Kelly
Kelly Engineering partners with private-equity firms to bring AI into their portfolio companies. We embed directly into their operations to build the custom AI infrastructure they need to compete in the largest technological shift in a generation.
Engagements typically run four to eight weeks. No slide decks. No hidden fees. Just working AI software, proprietary to the company forever.
Our team has shipped mission-critical infrastructure at Palantir and General Dynamics, put satellites into orbit, run robotics divisions at frontier labs, traded at top quantitative funds, and pushed ML research at MIT.
We’re named after Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, who founded and ran Lockheed’s Skunk Works. Kelly built the SR-71 Blackbird with a small team of engineers in a rented circus tent. His 14 Rules — small teams, vicious focus, and his motto to be quick, be quiet, be on time — underpin how we work.
As Mr Johnson liked to say: we keep it simple, stupid.