FOR INTERNAL AI TEAMS

Bring scattered AI use under one platform you control.

Assist turns your team's one-off prompts, tools, and workflows into shared company infrastructure owned by your org.

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// The Shift

Software Is Something You Build Now

Ever wished for a tool that does exactly what you need and nothing else? That's a sandcastle.

A script to score inbound leads. A dashboard for one team. A workflow that matches how you actually work.

AI has collapsed the cost of building these. You don't need engineers anymore.

But when everyone can build, something else becomes the constraint.

// What Are Sandcastles

Software That Solves Your Problem and Nothing Else

Sandcastles are quick, purpose-built apps that solve a specific problem for a small group of people. They don't need to serve millions of users. They don't need to be polished. They just need to work.

A tool to manage your team's hiring pipeline. An app that scores leads the way your business actually thinks about them. A dashboard that pulls together exactly the data your ops team checks every morning.

Coders have been building these for decades. Now everyone can.

Hiring pipeline tracker

Built by HR

Lead scoring tool

Built by Sales

Ops dashboard

Built by Operations

// How Sandcastles Work

More Than a Simple App

Every sandcastle on Assist is a full application with agentic workflows built in. They don't just display data. They act on it.

Built-in Agents

Every sandcastle can have AI agents attached that reason, decide, and take action on behalf of your team.

Agentic Workflows

Chain together multi-step processes that run on their own. Data collection, decision-making, execution.

External Connections

Hook your sandcastles into the systems you already use. Databases, APIs, SaaS tools, internal services.

// The New Bottleneck

When Building Gets Easy, Control Gets Hard

Security

Uncontrolled agents accessing production data.

Governance

No visibility into who built what, and how it runs.

Compliance

Audit trails, permissions, data boundaries.

The problem isn't building sandcastles.

It's governing what gets built.

// What Assist Is

The Platform for Building Sandcastles at Work

Assist is the UnSaaS

The infrastructure that lets your team build, run, and govern internal apps without engineering babysitting every one.

Built in:
Structured agent execution
Role-based access control
Policy enforcement
Audit logging
Operational oversight
// How It Works

From Idea to Sandcastle in Minutes

01

Build

Anyone on your team describes what they need. Assist builds it.

02

Govern

Assist enforces access policies and execution boundaries.

03

Operate

Agents run inside structured, observable environments.

04

Audit

Every action is traceable and reviewable.

// Who It's For

Built for Teams Ready to Stop Buying and Start Building

Mid-sized software companies
Regulated industries
Teams replacing expensive SaaS with sandcastles
Organizations generating decision-critical data

You don't need more SaaS licenses.

You need a platform that lets your team build exactly what they need.

// Why Not SaaS?

SaaS Was the Best Option. Until Now.

SaaS
Sandcastles + Assist
Generic workflows
Built for exactly how your team works
Vendor lock-in
You own everything
Per-seat pricing
Pay for compute, not seats
Limited flexibility
Minutes to build, not months
// Enterprise-Ready

Designed for Enterprise Environments

Role-based access control
Policy enforcement at runtime
Audit logging
Secure deployment options
Data stays within your boundary
SSO with Directory Sync (SCIM)

Pricing

No seat fees. No platform fees. Build unlimited sandcastles. You only pay for the AI compute you use.

Pay As You Go

Start building immediately. No commitments, no minimums — scale up or down as your usage changes.

What's included
  • Unlimited Internal SaaS Apps (Sandcastles)
  • Unlimited Agents
  • Unlimited Workflows
  • Unlimited tools
  • OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and Cerebras Models
  • Role-based access control
  • Pay for what you use
Provider + 5%

on LLM model costs

$0.17/ 1k tool calls
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Enterprise

For organizations that need advanced security, compliance, and dedicated support.

What's included
  • Everything in Pay As You Go
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Directory Sync (SCIM)
  • Tool call isolation
  • BYOC or on-prem hosting
  • Audit logging
  • Priority support
  • Custom margin & billing terms
  • Dedicated account team
Custom

Tailored to your organization

// FAQ

Common questions

Quick answers about Assist, sandcastles, pricing, and who can build.

Assist is a platform where teams can build, host, and deploy internal AI software and agents in one place — giving companies a safe, controlled environment to standardize workflows and improve operations.
Sandcastles are purpose-built internal apps created by non-technical teams on the Assist platform. They allow employees to build custom tools and workflows without engineering resources.
Assist uses pay-as-you-go pricing: provider costs + 5%, $0.17 per 1k tool calls, with no seat fees. Enterprise custom pricing is also available.
No. Assist is designed for non-technical teams to build and deploy AI tools. Engineers can use it too, but it doesn't require engineering resources to get started.

Stop Buying Software. Start Building It.

Assist gives your team the power to build exactly what they need with the controls your org requires.

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// From the Founder

If you know how to code, you've probably built what we call sandcastles. Quick tools to solve a specific problem. A script, a dashboard, a workflow. Disposable, personal, and powerful.

AI means everyone can build sandcastles now. That changes everything about how software works.

Assist is the platform that makes this real for your whole organization.

— Jimi Smoot, Founder