Your agency disappeared with half the project. We finish what others abandoned.
Missed deadlines. Key features incomplete. The departing team refuses to hand over knowledge — or there's simply no one left to ask. You've been burned once, maybe twice. A third failure isn't an option — and inherited code is our most requested work, not a favor.
This is what you told us
Real phrasing from the people this page is for. If several sound familiar, you're in the right place.
"Delivery and follow-through did not meet expectations. Key features remained incomplete."— SaaS founder, after 9 months offshore
"Missed deadlines and unresponsive to concerns. Communication just… stopped."— CEO, marketplace startup
"The departing team engaged in punitive tactics and refused to hand over knowledge."— Founder, after terminating a vendor
"We lost $120K and 8 months. The code they left is undocumented and half of it doesn't run."— CEO, B2B platform
"Investors are asking for the MVP we promised in Q1. I have nothing to show them."— Founder, pre-Series A
"Every new vendor quotes a full rebuild just to avoid touching what exists."— COO, logistics tech
What happens if you wait another quarter
The funding window closes
Investors don't extend timelines for vendor drama. A round that slips past its window often doesn't close — and "our agency failed" doesn't inspire the next investor either.
Competitors ship
The market opportunity you validated is being validated by someone else right now. Every month of stalled development is their head start.
The code rots further
Undocumented, half-finished codebases age badly: dependencies go stale, context evaporates, and the rescue cost grows every quarter of inaction.
The takeover playbook
Free code audit — no obligation to proceed
We audit everything the previous team left: code, infrastructure, documentation or its absence. Brutal-honesty verdict: what's salvageable, what must be rebuilt — even if the honest answer is "this can't be rescued." The report is yours either way.
Stabilize first
Broken deploys fixed, critical bugs closed, environments documented, CI/CD stood up — while the proper solution is built in parallel. Your operations don't stop, and the system stops being a black box.
Finish, document, transfer
Incomplete features completed — then the part every previous vendor skipped: full documentation, knowledge transfer, a real handover. You own the system, provably.
Typical rescue after the free audit: $25K–$60K depending on salvageability. Emergency timelines carry a stated urgency premium — upfront, never a surprise.
Why not just hire another agency?
| What matters after you've been burned | Metastability | Another generalist agency | Offshore again |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starts with a free audit before commitment | ✓ Always — report is yours | Wants the big contract first | ✗ |
| Specializes in inheriting others' code | ✓ Most requested service | Prefers greenfield | Prefers greenfield |
| Access recovery from hostile ex-vendors | ✓ Standard playbook | Not their problem | ✗ |
| Documentation as a contractual deliverable | ✓ In every SOW | Sometimes | Rarely |
| Same timezone, direct engineer access | ✓ LA-based, no PM buffer | Depends | Time-zone coordination nightmares |
| Accountability if things go wrong | ✓ Named contact through maintenance | Contract-dependent | You've seen this movie |
Proof over promises
Walked into a failed build. Walked out with a live, revenue-generating platform.
A client came to us mid-disaster: project abandoned partway, deadline standing. We audited what existed, gave an honest picture, and the client chose partial rescue. Delivered on time — to a platform that now earns revenue on every deal it closes.
Pattern worth knowing: We're still running systems we rescued years ago. Most of our clients come back with more work — because the first engagement didn't end with ghosting.
Tell us what the last team left behind
Answer async. Our architect reads every submission personally and replies within 4 business hours — including "you don't need us, here's what to do instead" when that's the honest answer.
- ✅ Honest salvage-or-rebuild verdict, free
- ✅ Access-recovery plan for hostile handovers
- ✅ Ballpark rescue cost before any commitment
Start the rescue
Rescue FAQ
The previous team won't give us code or credentials. Can you still help?
Yes — depressingly common ("punitive tactics" is the industry phrase). We've recovered projects from partial repo access, staging environments, even decompiled builds. The free audit includes an access-recovery plan; worst case, we price the rebuild honestly against continued hostage negotiation.
How do I know you won't just say "rebuild everything" to charge more?
The audit report is written to survive a second opinion — take it to any other vendor. And rebuilds are worse business for us than rescues: rescue clients stay for years (our longest is 3+), rebuild clients churn after launch.
We've been burned twice. Why would this time be different?
The failure pattern is predictable: unclear requirements (one in three projects) and communication collapse. Our process attacks exactly that — fixed scope before build, weekly demos, documentation in the contract, direct engineer access instead of a PM bottleneck. You'll see the difference in week one, not month six.
What does a rescue actually cost?
Code audit: free. Typical rescue after that: $25K–$60K depending on how much is salvageable and how fast you need it. Emergency timelines carry a stated 20–40% urgency premium — upfront, never a surprise invoice.