AI-native product engineering · How VM8 works
The method and the platform.
One model, short iterations, agents and people. What happens between an idea and a product in production.
01The cycle
Six stages. Every iteration.
02One connected model
Knowledge is the source. Documents are views.
Domain
Events, commands, policies and boundaries from Event Storming, one concept each.
Specs and decisions
Every capability specified, every decision recorded with its reason and its alternatives.
Traceability
Issue, spec, code, release: each one points to the next. Nothing is tracked twice.
03Agents and people
Agents do the bulk. People decide.
| Your product owner | Owns the why and the what. Approves specs, decisions and releases. |
|---|---|
| Your domain experts | Bring the language and the rules. Validate the model. |
| VM8 lead consultant | Runs the method end to end. Facilitates, keeps knowledge consistent, keeps decisions moving. |
| VM8 engineers | Build with agents on the blocks and the reference architecture. Review every output. |
| Agents | Propose, model, specify, build, test, review, summarize. Never approve. |
Your product owner
Owns the why and the what. Approves specs, decisions and releases.Your domain experts
Bring the language and the rules. Validate the model.VM8 lead consultant
Runs the method end to end. Facilitates, keeps knowledge consistent, keeps decisions moving.VM8 engineers
Build with agents on the blocks and the reference architecture. Review every output.Agents
Propose, model, specify, build, test, review, summarize. Never approve.
04Validated by use
You see it working before it is built.
Prototype first
A functional, high-fidelity prototype of the experience, approved by the people it is for.
Validation environment
Every increment is tried in a real environment against its acceptance criteria.
No tools to learn
You read the knowledge site, review in a browser, approve decisions and releases. No Git, no console.
05The platform
What VM8 brings to every product.
- 01
Framework
The method: domain-first, versioned specs, human approval where it matters.
- 02
Knowledge and agents
The connected model, agents specialized by stage, workflows from discovery to release.
- 03
Building blocks
Identity and access, multi-tenancy, billing, notifications, audit, integrations, observability.
- 04
Reference architecture
A serverless skeleton on AWS: scales to zero, near-zero cost when idle.
- 05
Integrations
MCP, APIs, webhooks, Git, connectors to the tools your team already uses.
- 06
Console
Where your team and ours see the same model, the same progress, the same decisions.
06Where it runs
In your name, from day one.
| Model | Where | Who operates | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| VM8-managed cloud | VM8's account | VM8 operates | Early-stage ventures, teams without infrastructure |
| Your own account, operated by VM8 | A dedicated AWS account inside your organization | VM8, with access you can revoke | Regulation, data sovereignty, audits, investor due diligence |
| Self-managed | Your AWS account | Your team | Teams with their own operations, or after the engagement |
VM8-managed cloud
WhereVM8's accountWho operatesVM8 operatesWhenEarly-stage ventures, teams without infrastructureYour own account, operated by VM8
WhereA dedicated AWS account inside your organizationWho operatesVM8, with access you can revokeWhenRegulation, data sovereignty, audits, investor due diligenceSelf-managed
WhereYour AWS accountWho operatesYour teamWhenTeams with their own operations, or after the engagement
Building blocks are delivered as deployable software, infrastructure as code and versioned packages. Nothing at runtime depends on VM8; the product leaves with you.