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AI consulting, plus affordable software — backed by systems we actually shipped.

Gem State Digital is two real offerings under one roof: AI software consulting and affordable traditional and legacy software built by AI-augmented engineers. Both backed by deployed systems, not slideware.

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No obligation. No bots. You'll walk away with a straight answer.

What we do

Two distinct offerings. One honest shop.

We're honest about what's production-ready and what isn't — and we'll tell you straight whether AI even fits your problem.

AI & Agentic Engineering

We design AI agents and multi-agent systems with LangChain and LangGraph, then make them safe to run in production. That means tool-use patterns, evaluation, and behavior-steering to cut hallucination, improve performance, and control cost — plus RAG pipelines and ways to let an LLM use data you never hand it directly. We keep humans in the loop where it matters.

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Backend & Cloud

Python backends with FastAPI, async, and typed clients. AWS serverless architecture on Lambda, API Gateway, S3, and DynamoDB. Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt, reusable modules, and OIDC-based CI/CD. We also work in Java and Spring Boot for enterprise and legacy systems.

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Affordable Traditional Software

Not every problem needs AI. When you need a solid web app, an internal tool, or a legacy system modernized, AI-augmented engineering lets us deliver it faster and at lower cost — full-stack and static web on AWS with Next.js and TypeScript, DevOps automation with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Docker.

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The work you can inspect.

AI is a tool, not a cure-all. We reach for it when it's the right tool, and we say so plainly when it isn't — when you can build a proper state graph, you should.

AI-augmented delivery is also how a founder-led practice stays reliable. It lets one senior engineer move at the pace of a larger shop without the overhead — and it means the work is documented and reproducible, not locked in one person's head.

  • A multi-agent framework with persistent per-agent workspaces, custom tools, and scheduled tasks — built on LangGraph.
  • An original behavior-steering middleware pattern that keeps long-running agents on track at runtime.
  • An LLM model router that sends queries to simple or advanced models via conditional routing.
  • A multi-model truthfulness evaluator with evidence gathering.
  • Live production sites on S3 and CloudFront with GitHub Actions OIDC CI/CD.

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John Sosoka, Founder

From software tester to principal engineer

Delivering high-throughput software to Fortune 500 companies, across legal, banking, e-commerce, grocery, and construction.

Gem State Digital is founder-led. When we say "we," that's me plus AI-augmented delivery. I've helped many organizations ship their first AI workflows to production — and I'm candid about where AI earns its place in a system and where it doesn't.

Ready to build something real?

Tell us what you're working on. The first conversation carries no obligation — you'll walk away with a straight answer about what's possible, what it takes, and the right tool for the job.

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Engineer-to-engineer. No sales script.