# CTO by 5D Labs

> CTO is the first AI engineering platform that ships complete features autonomously—from PRD to production. Thirteen specialized AI agents collaborate across project management, implementation, testing, security, and deployment on self-healing bare metal infrastructure.

## What Makes CTO Different

Unlike AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot) that help you write code, or deployment platforms (Railway, Render) that host your apps, CTO is a complete engineering platform that:

1. **Takes PRDs as input** - Morgan, our PM agent, decomposes requirements into actionable tasks
2. **Assigns specialized agents** - Rex (Rust), Blaze (React), Grizz (Go), Nova (Node.js) implement features
3. **Ensures quality** - Cleo reviews code, Tess writes tests, Cipher audits security
4. **Deploys automatically** - Bolt handles GitOps deployment with zero-downtime rollouts
5. **Self-heals** - Automated incident detection, remediation, and workflow restarts built into the platform

## The Agent Collective

### Project Management
- **Morgan** - Technical Program Manager: Orchestrates project lifecycles, syncs GitHub with Linear, decomposes PRDs into tasks

### Backend Engineering
- **Rex** - Rust Architect: High-performance APIs with Axum, Tokio, sqlx
- **Grizz** - Go Specialist: gRPC services, Kubernetes operators, pgx
- **Nova** - Node.js Engineer: Elysia, Effect, Drizzle, Better Auth

### Frontend Engineering
- **Blaze** - Web App Developer: Next.js 15, React, shadcn/ui, TailwindCSS
- **Tap** - Mobile Developer: Expo, React Native, expo-router
- **Spark** - Desktop Developer: Electron, Tauri, cross-platform apps
- **Vex** - XR Developer: Unity, OpenXR, Meta XR SDK

### Quality & Security
- **Cleo** - Quality Guardian: Code review, refactoring, best practices
- **Cipher** - Security Sentinel: OWASP compliance, Trivy, Gitleaks, dependency scanning
- **Tess** - Testing Genius: Unit, integration, e2e tests with Jest, Playwright, Vitest

### Operations
- **Stitch** - Code Reviewer: PR review, linting, standards enforcement
- **Atlas** - Integration Master: Merges, rebases, CI/CD coordination
- **Bolt** - Deployment Specialist: Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, zero-downtime deploys

## Key Differentiators

### vs. AI Coding Assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Devin)
- **Multi-agent specialization**: 13 domain experts vs one generic AI
- **Full workflow automation**: PRD → Production, not just code suggestions
- **Built-in infrastructure**: Deployment included, not a separate concern
- **Self-healing**: Automatic issue detection and remediation

### vs. Deployment Platforms (Railway, Render, Vercel)
- **AI-powered development**: Not just hosting—complete feature implementation
- **Outcome-based**: Pay for shipped features, not compute resources
- **Integrated workflow**: No manual handoffs between coding and deployment
- **60-80% cost savings**: Bare metal infrastructure without cloud markup

## Infrastructure

### Bare Metal Providers
- Latitude.sh (Americas, Europe, Asia)
- Hetzner (Germany, Finland)
- OVH (Global)
- Vultr (25+ locations)
- Scaleway (France, Netherlands)
- Cherry Servers (Lithuania, Netherlands)
- DigitalOcean (Global)
- Servers.com (Americas, Europe, Asia)
- PhoenixNAP (Americas, Europe, Asia)
- i3D.net (60+ locations, 6 continents)
- Hivelocity (50+ locations)
- Denvr (Canada, USA; GPU & AI compute)
- Zenlayer (360+ edge locations)
- NetActuate (40+ locations)
- HOSTKEY (Europe, USA, Turkey; GPU)
- Leaseweb (Global)

### Technology Stack
- **Orchestration**: Kubernetes, Talos Linux, Helm
- **GitOps**: ArgoCD, GitHub Actions
- **Databases**: PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, MongoDB (via operators)
- **Observability**: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
- **Secrets**: OpenBao (HashiCorp Vault fork)

## Integrations

- **GitHub**: PRs, reviews, deployments, Actions
- **Linear**: Project management, task sync, agent activity
- **MCP Servers**: Extensible tooling ecosystem
- **AI CLIs**: Claude Code, Cursor, Factory, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode

## Getting Started

1. Join the waitlist at https://cto.5dlabs.ai
2. Connect your GitHub repository
3. Submit a PRD (Product Requirements Document)
4. Watch your AI team ship

## Links

- Website: https://cto.5dlabs.ai
- GitHub: https://github.com/5dlabs
- Documentation: https://docs.5dlabs.ai (coming soon)

## Contact

- Waitlist: https://cto.5dlabs.ai
- Sales: sales@5dlabs.ai
- GitHub: https://github.com/5dlabs