Forward-deployed
engineering for private equity.
We embed engineers inside portfolio companies to integrate frontier AI models into the operations that move enterprise value.
The engagement arc, in three movements.
Diagnose
Four to six weeks on site with an operating partner and the portco management team. We leave with a prioritized thesis, a tech stack assessment, and a ninety-day plan that can be read in one sitting.
Deploy
Three to five engineers embedded in the portfolio company. Production use cases live inside a quarter. Measured KPI lift, not a slide deck. Handoff to internal owners before we leave.
Govern
Model drift, evaluation pipelines, sponsor-ready reporting. We stay through the first earn-out cycle and translate outcomes into the language the operating committee already uses.
Representative portfolio company sectors. Tengwar has no clients on day one and will not pretend otherwise.
“The firm PE sponsors call when they don’t want the model vendor in the room.”