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Engineering the
AI-Native Future

Velvet Tiger is a technology studio and venture foundry specialising in AI software engineering — building AI-native products across healthcare and cloud infrastructure, and training the teams that ship them.

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Velvet Tiger is the umbrella for a portfolio of innovative technology ventures. We combine deep AI software engineering expertise with pragmatic innovation to build and ship AI-native products — from clinical imaging platforms and agentic developer tools to the infrastructure that powers them. Alongside building, we train and evaluate engineering teams to work fluently with AI.

Christopher Skene

Founder & Chief Technology Officer

AI software engineer and technology leader with deep expertise in agentic systems, LLM-based product engineering, healthcare innovation, and cloud infrastructure. Chris designs, builds and ships AI-native products, and works with engineering teams to train, evaluate, and uplift their capability to engineer with AI — from individual contributors through to whole-of-org transformation.

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AI Engineering Agentic Systems LLM Product Engineering Team Training & Evaluation Healthcare Tech Cloud Architecture Venture Building

Venture Studio

Incubating and launching new companies with systematic approach to innovation and market validation.

Engineering

Building secure, scalable platforms using modern technologies and architectural best practices.

AI Engineering

Designing and shipping production-grade AI-native systems — agentic workflows, LLM applications, evals, and the infrastructure to run them safely at scale.

Strategy

Guiding products from concept to commercialisation with data-driven market insights and technical roadmaps.

Agentic systems and multi-agent orchestration LLM application architecture (RAG, tool use, MCP) Evaluation harnesses and observability for AI Prompt and context engineering at production scale AI safety, guardrails, and compliance for regulated domains Capability assessments for engineers, leads, and teams Hands-on training in agentic coding and AI-assisted engineering Workflow design: hooks, skills, evals, and review practices Coaching for technical leaders and AI champions Org-wide AI engineering enablement and rollout Web applications (React, Laravel, Node.js) Mobile apps (React Native, Progressive Web Apps) API development and integration Database design and optimization DevOps and deployment automation Cloud migration and modernization (AWS, GCP, Azure) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) Serverless architecture and microservices Security and compliance frameworks DICOM and medical imaging systems HL7 FHIR integration and interoperability HIPAA compliance and security auditing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems Clinical workflow automation Product strategy and roadmap development Technical due diligence and architecture review Go-to-market strategy and execution Team building and organizational design Investor readiness and pitch preparation

Fractional CTO Services

Get senior technical leadership — including hands-on AI engineering direction — without the full-time commitment. Perfect for startups, scale-ups, and enterprises navigating the shift to AI-native engineering.

Strategic Leadership

    Technology and AI strategy alignment AI-native product and platform roadmaps Architecture decisions and technical debt management Board and investor technical reporting

Team & Operations

    Engineering team leadership and AI capability uplift AI-assisted development process design Technical hiring and team scaling AI tooling, vendor, and model selection

Flexible Engagement: Part-time commitment (10-20 hours/week) with full CTO-level strategic impact. Available for 3-month pilots or ongoing relationships.

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Automatic

Automatic

The central hub for AI agents. Find, share, author and unify Skills, MCP servers, and project instructions across all your agents and tools.

AI Agents MCP Developer Tools Skills
https://tryautomatic.app →
Runbeam

Runbeam

A secure, open source data mesh built for the needs of modern, AI-driven healthcare.

Rust DICOM FHIR Healthcare
https://runbeam.io →
Aurabox

Aurabox

Medical imaging and patient data management platform built for healthcare providers with DICOM integration and clinical workflow automation.

Laravel Livewire DICOM Healthcare
https://aurabox.cloud →

JMIX

Secure medical data interchange format with AES-256-GCM encryption, Ed25519 signatures, and comprehensive validation for healthcare data exchange.

JSON Schema DICOM Healthcare
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Jumble

AI-native workspace knowledge server that lets LLMs query your projects for commands, architecture, documentation, and conventions via MCP.

Rust MCP CLI Developer Tools
github.com/velvet-tiger/jumble →
From the blog

Thoughtful notes on product strategy, healthcare infrastructure, and AI-native engineering.

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