototyping, pitch-ready MVPs, and investor support, while also working with Fortune 500 companies on large-scale enterprise solutions including advanced analytics, cybersecurity, and cloud integrations.
Modern software houses typically work with Node.js, React, TypeScript, Python, Flutter, Java, .NET, PHP, and no-code platforms, as well as cloud services like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Many also integrate AI/LLM solutions, payment systems, and enterprise APIs depending on client needs.
Yes. A software house usually offers discovery workshops, UX/UI design, prototyping, and product strategy consulting in addition to coding. This helps clients validate business ideas early, minimize risk, and align the roadmap with both technical and market requirements.
Yes. A professional software house offers continuous support, monitoring, DevOps, and feature development after launch, ensuring that products grow securely and scale with user demand. This includes bug fixing, infrastructure optimization, feature enhancements, and security patching.
A software house ensures quality through peer code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and compliance with standards such as ISO-27001 and OWASP security guidelines. For enterprise projects, detailed documentation, penetration testing, compliance checks, and risk management procedures are applied.
The process of working with a software house is straightforward:
Development begins within weeks — with full transparency, demos, and regular updates.
A development agency often focuses on short-term projects or providing outsourced developers, while a software house delivers dedicated teams, long-term support, product strategy, and end-to-end software development. In short: agencies deliver capacity, but a software house delivers complete digital products and business value.
A Polish software house combines European quality standards with cost-effective outsourcing software development. Poland is recognized as one of the top IT hubs in Europe, with a large pool of highly skilled developers experienced in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise software development. International clients benefit from strong English skills, cultural alignment, and convenient time-zone overlap with both Europe and the US.
A software house can take over and improve existing codebases, refactor legacy systems, or integrate with current infrastructure. In some cases, the team may recommend a rebuild if it’s more cost-effective and sustainable — but the decision is always based on long-term scalability and ROI.
A software house typically works in agile methodology (Scrum or Kanban), with weekly or bi-weekly sprints. Clients receive demos, progress reports, and access to tools like Jira, Slack, and Asana. Time-zone overlap and regular stand-ups ensure clear communication and full transparency throughout the project.
Yes. Many software houses support startups beyond development by preparing pitch decks, investor demos, technical due diligence documentation, and business cases. This helps early-stage companies secure funding, gain investor trust, and scale faster.
From international press mentions to top rankings on review platforms, Startup Development House has consistently delivered excellence.
Our dedication to innovation, transparency, and quality has earned us recognition from the most trusted names in business and technology.
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