Shouldered AI / For small engineering firms
You be the engineer. We shoulder the rest.
You stamp drawings, not invoices. Shouldered gives your firm one HQ that tracks bids, submittals and permits, keeps clients updated and gets your invoices paid. The engineering judgment stays with you.
"We miss RFP deadlines because nobody is watching."
Lydia at the Sales Desk tracks the bids you care about and reminds you well before each one is due.
"Submittals and permits are lost in email."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk tracks every submittal and permit you log by project and follows up when one stalls.
"We invoice late and get paid later."
Matthew at the Finance Desk prepares progress invoices for your approval and follows up on late payers.
"License renewals and continuing education sneak up."
Deborah at the Legal Desk tracks license and certificate renewals for every engineer on your team.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for engineers.
Tells you each morning which bids are due, which permits are waiting and who owes the firm.
Tracks RFPs and proposal deadlines and follows up on proposals already out.
Tracks submittals, permit applications and review comments for each project.
Prepares progress invoices and follows up until they are paid.
Sends clients project updates you approve and answers simple status questions.
Tracks license renewals, insurance certificates and contract dates.
Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
Simon starts your day with two RFPs due next week and one proposal the client says they will decide on Friday. A permit on the Oak Street project came back with comments, and the task is on the right engineer's list. Last month's progress invoices went out after your approval. You spend the day on design.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Start with the Small HQ (up to 5 seats, 80 hours a month) at $750 a month paid for the year (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only), plus $1,000 onboarding. Bid tracking, permits and invoicing are Shouldered first.
Grow
Move to Medium for up to 20 seats and 200 hours as you add engineers, so your next hire is for engineering, not the admin.
Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.
Two prices, and 50 Founding places.
First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.
Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.
Founding 50: of 50 places left. When they are gone, this price closes.
For you
An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.
- A seat a month
- $25
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $20
- A seat a month. Cancel any time
- No onboarding fee
- It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Up to five people
5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $750
- Month to month
- $1,100
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $500
- Simon and all seven desks
- Starts the work itself
- About $25 a day, paid for the year
- The six-month guarantee
- Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Six to twenty people
20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $1,875
- Month to month
- $2,750
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $1,250
- Everything in Small
- Room to grow without changing plan
- The six-month guarantee
Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.
Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.
The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.
Will it make engineering decisions?
Never. It tracks, reminds and prepares. Design and stamps stay with your licensed engineers.
Where do our project files live?
In your own systems. HQ works alongside them.
Can it track permits across many cities?
Yes. It tracks every permit and submittal you log, by project and status.
When can we start?
The Hero is available now at $25 a seat a month. HQ launches in December 2026, and the founding list is open today.
What if it does not help?
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
A Christian-run company, and proud of it.
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.
Pull up a chair.
Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.
Founding list
One of the first 50 places. Keep the Founding price as long as you renew.
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$25 a seat (Founding price $20). Available now.
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