Foundations that hold
First architecture, the right early hires and a fractional CTO until you need a full-time one.
Revenue5xB2B digital revenue, to USD 100M
Scale31markets on one digital operating model, not 31 separate ones
SpeedDaysfrom idea to customers, not quarters
Trust99.7%of daily releases reached customers without incident
Our team's previous track record. References available on request.
Where you are
Different stage, different lift.
Growth without the drag
Systems, teams and delivery that keep pace with growth.
Modern engines, same strengths
Pricing and operations off spreadsheets, and AI agents working beside the teams you already have.
Practices
One team, strategy to support.
One named lead stays with you across every practice, so nothing gets handed from a strategy team to a delivery team to a support desk.
Know where technology pays
We find where time and margin leak, rank what AI and software can fix, and put a business case and roadmap behind it. Senior technology leadership for as long as you need it, without a full-time hire.
- Digital and AI assessment
- Roadmap and business case
- Fractional CTO
Built by agents, owned by engineers
Our agentic software factory writes the code, tests and documentation. Senior engineers set the intent, review every change and own what ships, so you get working software sooner with a smaller team.
- Products and platforms
- AI agents and automation
- Commerce and digital channels
- Blockchain and smart contracts
Data and systems AI can stand on
Spreadsheets, disconnected tools and ageing platforms hold everything else back. We modernise the core, connect what you already run and get your data clean enough to act on. Then we connect it to the AI agents your team already uses through MCP, with scoped access, sign-off on sensitive actions and a full audit trail.
- Legacy modernisation
- Integration and data
- Cloud and platform reviews
- Secure MCP connections for AI agents
Make it stick
Technology only pays when people use it. We embed agents into real teams, set the guardrails, train your people and stay on to run and improve what we built until your team takes over.
- Team adoption and training
- AI governance and security
- Managed support
Industries
Where our experience runs deep.
Manufacturing
Prices that keep up with costs
Quotes that track raw material, freight and currency costs, orders captured straight from email and WhatsApp, and planning run on live numbers instead of spreadsheets.
Distribution & B2B
Trade buyers who order on their own
Trade buyers order, pay and reorder on their own across web, app and WhatsApp, AI agents turn emailed and phoned-in orders into clean ones, and stock follows real demand.
Financial services
Onboarding, payments and ledgers that pass audit
Onboarding and KYC, payments, ledgers and customer service built to pass audit across markets, with blockchain settlement where it earns its place.
Consumer & digital
Release daily, convert better
Apps and subscriptions that release daily, personalise every journey and lift conversion and retention, with AI features built in.
Healthcare
Supply and insight for care
Bookings, patient messages, claims and stock handled by software and AI agents, so clinical staff spend their time on care.
Selected work
Built and delivered by our leadership
Client names stay private. The work is real, and references are available on request.
Regional distributor · Asia
B2B commerce rebuilt on an API-first platform
- Problem
- Trade ordering ran through reps and phone calls across markets.
- Move
- Modular, mobile-first commerce, a digital payments platform and a WhatsApp ordering bot for pharmacy buyers.
5xB2B digital revenue, to USD 100M
Global bank · 31 markets
One web operating model for retail banking
- Problem
- Each market ran its own sites, standards and sign-offs.
- Move
- Migrated to Adobe Experience Cloud with personalisation, set the global standard and stood up regional digital operations.
31markets running on one standard
Global consumer learning platform
Engineering rebuilt around AI agents
- Problem
- Large functional teams, slow releases, unpredictable delivery.
- Move
- Stream-aligned squads and an agent-assisted delivery process where engineers and agents work from the same documented intent.
3 daystypical cycle time, 0.3% change failure rate
Enterprise clients · APAC
Digital maturity model for CxO decisions
- Problem
- Leaders couldn't see where they stood or what to fix first.
- Move
- A maturity model to benchmark clients and plan next moves, packaged into fixed offerings.
Fixedofferings tied to the return clients would see
Approach
Small first step, measurable result.
Week 1ListenWe sit with your leaders and the people doing the work to find where time, money and customers are being lost.
Week 2ShapeA fixed-price plan with one outcome you can measure.
Weeks 3 to 5BuildWorking software in your environment, shown every week. Our agentic software factory writes the code, tests and docs; our engineers review and own every release.
AfterStayA warranty period, then optional support while your team takes over.
Questions
What buyers ask us first.
- What does Nine Kites do?
- Nine Kites is a technology consultancy. We help startups, scale-ups and established companies decide where technology pays, then build it, modernise the systems underneath it and help teams adopt it. One named lead stays with you from strategy to support.
- Who do you work with?
- We work with startups, scale-ups and established businesses in Asia Pacific, the UK and the US, across manufacturing, distribution and B2B, financial services, consumer and digital, and healthcare.
- How do you price a project?
- Projects have a fixed price, scoped with you before we start. In the second week we agree a plan with one outcome you can measure, and the price covers that plan. Fractional CTO and ongoing support are a monthly fee.
- How quickly will we see working software?
- Usually within weeks. We spend the first week listening to your leaders and teams, the second shaping the plan, and weeks three to five building working software in your environment, shown to you every week.
- What is an agentic software factory?
- It is how we build. AI agents write the code, tests and documentation; senior engineers set the intent, review every change and own every release. You get working software sooner with a smaller team, and a person is accountable for what ships.
- Can you put AI agents to work in our business?
- Yes. We usually start with one agent pilot on a task your team repeats every day, built in your own cloud with clear guardrails. We then train your people and set the rules that make it stick.
- Can you connect our systems to ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot?
- Yes. We build MCP servers that let AI assistants read from and act on your apps and legacy systems, including older ones without modern APIs. Each agent gets only the access you approve, sensitive actions need a person's sign-off, every call is logged, and your data stays in your own environment.
- What happens after you deliver?
- Every release comes with a warranty period. After that we can stay on to run and improve what we built until your team takes over.
- Can you act as our fractional CTO?
- Yes. We provide senior technology leadership part-time, for as long as you need it: setting direction, guiding your team and hiring, without the cost of a full-time hire.
- How do we start?
- Start with a 30-minute call or send us your brief through this site. If there's a fit, we follow up with a short written proposal.