Questions we get asked.

With the Diagnostic — two weeks, fixed fee, ₹2.5–6L in India or $5–12K in the US. You get a written assessment with a maturity score, three prioritised recommendations and a board-ready one-pager. You keep all of it whether or not you hire us again.

A median of 60 days to a live, AI-ready cloud foundation and 6.5 weeks to the first dashboard your team opens daily. Both are medians from engagements delivered in the last 24 months, not best cases.

HIPAA-ready today. DPDP is in progress against the 14 May 2027 commencement, ISO 27001 in progress with a 2026 target and SOC 2 Type II with a 2027 target. We audited our own site against the Act and moved DPDP from “aligned” to “in progress” rather than leave the claim standing — it is the same standard we hold your evidence to.

No. Fixed-scope packs and monthly retainers. Predictable for a CFO, comparable for procurement, and it means we are not paid more for taking longer.

A founder or principal engineer is on every engagement. Behind them is a deliberately small bench of certified cloud, data and security engineers, plus two associate partners for legal and compliance. We add named specialists per engagement rather than carrying a pyramid you pay for.

If you need three hundred people on site next quarter, a large integrator is the right answer and we will say so. If you need courtroom litigation, you need a law firm.

Capacity sourced through Indian providers rather than resold at hyperscaler list price, with fractional allocation so you rent the slice you use. Podstack AI was co-founded by our CEO — we disclose that up front and will benchmark any provider you prefer.

Working systems and generated evidence: a dashboard your team opens daily, a live map of every rule you must obey with the proof attached, and a bill you finally understand. Your code stays in your repository, always.

A chatbot answers. An agent acts — it books, refunds and approves. That turns the problem from accuracy into authority: what it may touch, who signs off above a limit, and whether you can show afterwards what it did.

No. We stand one up as part of the work, sized to your real volumes rather than a vendor tier.

Podstack AI was co-founded by Anocloud’s CEO. We disclose that up front rather than in a footnote, and we will benchmark any Indian GPU provider you prefer.

Yes, and we put the re-test result in writing. A finding list without a re-test is not a security programme.

The new AI management standard. Few firms in India offer it yet; we build against it now because agent programmes will be measured on it shortly.

Usually not. The product thinking in a prototype is valuable; the plumbing underneath is what needs work. We will say plainly if a rewrite is genuinely cheaper.