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Are you a founder with a game-changing idea but lack the technical team to bring it to life? Every month, we select two startups for a four-week Pro Bono Development program. We believe in backing founders who focus on their business goals while we build products to unlock capital.
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THE STARTUP STARTER KIT BY MELT STUDIO
Is a production-ready SaaS foundation built for AI-native products—agents, tools, and Model Context Protocols (MCPs). With 24 essential features like auth, billing, analytics, and OpenAI-powered AI tooling, SSK helps early-stage founders launch faster, cut costs, and stay focused on core innovation. Built for scale and flexibility, it’s the smartest way to ship AI-driven SaaS.
We create initial versions (prototypes) in 2 months and working products (MVPs) in 3 to 5 months.
THE IMPACT WE DELIVER
Why are we doing this?
We know that early-stage startups face a high-risk, high-reward journey. The biggest challenge? Securing funding before building a product.
That’s where we come in. We build a high-quality prototype to help you gain traction—so you can unlock revenue or investment and hire a dedicated development team (with or without us).
That’s why we built the Startup Starter Kit (SSK): a battle-tested foundation with 24 core features—auth, billing, dashboards, AI tools, analytics, and more—so you can move from idea to first customer faster than ever. Unlike cookie-cutter templates, the SSK is handcrafted by a team that works beside you, using clean, modular code and cloud-native tools that scale as you grow.
What you ship with us isn’t throwaway—it’s investor-ready, production-grade software built to evolve.
By partnering with Melt, you:
Accelerate your time to market: Prototypes in 4 weeks, MVPs in 3–5 months.
Reduce cost and risk: Reusable frameworks + fractional CTO leadership avoid expensive rewrites.
Stay focused on the big picture: We handle the dev stack so you can refine your value proposition, build relationships, and raise capital.
Launch investor‑ready products: SSK includes features like dashboards, out-of-the-box integrations (auth, billing, analytics, Artificial Intelligence), and gets you investor-ready with sharp teams who move fast and care deeply.
+30 Startups count on us.
From launching new ideas to expanding your team’s reach—we’re your reliable tech partner.
PRODUCTION READY MVP
Working MVP That's Ready for Launch.
Not Just a Basic Demo.
BEYOND THE PROTOTYPE
Most prototypes are just a proof of concept—ours isn’t.
We deliver a production-ready, scalable product built with our Startup Starter Kit (SSK) — a proven Next.js framework designed to grow with you.
BUILT TO SCALE
Built with clean, modular code. No hacks, no rewrites later.
CI/CD READY
Automated testing and deployment pipelines for continuous shipping.
BUILT TO EVOLVE
Is designed to extend into a full production app—so when you raise capital, you’re not starting over.
JavaScript Full-Stack Developers
Exclusively utilizing React Frameworks for frontend and NodeJS for backend. This strategic approach facilitates seamless teamwork on every part of the project using a single language, maximizing reusability, making communication and collaboration more efficient, and reducing the risk of compatibility issues.
Sebastien Gouin-Davis
Amatis
let me know if i can support, but i have no skin in the game.
also, if you were to bless it, i could post it (so that it's not coming from you guys) and just say something like
"These are people that I've worked with for 5 years and have become good friends with. They are doing this radical thing and it seemed like the kind of thing that could help this community. I asked Michael to bless me posting this, but this is unrelated to Establish.
I am also happy to hop on a call or slack with anyone who might be interested but looking for references or even just guidance on app development side."
but also you can just say "naw, it muddies the waters" and I'll shut up 😛
I may just have him do a talk for everyone
Sounds really great
oh that would be really cool
He has a great deck about how it's better to go to the grocery store and buy buns and tomatoes and lettuce to make burgers, and focus your energy on the "secret sauce" - where most startups spend all their time becoming tomato farmers.
February 3, 2025
Rob Denison
Rally Chat
Some great feedback on your team's design work, from the sales guy I'm working with."I took a look at the marketing materials, and I am a designer and I can tell you I really like the look and feel of them! Very clean with modern typography and image styling"
April 8, 2025